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Don't put education first. At quick glance it looks like you majored in business so the reviewer would think that you have little experience in web development.
by bko 9y ago
Don't put education first. At quick glance it looks like you majored in business so the reviewer would think that you have little experience in web development. I would put work experience, then skills and then education on the bottom. Move up Fractals up top and rephrase this:
> revenues of multiple 6 figures annually.
With revenues of $100,000+ or similar. An actual number would stick out more.
Also as someone else has noted, get rid of the apologetic footnote.
- JonRB 9y agoI also second the reordering - You have lots of interesting experience, make it the most prominent thing there by putting it at the top!
- nikkwong 9y agoExtremely helpful. I think I have a habit of thinking my design choices are "good enough" and then totally neglecting them—even if they were flawed to begin with. I'll revisit—thank you!
- cosmie 9y agoNot specific to your resume itself, but be careful of your phrasing when speaking to potential employers. You mentioned in your OP that you do design work. And here you’re throwing out a statement that could instill doubt related to your competency with design work. Others have given you fantastic feedback on the resume itself, so I won’t go there. But I wanted to point out how easy it is to add in extraneous details while speaking that can undermine otherwise solid interviews. The above could have the entire middle cut out and say “Extremely helpful. I’ll revisit - thank you” and an interviewer would see it as being open to feedback and a net positive. With your original statement, they’d see “lacks confidence in design skills, but mentioned design skills. Wonder what other listed skills they’re not sure about” and the positive component of being open to feedback would be lost. Your openness may just be due to this not being an interview environment. But wanted to point it out just in case. :)
- nikkwong 9y agoYou're absolutely right—I can definitely improve here. Thank you so much.
- andrewstuart 9y agoI couldn't disagree more. Most resumes have education at the top. If you spent 3/4/5 years getting a university education then you should be putting that up in lights. I really don't like reading a resume, thinking I am reading the resume of a person who is self educated, only to find that down the bottom somewhere. almost in an ashamed manner, they have hidden their formal qualifications. If anything, add some context to the education to explain a bit about what the degree entailed.
- gumby 9y agoHaving hired many people, let me tell you how I use the “education”: if you attended the same school as I did I look yo up in the alumni directory. If you attend the same school as one of my colleagues (and Ihappen to know where they went to school which I mostly do t) I have them look you up. Other than that I ignore it. Experience is what matters.
- scarface74 9y agoAfter you've been working for awhile, no one cares about where you got your degree from.