resume templates?

[abecx]

That's a good option. Not sure I have the funds right now for it, but I may have to find a way. Unfortunately my commission only pay has dropped significantly, and it doesn't look like it's going back up anytime soon.

I have put together a rough draft so to speak, if anyone out there would like to look it over Ill gladly email it and take whatever feedback is suggested.

Having someone go over it that has a degree in grammar ( or whatever -_- ) is a god send. Everything I did sounded as bad ass as it should sound. A good example would be something like:

Before:
Created applications to assist in performance graphing.

After:
Created and implemented 5 custom applications to monitor 6,000 servers graphing relevant data sets to 4 unique departments.


Before:
Created new training procedures and hiring processes.

After:
Designed and implemented ITIL training to over 300 new hire employees and teaching the approach to multiple facilities.

These are not real examples, but they really got all the good stuff out of me. The best part was in an interview, I could fucking word vomit about anything on my resume because i had actually done it.

I cant put a price on how much i've increased my salary, and i feel it is directly related to my professional resume just as much as it is my skills. I am not a salesman, and in tech i am appeased with problems which always gives the employeers leverage because they know to an engineer, problems are also part of the fun of the job. Now i know how to ask for more and show why I deserve it and stand tall about my declaration of salary.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I may still have them take a shot at it, if something doesnt come up from what I put together. Luckily I have some friends in high places that I bounced my rough draft off of, and I got some awesome feedback.

And on the subject, I am in sales, and trying to move back into a management position. The snakes, crooks and scam artists are out of droves. They make it hard to sort the real from the fake.

[TexasDevilDog]

I would add 1-3 success bullets under each job, explaining what you did for the company like this.

•Eliminated field failures of F-16 JRIU with memory corruption by capturing the condition that would erroneously write to flash memory during a brown-out of power.

[Silverback]

I would add things like:

- Going forward, I'd like to be proactive in touching base with my customers and ensure I circle back with them quite often.

- I would approach all low hanging fruit with blue-sky thinking, ensuring team members brainstorm new ideas in order to get the ball rolling.

[Leah]

DJ, just an FYI, but Craig is phenomenal at resumes. He was great at it before, but after being laid off, he had access to a program that helped write resumes and stuff and he is great at it. I'm sure he'd help you if you wanted him to. He's helped several people with theirs.

[Baron Von Crowder]

LOL at the tag!

[talisman]

LOL at the tag!

I almost spit out my Coke.

[Silverback]

hahaha, "he talks too much" - Jared

[Leah]

Y'all are assholes!

(but accurate)

[Rick Modena]

Y'all are assholes!

(but accurate)

lol.

[Mike]

Excellent tag work.

[Chili]

Mine is two pages, assholes..

And you really shouldn't go beyond that, fwiw.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Mine is two pages, assholes..

And you really shouldn't go beyond that, fwiw.

Shoot me your email, Ill send you a copy, you can tell me what you think.

[Chili]

Shoot me your email, Ill send you a copy, you can tell me what you think.

Sent.. Really I am better at the "word-smithing" / editing than I am with actual format.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Sent.. Really I am better at the "word-smithing" / editing than I am with actual format.

That's cool. I appreciate the advice either way.