Use your educational experience. How many hours have you logged in a lab on a particular project? How many times did you have to redo a part of a project? Did you have to troubleshoot? Lab hours are quantifiable if what you were doing directly relates to the field you are in.
Also, in rebuttal to Ken, my portfolio is what speaks for what I've done - not my resume. My resume serves as a "Table of Contents" per se to my portfolio. -Joe -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Hey, anyone willing too, could you send me copies offline as well? I'm working on my currently, trying to get another job that is pretty specialized (working with IDS) but they require a Bachelors with a couple years experience and I only have an Associates and 3 or 4 years professional experience. I'm still going for it, though. Because I have limited professional experience (only been in the IT field for roughly 3 years now, and I'm only 25), I try to focus on my specialized skills in the resume and on the cover letter. I still list my work experience, but only the jobs that had something to do with IT, and I milk those job descriptions for every penny. Any suggestions for me? Makes me think of another question, I almost always write a specialized cover letter every time I send out my resume... does anyone else? -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume I'm not saying that a place that takes a one page resume is rubbish or something. I'm just saying that different orgs work differently. For Joe, a one page resume worked. Great for the place he is at. I'm just saying that other places it wouldn't work. If you want to come to a consulting firm, and have a resume that just lists your skills, it's unlikely that you'll make it. Because most consulting firms want to see what you did, and how you did it. That's not to say we want "War and Peace", but anyone can just list a bunch of skills on a piece of paper. And given that we (and our recruitment firms) have to shift through a lot of these, it probably won't make the cut per se. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 12:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Interesting. Not to duplicate my resume here, but I am able to summarize my 12 years as "network admin by day" and 7 years of my own side business IT consulting onto one page and got my current j....wait, maybe that's not complimenting this place eh? Still, four interviews later I made it in. I'll agree it will depend on the organization, but I worked hard to keep it one page and I think it covers plenty. A good cover letter helps though, do NOT overlook it. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume If there's one rule about resumes, it's that there is no one rule about resumes. Resumes could be read by a human, or indexed by a machine. Depending on the position, you may (or may not) need to provide relevant details. If you want a job where I work, a one page resume is unlikely to make the cut, Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2008 12:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tech Resume Joseph: Resumes, even in a tech field, should be limited to 1 page in this day and age. Bullet points take up valuable page real estate, where you could be listing KSA's (Knowledge, Skills(both technical and transferrable), and Attributes). And for the love of <Deity> don't put "References will be provided upon request." Of course a potential employer will request references prior to an interview, no need to waste important space on the paper. One more resume killer - templates. Don't use them. Spend some time on crafting your resume. Potential employers can tell the difference. They have a tendency to pass by the template resumes. Also, if you are anything like me, and already in a career, and know what direction it is going in, there is no need for a Career Objective, that can be replaced with a Summary of Qualifications. If you'd like, I can send a copy of my resume (which in my current Portfolio and Professional Procedures class netted me a grade of a 100 and 5 interviews thus far) to you offline. Joe Fox Systems Administrator ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
