[nabs-l] resume

Sun Jul 29 02:44:29 UTC 2012

Hi Greg,
My job developer at SAAVI told me 2 pages, however I am going to combine
bullets and put education first.
Thank you.
Deb

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:

> To add to what HOpe said, make sure complete contact information is at the
> top of your resume.  I know you are limited for space on a resume, but you
> should put more than just your cell phone number.  I would include an email
> address and a mailing address.  They probably aren't going to mail you
> anything but its a pretty standard convention and the fact it is missing
> stands out.
>
> I would also put your education first, particularly because you are
> applying to school.  I have never seen anyone include their GPAs on their
> resume before, but again, you might be able to get away with this because
> you are submitting it to schools.  I would remove those when you apply for
> jobs.  I don't think employers generally care what your GPA was.
>
> Make sure your capitalization and grammar are consistent throughout.  Take
> a closer look at your current internship entry.  I would change "design,
> implement" to "design and implement" or "designed and implemented."
>
> Also, make sure every line that you put to describe your experiences is
> descriptive and meaningful.  Space is limited and you don't want your
> resume reader to get bogged down in non descriptive text, especially if
> that text doesn't demonstrate any particular skill you are wanting to make
> sure they know you have.  For example, under your entry for your time with
> the American Medical Association, you have 15 bullet points.  This seems
> like a lot of space for a resume that should be as close to one page as you
> can make it.  I would consider combining several of these items to make a
> shorter, more concise list.  I would also consider eliminating items that
> do not provide much meaningful information, e.g. Project assistant.  I'm
> sure being a project assistant was valuable experience, but as it is now,
> we have no idea what that responsibility was and why it is worth
> mentioning.  I would combine these into 3 to 5 major points that summarize
> your experiences.  You could perhaps have one point briefly describing the
> cataloging and information management you did while there, one point
> summarizing the ways you assisted in research, one point describing your
> clerical and budgeting responsibilities etc.  Also, I would avoid the term
> "routine office work" because for some reason it sounds less professional
> to me.  Use something like clerical responsibilities or tasks etc.  Also, I
> would elaborate on what kind of budgeting you did, how large the budget was
> etc. if you are going to mention it.  That is certainly valuable experience
> to have and details could strengthen that point.
>
> You have a strong resume.  It really looks like your employment history
> and education have well prepared you for grad school in this area.  The
> weakest point is the length.  Your resume will be far stronger if you can
> cut it down to one page.  Be brief, describing the highlights of each
> position and how it added to your skill set etc.
>
> I realize this is for school and so some of these things might not sound
> as important because it isn't an employer who is looking at it, but the
> ability to express yourself with brevity is an important skill for graduate
> school.  Your professors will be far more impressed with a concise and
> powerful resume.
>
> Best of luck applying to grad school.  I hope this feedback was helpful.
>  I would be glad to go through your resume with you in more detail if you
> would like.
>
> -Greg
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 1:31 PM, "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi there. Your resume does make sense but if I can suggest a couple of
> > things. It would be good if you had your education first, then your
> skills,
> > then your job experience and references. If you talk to 10 different
> people
> > about resumes, you'll get 10 different answers. <smile> So this is just a
> > suggestion.
> > Also, make sure the bulleted points are the same for each job. For the
> > library job you put periods (.) instead of dashes (-), which you used for
> > all other job duties.
> > HTH and I wish you all the best in your grad school endeavors.
> > Hope Paulos
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Deb Mendelsohn
> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:25 PM
> > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [nabs-l] resume
> >
> > *Hi all,
> > I'm applying to grad school.  Does my updated resume make any sense?
> > TIA
> > Deb
> > Debra Mendelsohn*
> >
> > Deb.Mendelsohn at gmail.com
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > * *
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Experience:*
> >
> > *Cataloging
> > Intern
> > *4/12 - Present**
> >
> > Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI)
> >
> >
> > Tucson, AZ
> >
> >   - Catalog 5000 Audio Book collection
> >   - Design Implement catalog in braille, large print and electronic
> format
> >   - Design, Implement Catalog in Access Database
> >   - Design, implement labels for material in Braille, large print,
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Employment History:*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Research Associate*
> >
> > *Police Consultants
> > Inc.
> >    *7/00-
> > 12/10**
> >
> > Westmont IL
> >
> >   - Management of Psychology Information Center.
> >   - Route journals to psychologists.
> >   - Assist psychologists with research projects.
> >   - Fill information requests in a timely manner.
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Research Assistant*
> >
> > *American Medical Association
> > (AMA)                                                        *9/95 - 9/00
> >
> > Chicago IL
> >
> >   - Management of OGC Information Center
> >   - Budget Managing
> >   - Select and acquire new library materials
> >   - Catalog and Process New Materials
> >   - Route Journals to AMA staff
> >   - Provide AMA staff with daily email informational updates
> >   - Online Research HLAW and Corporate Law topics
> >   - Monitor RSS Feeds for appropriate information
> >   - Assist AMA staff with research
> >   - Assist AMA Member Physicians with research requests.
> >   - Assist Health Policy Librarian
> >   - Project Assistant
> >   - Design, Implement Maintain File Bank
> >   - Archive AMA HLAW Documentation
> >   - Routine office work including answering phones, sort mail
> >
> > *Desk Attendant*
> >
> > 5/95-8/95
> >
> > *Itasca Community Library*
> >                                            Itasca IL
> >
> > .        Part time summer position as clerk at circulation desk,
> >
> > .         Assisted patrons in person and on the phone
> >
> > .        Collect fines
> >
> > .        Material check-in, checkout and renewal.
> >
> > .        searched for and prepared materials for inter-library loan
> >
> > .        Registered patrons for library cards.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Library Assistant*
> >
> > *Northeastern Illinois University*
> >                                                5/94 - 5/95
> >
> > Chicago IL
> >
> >   - Part time work-study position
> >   - Circulation Desk
> >   - Assist patrons in person and on the phone.
> >   - Assisted patrons in person and on the phone
> >   - Collect fines
> >   - Material check-in, checkout and renewal.
> >   - Assist Reserve Librarian
> >   - searched for and prepared materials for inter-library loan
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > *Education:      *
> >
> > *                        *
> >
> > *Northeastern Illinois University*
> >
> > *Chicago, IL*
> >
> > B.A. Liberal Arts          GPA 3.46                                1995
> >
> > *Wright College*
> >
> > Chicago IL
> >
> > A.A. Humanities           GPA 3.75                                1993**
> >
> >
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