Resume Styles?

Drez

About a year ago I showed a professional my resume which was two pages and had a lot of whitespace. They showed me a pretty keen way to rearrange data to fit more on one page while still keeping good organization and delineation of skills vs. work experience vs. objective. I rather want to downplay education...is it necessary to discuss that on a resume? Anyway, can anyone recommend a good style? I have been working on one myself but I cannot remember the style I was shown a year ago as I still had a job then and didn't bother updating my resume at the time.

I'm really looking for ideas/suggestions.

Also, I have various tools at my disposal, including Word 2007.

jclast

I'd keep education on there, but there's certainly no rule that it has to be first and foremost on a resumé. You also don't have to list everything. Your education section could be nothing more than your most recent degree acquired, dates attended, and GPA.

A text version (using my info because I don't know yours) could look something like this.

Education

Illinois State University
August 2000 - April 2004
GPA: 3.97/4.00

khain

For education you don't even really need your GPA, but having your latest degree is normally a good idea.

Drez

Lets say you entirely fucked up college and didn't get your AS or BS even though you have 70 credits. What would you recommend?

What I used to do was "accredited in physics, math, c++" something like that.

khain

Either put your high school or put nothing, I'd probably tend towards nothing as high school is expected. If you do put it, put it towards the bottom of the resume, at the very least after your job experience.

Uncle Long

I second the advice of not putting anything. As shitty as it is I've noticed some of the employers I've talked to tend to think of incomplete college as equitable to no college. If you do decide to mention your 2 (?) years of school then leave out your GPA if it is under a 3.0. Employers generally assume that without a GPA right on the Resume that it is below a 3.0 anyway so, even if you had like a 2.0 or a 2.9 it all kind of gets lumped in together and generally works out more in your favor (as much as having a lower GPA can).

jclast

What does accredited in physics, math, and c++ mean? If you've got certificates in those things, just replace the education section with a Certifications section.

Aurin

Another option you have is having a professional actually do the resume for you, http://www.getresultsresumes.com/ (Not meaning to sitewhore, this is just the first one I remembered, there are LOTS of resume writers out there) is where my husband got his resume done, and it's awesome looking. It's a bit easier to have someone else do it the first time, then go back and add to it as you get more experience. Additionally, I do believe on this site that if you don't get a job in a certain amount of time, they'll redo the resume until you do.

drinkinstout

not sure about how to arrange your skills as it kinda depends what the job is you're applying for and what you can offer but one important thing you want to remember is to keep it on one page unless you have years and years of experience in the field and all of it is relavent.... which doesn't sound like the case.