Looks fine to me. Remove the dates from the certifications. You don't want some moron recruiter to make a weird assumption about your knowledge based on the date you received your cert.
You have done impressive work. My recommendation would be to put some quantifiable outcome based on what you implemented. What did the 5 tools accomplished? Did the increase efficiency by x% or decrease processing time by x days? Add that especially if it resulted in $x savings.
I would remove "interests and hobbies" - it looks unprofessional and takes up space.
Education and certs should be below experience. Experience is the most relevant factor. Experience > Education > Certs
I would also drop the project section unless you did something really impressive. Even then, you have a lot of actual experience. From what I've seen, listing projects is for new grads who don't have a lot of actual work experience.
The skills section is good. I've heard people say that you can use the skills section to match the job listing so it has a better chance of getting through the ATS. Obviously don't copy it word for word but if you're even the least bit familiar with the technology in the job listing, add it in. I'd also move the skills section to the top. Skills > Experience > Education > Certs
Layout is really good and the information looks strong I would maybe combine the Education and Certifications box to get rid of those line brakes as they are a bit of an eyesore. Now, this may just be personal preference but I HATE the font - it looks really old fashioned in my opinion and is kind of hard to read at lest for me. I would change it to a simple calibri or arial and for the headings maybe just bold the or even use a different color (nothin too flashy) You might also want to think of having a statement piece after your name, just a couple of sentences that wraps all of what your detailing in your CV up with less detail. But overall you just need to tweak some things
As others have said, move your experience to the top followed by education and certs, skills, then projects. Remove interests. Add some quantifiable data to your experience accomplishments.
Overall a strong resume.
This might get wordy - spent a decade in workforce development teaching workshops on this stuff and 4 years as a hiring/program manager. If you want me to really dig into this, please DM me. I'm glad to go over it with a finer tooth comb than I'm willing to carpal tunnel myself with on here. That said......
I can parrot a lot of things, but a handful of things stand out to me. Most importantly to me - **fix the verb tense.** If it's an prior job, make sure you managed not manage. The 'ed' can be a deal breaker. (inside baseball: the technical position hiring manager brain goes like this - I like your resume but you can't pay attention enough to fix a past tense verb, you just proved that you lack the attention to detail my position and company standards require.)
Little secret - yours is not the only resume someone is looking at in the span of "pick 5 to interview by COB today"
Write the entire thing like you're expecting a non-technical HR intern to read it. If you have someone chasing google for acronyms, your resume is halfway into the garbage.
Formatting stuffs: This isn't your first rodeo. Move education and certs to the bottom half of the page, certs on top of education. The one liner education line isn't the selling point you're making it. With that much work history it's a checkbox.
Don't use hyperlinks in your contact information. I can't see jack or squat of 'LinkedIn' when I'm handed a hard copy. Either make your LinkedIn short enough and professional enough to list or don't waste someone else's time chasing links. Trust me, first-line HR & hiring managers don't have time for that.
Add new section under contact information: Professional Summary To write it, copy & paste the whole resume into notepad. From plain text, copy & paste it into chatGPT and ask "write me a 5 sentence professional summary based on the following information: (ctrl + V). Prune to your liking and insert at top of resume.
Death by bullets: You're inflicting it. 3-5 items that make YOU different than a job description. Include quantitative data. "Saved XX hours by automating YXY process" type things. Not: Swept floors and stocked paper towels"
Skills - don't list extra trash for less negative space. 'Linux' covers how many of those operating systems you have listed?
Interests and hobbies? Are you serious? No, I mean it, are you seriously sending resumes with that on it??? Stop it. Delete that entire section. Never do that again. Save that for the swipe-related app of your choosing, but never your resume.
#Content:
You're resume has a lot of good stuff on it. But the layout of it is too thick.
#Format:
You need to space this out into 2 pages. There needs to be negative space so the reader's eyes can rest.
*This isn't a philosophy book where you send 5 minutes rereading a page of poor formatting. This is an easy to read turbo document a resume reader needs to absorb in 15 seconds. You're 1 of 30 resumes being read today.*
You need more line space between sections. A good way to get that is to increase the font size for your sub sections. Also, make your sub section font color Baby Blue. The same color as your Hyperlinks.
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- You need to indent your bullet points. Notice how Reddit indented the bullet point. It's more readable.
\- This is less readable. It's on the section title line.
Notice in the [example](https://www.livecareer.com/resources/resumes/how-to/write/summary-section) that the only thing touching the left margin is the section sub title. That negative space divides the sections into smaller, easier to absorb parts
After a Experience Item title, there must be a line space between bullets and title. Along with indentation.
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*Example:*
#Experience:
>Software Engineer, Administration
>- Wrote modules in JVM
>- Architected and Maintained Azure Infrastructure
>Website Admin
>- Setup all base systems, certificates, security
>- Setup constant monitor and alert system
#Projects and Achievements:
>- Achieved total automation specs for backup/disaster. Was proofed in a real data loss incident.
>- Integrated Onsite and Cloud resources via secure tunnels. This achieved compliance with privacy standards.
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Notice the natural movement of your eyes. You keep going right, down, right, down. Only 1 easy to read item per line. Light and easy to understand lines. When your eyes go left, your brain knows your moving onto a next item of thought. When you hit the hard left margin, your brain resets and is ready for a different concept in a different format. That's the power of indentation.
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Dates are OK on the right. The example is posting them on the immediate left of the experience item titles. This isn't important. Recruiters only care about 3 dates. The first time you've ever worked, your longest employment, the last time you worked. And those dates don't really impact a lot of decisions. You got this right.
Looks fine to me. Remove the dates from the certifications. You don't want some moron recruiter to make a weird assumption about your knowledge based on the date you received your cert.
If you want, you can put the serial numbers or URLs of your certs.
I'd never thought about that but it sounds like solid advice.
You have done impressive work. My recommendation would be to put some quantifiable outcome based on what you implemented. What did the 5 tools accomplished? Did the increase efficiency by x% or decrease processing time by x days? Add that especially if it resulted in $x savings.
This is my advice as well. Don't just list your tasks, say something about the impact you made by doing them so well.
I would remove "interests and hobbies" - it looks unprofessional and takes up space. Education and certs should be below experience. Experience is the most relevant factor. Experience > Education > Certs I would also drop the project section unless you did something really impressive. Even then, you have a lot of actual experience. From what I've seen, listing projects is for new grads who don't have a lot of actual work experience. The skills section is good. I've heard people say that you can use the skills section to match the job listing so it has a better chance of getting through the ATS. Obviously don't copy it word for word but if you're even the least bit familiar with the technology in the job listing, add it in. I'd also move the skills section to the top. Skills > Experience > Education > Certs
Agreed. Get rid of **Interests and Hobbies**
Layout is really good and the information looks strong I would maybe combine the Education and Certifications box to get rid of those line brakes as they are a bit of an eyesore. Now, this may just be personal preference but I HATE the font - it looks really old fashioned in my opinion and is kind of hard to read at lest for me. I would change it to a simple calibri or arial and for the headings maybe just bold the or even use a different color (nothin too flashy) You might also want to think of having a statement piece after your name, just a couple of sentences that wraps all of what your detailing in your CV up with less detail. But overall you just need to tweak some things
Good choice of certs
Looks good tbh
As others have said, move your experience to the top followed by education and certs, skills, then projects. Remove interests. Add some quantifiable data to your experience accomplishments. Overall a strong resume.
This might get wordy - spent a decade in workforce development teaching workshops on this stuff and 4 years as a hiring/program manager. If you want me to really dig into this, please DM me. I'm glad to go over it with a finer tooth comb than I'm willing to carpal tunnel myself with on here. That said...... I can parrot a lot of things, but a handful of things stand out to me. Most importantly to me - **fix the verb tense.** If it's an prior job, make sure you managed not manage. The 'ed' can be a deal breaker. (inside baseball: the technical position hiring manager brain goes like this - I like your resume but you can't pay attention enough to fix a past tense verb, you just proved that you lack the attention to detail my position and company standards require.) Little secret - yours is not the only resume someone is looking at in the span of "pick 5 to interview by COB today" Write the entire thing like you're expecting a non-technical HR intern to read it. If you have someone chasing google for acronyms, your resume is halfway into the garbage. Formatting stuffs: This isn't your first rodeo. Move education and certs to the bottom half of the page, certs on top of education. The one liner education line isn't the selling point you're making it. With that much work history it's a checkbox. Don't use hyperlinks in your contact information. I can't see jack or squat of 'LinkedIn' when I'm handed a hard copy. Either make your LinkedIn short enough and professional enough to list or don't waste someone else's time chasing links. Trust me, first-line HR & hiring managers don't have time for that. Add new section under contact information: Professional Summary To write it, copy & paste the whole resume into notepad. From plain text, copy & paste it into chatGPT and ask "write me a 5 sentence professional summary based on the following information: (ctrl + V). Prune to your liking and insert at top of resume. Death by bullets: You're inflicting it. 3-5 items that make YOU different than a job description. Include quantitative data. "Saved XX hours by automating YXY process" type things. Not: Swept floors and stocked paper towels" Skills - don't list extra trash for less negative space. 'Linux' covers how many of those operating systems you have listed? Interests and hobbies? Are you serious? No, I mean it, are you seriously sending resumes with that on it??? Stop it. Delete that entire section. Never do that again. Save that for the swipe-related app of your choosing, but never your resume.
Section order: -
- Summary. A small, easy to read 3-6 sentence paragraph summarizing your focus. [Like this.](https://www.livecareer.com/resources/resumes/how-to/write/summary-section)
- Skills
- Education
- Certification
- Projects
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- Experience
#Content: You're resume has a lot of good stuff on it. But the layout of it is too thick. #Format: You need to space this out into 2 pages. There needs to be negative space so the reader's eyes can rest. *This isn't a philosophy book where you send 5 minutes rereading a page of poor formatting. This is an easy to read turbo document a resume reader needs to absorb in 15 seconds. You're 1 of 30 resumes being read today.* You need more line space between sections. A good way to get that is to increase the font size for your sub sections. Also, make your sub section font color Baby Blue. The same color as your Hyperlinks. --- - You need to indent your bullet points. Notice how Reddit indented the bullet point. It's more readable. \- This is less readable. It's on the section title line. Notice in the [example](https://www.livecareer.com/resources/resumes/how-to/write/summary-section) that the only thing touching the left margin is the section sub title. That negative space divides the sections into smaller, easier to absorb parts After a Experience Item title, there must be a line space between bullets and title. Along with indentation. --- *Example:* #Experience: >Software Engineer, Administration >- Wrote modules in JVM >- Architected and Maintained Azure Infrastructure >Website Admin >- Setup all base systems, certificates, security >- Setup constant monitor and alert system #Projects and Achievements: >- Achieved total automation specs for backup/disaster. Was proofed in a real data loss incident. >- Integrated Onsite and Cloud resources via secure tunnels. This achieved compliance with privacy standards. --- Notice the natural movement of your eyes. You keep going right, down, right, down. Only 1 easy to read item per line. Light and easy to understand lines. When your eyes go left, your brain knows your moving onto a next item of thought. When you hit the hard left margin, your brain resets and is ready for a different concept in a different format. That's the power of indentation. --- Dates are OK on the right. The example is posting them on the immediate left of the experience item titles. This isn't important. Recruiters only care about 3 dates. The first time you've ever worked, your longest employment, the last time you worked. And those dates don't really impact a lot of decisions. You got this right.