My Resume

[hkellick]

I've been a busy little beaver yesterday.
Finally got off my ass and wrote a resume.
Why, you ask? Because it's been "suggested" we bring a few copies to the New York City meeting.

I'm asking all interested parties to check our my resume and give me comments and suggestions
In Word Format it's Here
In HTML Format (the Formatting is a BIT Off, but you should get the general idea), you can see it Here
Please check it out and give comments/suggestions/helpful hints

*I* think it's a good first resume :)

Comments

[kareila]

It's not bad, but it's a little bland. Can you spice it up a little with more specifics of stuff you've done?

I would also format the Work Experience section slightly differently. I don't know if it's specific to the HTML version, but at least there it's awkward to read.

[lite.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the formatting of the Work Experiences suffered the most going from .doc -> .html I can play with it, though.

Like what specifics do you think people want to see?

[kareila]

Anything that makes you stand out from the crowd. Right now, it reads kind of like "I'm just another UB student looking for work." It should read more like "I'm a really interesting UB student looking for this exact kind of work." Y'know?

Okee

[lite.livejournal.com]

OK, with Robby's suggestions I've played with it some. Can I ask you two to look at it again?
I dunno.. it's not easy... I'm not sure how to "personalize" it to say I'm Howard Kellick... a good potential employee and a heckuva guy instea of just I'm Howard Kellick, a run of the mill recent graduate.

[alierak.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a good first resume. I'd agree with Kareila that the second draft probably needs more personality; perhaps something that hints at your motivation for pursuing this career.

You want to assess water quality and model water systems. Why? Because you enjoy chemistry and fiddling with computers? Let me guess that your goal is to improve water quality by studying pollution and evaluating treatments. There's nothing in your resume to indicate you're interested in designing treatments, so chances are you're really not.

Anyway, if you've got big-picture goals that go beyond what's in your Job Objective statement, you can probably find ways to work them in. Like, how successful were the research projects? Would you say "Demonstrated viability of a manure treatment system by assessing water quality", or "Exposed flaws in a manure treatment system by assessing water quality"? What's the value to an employer of a water-quality-assessor and modeler? Maybe that's an interview question, I dunno.

If you're going to hand these out in NYC, you want to put area codes on your profs' phone numbers, and have fun at the conference :)

[lite.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This is exactly the kind of help I need!
I'll try to fiddle with it some and post it again. Thanks for the help, the both of you!

A few thoughts...

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

You said you wanted suggestions, so here you go.

First of all, what flavours of unix/windows do you have experience with? (UB runs Solaris, incidentally, which you probably knew, but hey, I might as well make some use of my ASCIT training sessions.)
Second - your email address is also kellick@buffalo.edu (they merged the acsu.buffalo.edu and buffalo.edu domains, so it now goes to the same place) and in my opinion the second is easier to remember...
Third, I think you can create PDF files with WordPerfect or at the acrobat website; while I personally think PDFs are the epitome of evil, I know a lot of people who use them, and it might be a thought to put up a PDF version of your resume as well.
Also, what C++ compilers do you have experience with?
Other than that, is wonderful. :-)

Re: A few thoughts...

[lite.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions!
*goes and changes a couple of things*