any experts on resumes out there?

[yankee_minis]

I've been told that my resume does not reflect my skills. I'm doing temp jobs and the last employer said she had no idea how talented I was even though she'd read my resume.

Basically I've been under-employed and my employers were more than willing to take advantage of my abilities by giving me increasingly technical assignments and responsibilities. This made me happy because I got to do fun things and was able to learn something new each and every day. And I got to be creative and technical all at the same time.

Now I want to apply for a job that *needs* to see my actual skills. It's at the place where I just left the temporary assignment. They extended my stay for a month because I was so good. I got presents and cards when I left. All the middle managers were telling me that they wished they could keep me on. The big boss gave me a thank you card when I left-- on top of the dish garden she gave me after the big conference I helped with.

Soooo they already know I'd make a good fit, but the hiring people may not understand everything I'm capable of. I think I've got the wording down right, but how can I arrange my resume better? I've modified it so my skills are listed first...

Any experts wanna help?

 

[kaykay]

there are a ton of online free resume builders that are quite good. I think both hotjobs.com and careerbuilder.com offer this service. This is taken from my actual rescume. Include everything! even if it seems silly like running office equipment. If you dont blow your own horn you wont get noticed

Skills: Accounts payable and receivable. General Ledger. Payroll and tax accounting. Job costing. Inventory control. Data entry. Ordering office supplies. Experienced in Word, Wordperfect, Excel, Outlook Express and Peachtree Accounting. Excellent customer service and phone skills. 10 Key by touch. Typing speed of 70 wpm. Able to run and maintain office equipment such as copiers, fax machines and personal computers. Ability to work under pressure and maintain composure. *every job i ever got LOVED that line LOL*

 

[yankee_minis]

Thanks for responding.

I know about the online resources and have a book on resumes. I've looked through it all and have changed my resume a little so that hopefully it shows my tech skills prominently.

I suppose this is a common problem for people who are self taught or who don't have a formal degree. I've taken college classes, etc., but don't have a degree in computers.

The job is a web master. Right now they have a very basic web site that I could improve on-- especially with the accessibility requirements. I'm not sure how far they want to go with it. They have a IS department with specialists in IT. I know they want an Intranet too.

This is from my resume:

Skills

Web Site Construction with Experience in Accessible Web Design

Brochure and Newsletter Design

Advanced Access Database Design and Management

Graphic Design

Home Computer Network Setup

Live Web Camera Setup

Basic Computer Programming

Building Computers

Computer Experience

Photoshop CS2; InDesign CS2; Illustrator CS2; PageMaker 7.0; Visual Basic 6.0; JavaScript, HTML with CSS;

Microsoft Word, Access, FrontPage, Excel, and Publisher;

I've moved this stuff up to the top and actually added the "skills" section. The info was in there before, but you had to read the job descriptions to see what I did.

 

[mountain_waif]

I would add verbs

Constructed various Web Sites using Accessible Web Design

Compliled effective Advertising Brochure

Designed well received Newsletter

Proven Advanced Access Database Designer

Demonstrated Excellent Management Graphic Designs

Experienced in Home Computer Network Setup

Implemented Live Web Camera System (or network)

Experienced in Basic Computer Programming

Built and Maintained Computer Systems