Please tell all the things wrong with it, I have a black and white version, but plan to do up a color version that kinda looks like my site yet fits on to one page when printed out.
After viewing your site in IE and then opening FF and seeing that you say your site is compatible with IE, I question your credability.
…yes… Actually I am fixing my site to work in IE6, if you look at it in IE7 everything works. I know how to fix it, it is just a matter of when I will get to it. Also I am not asking for my site be critiqued, just my resume, I will post my site when I think it is ready.
Well . . . it’s definitely a resume. I don’t know what there is to critique about it. I guess it looks nice with your site.
Looks fine. I like the header font a lot. I never liked the idea of the objective statement, because it’s always kinda obvious. I mean you’re applying for a job, what else would your objective be than to get hired?
I don’t think you necessarily need to put the dates next to your software experience. Particularly when you break it down into months. I think it would help if you wrote a little more about your objectives and goals, and what you can contribute to your future employer in a broader, general sense. I really respected my previous employers hiring methods. He hires people 60% based on personality and 40% based on experience. Personality is important because it means you are willing to keep learning and work overnight if needed with arguing.
it makes me look good at coding… continue
You know I think you could slim it down a bit. Listing OSs makes you seem like your stretching your abilities. Anybody can use an OS, but what can you do with it? Have you set up servers, or done administrative duties? Those are the experiences that are more important. And take out the (would be valid). I don’t think anyone will call you out on that.
I had a little bug when opening your site for the second time. There appeared a huge gap above your resume - it was positioned maybe 300 px below its intended spot. But after reloading the site it looked alright. Not the menu or background - just the text.
Macintosh OS X 10.4 Desktop Administration
What is this?
loads more leading required!
I think your career objective is kind of lame. I would rework the verbiage in that section. Also put a hyperlink to web ninjas.
Other than that i think it’s fine :thumb:
Macintosh OS X 10.4 Desktop Administration
I think it’s just fancy pantsness for ‘I can use a mac’
On a quick note, your link to the certificate has a tinyurl link on it, but your actual link goes straight to the site… I don’t think you need the tinyurl there bud!
I think the tiny url is for the print version.
the main thing that’s wrong w/ it is you need frickin leading / line-height added to the whole thing, gonna make an employer rip their eyes out if they even bother to try and read it.
The tinyurl is there for when I print it out.
I have a cert in desktop admin for os x.
Yes I need to put a link to websiteninjas.com
Alright I will take out the OS’s, but I will put in there BASH command line experience instead.
I am gonna try and write a better one, I am not the best writer tho.
The leading and line-heigth is turned compared to the rest of my site becasue I plan to print it out on nice glossy photo paper and go into places and hand it to them in person. Along with my portfolio and resume on a cd.
Do you think I should put the contact info after the career objective?
Needs more padding inbetween headings and text
also find a way to differentiate your headings and sub headings stylistically, they’re too similar, not enough oomph on the sub-heads
wtf? Was that a really snide remark or did I misunderstand something
Valid CSS and CSS that is compatible with IE6 - 4 years
^uhmmm uh huh how about this:
Valid CSS that is compatible across popular browsers ( you don’t need a year for valid code)
**Career Objectives**
I want to share my skills in web design/development with a growing company, helping them reach their potential while they help me reach mine.
^digital is right – even though his comment made me laugh at first(bad digital making me laugh)
I want to work for a web development/design company in which I can fully utilize my skills and expand upon my knowledge of the web industry.
^it’s not the best but it is a start
PHP programing to build simple scripts to full custom CMS’s
try this
PHP programing:
tab–>Content Management System
tab–> Database Administration
tab–> Form Scripts
as a general rule of thumb, never say you “have potential” this adds a hazy gray area to your skill set
better to make it more along the lines of “I want to work in an environment where I am constantly learning, and to be able to help a growing company reach its full potential”
I don’t think you need a “Contact” sub heading, if its under your name, there is a 99.99999% chance the employer will understand that it is YOUR contact information. (it is your resume by the way)
You also talk a lot about your technical skills, but nothing about your personal skills
Who are you as a human being? Why should I hire you over Keanu Reeves?
Stay away from techy-abbreviations like OO
you may be in a tech industry, but you never know…