Tim Said:

Please help with my resume. 10 points for the best advice. Thank you?

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Just run through and fix a couple typos, and you'll be done!

Elizabeth Said:

Please help check the spelling errors. 10 points for the best help. Thank you?

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I see no Education. This should be a separate category. It seems you mixed education and work experience together. Theses should be separate.

If I'm confused, a potential employer will be too, and that's not good.

Leslie Said:

How to pay or fund my MBA fees?

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this is a very useful link for MBA programs
http://www.degreemoblog.info/mba.html

Delores Said:

Double check my resume. 10 points for the best help. Thank you?

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This thing is way to long. It should be no longer than one page. A resume gets only 30 seconds time on average. Employers don't want to read a book. You should 'tease' them in to calling you for an interview then you can give them more details.
Cut the objective statement and put that information on your cover letter.
Cut some of the job duties that are obvious to the job title.

Gary Said:

ADULTS-please help proof read my resume. 10 points for your kindness helping me. Thank you?

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I think your resume is in great shape. I would change the objective to something less vague. Reads very wishy-washy, like you dont know what you want to be when you grow up, you know? (Even if that's true, never let a potential employer know.) Change potential growth in management to "Secure a Management Position in ____". You dont have to marry the idea, just know where you're going. Take out "person of responsibility" altogether.

Any certifications and licenses, add them after work experience, before awards

Work experience: Anything that starts with Managing... Directing... etc, put those first. How many general managers did you assist? How many graduate students did you oversee files for? Dont use words like "many" or "several". Be specific.

Use the same tense consistently. For example you start off by using words like "organizing" and "managing" then you end up in the past tense "conducted". Keep it in the present tense, even if it already happened. For example:

Graduate Assistant to the (etc.)
- Organize conference... (etc.)
- Manage graduate students...

INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Organize and host...

Finally, make sure it fits on one page. Use less words than you did or they wont read it in its entirety. The opportunity for details is at the interview.

Vernon Said:

Please help check spellings error on my resume. 10 points for the best help. Thank you?

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Hi there, first off let me say congrats on all your achievements and hard work!!

I’ve added some websites for helping you format your resume properly.
Any & all edits etc I’ve made are only suggestions – this is your resume so feel free to do what you’d like with them. You’ve got a lot of great experiences & achievements!!!

I edited in word which let me put my edits in bold etc but I couldn't do that here - if you would like me to email you the word doc just let me know.

Your education & training etc should be listed prior to your work experience. You also need a heading and objective – the websites can help you with this – choose headings like Professional Experience as opposed to Work Experience etc. Plus make sure to include a cover letter.


WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant to the Chair August 2006-Present
Department of Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

• Managing internship/scholarship/ (extra space here not needed) conferences opportunities
• Organizing graduate students’ official files and documents
• MPA (always spell out acronyms the first time using them & put the acronym is brackets after) program liaison
• Advising undergraduate students (advising them of what? Should clarify – “Advising undergraduate students on various academic areas such as course selection and/or scholarship opportunities”)
• Developing and updating department website
• Broadcasting information and scheduling courses on the university databases
• Conducting research for MBA (full name first & then acronym) program coordinator

Make sure there is a space between each new experience – refer to websites provided

Graduate Student Worker (Part-time) August 2004-February 2008 Sodexho, USA)
• Assisted the general manager in planning and organizing various restaurants on campus
• Provided strong team work and support to achieve the goals of the company
• Ranked highly among the team for excellent service and strong sales. (did you receive any awards or accreditation? If so list this as “Awarded….for excellent….” Or “Received accreditation for….” Under a different heading – refer to websites)

Intern May-August, 2005 The Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C.

• Assisted the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission (International Relations)
• Verified official documents (passport, visa, naturalization, and legalization)
• Provided administrative support to officers and local staff


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING (this should be listed before experiences – perhaps after education?? – consider new heading refer to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResumeW/org.html)
• Member of Society for Human Resource Management 2007-2008
• Website Development Training September 2007
• OSDBU Procurement Conference April, 2007
• Faculty Research and Scholarship Training Series March, 2007

SKILLS (reword heading – i.e. Qualifications )
Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet (Internet Explorer? Mozilla Firefox??)
Research (Collecting, Managing, Analyzing, and Presenting Data)
Communication Skills (English and Thai) (are you fluent in both – if so I would say that- speaking 2 languages fluently is a great asset!)

AWARDS (heading – Honors and Awards ?? You may want to include, briefly, what the award is for.)
Graduate Assistantship 2006-2008
SILVER Academic Award 2005-2006 (is SILVER an acronym?)
Julie Lieber International Scholarship 2004-2005
ASSE International Exchange Program Scholarship, United States, 2002-2003

Note: Some resume writing sources say to include only accomplishments etc that are relevant to job applying for – but I think that is completely up to you if it was a big achievement and your proud of it I’d include it!

INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
(space between headings & first point) Featured in the Bowie State University (HBCU) viewbook and website in “Spotlight” section, Fall 2007 – include why you’re featured

Organized and hosted “Women and Children in Japanese Society” Speech and Dinner, the guest speaker was the First Secretary of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Fall 2005.

Assisted the Thai Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission and organized “A Taste of Thailand” Gala Dinner,(period end of sentence, Begin new sentence “This was a benefit to support the post-tsunami…..”.) a benefit for the post-tsunami support of schools and living facilities for the orphans in Thailand, Summer 2005.

Served as the Vice President of the Asia Club at Edinboro University, (period end of sentence – new sentence)organized an educational trip to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2004.


I hope this helps - Good Luck! :)