Resume help please.

EveryNameIWantIsTaken

I had a really nice resume that apparently I am not meant to keep.  Our computer crashed, no big deal, it was on the external hard drive, right? Wrong!  That decided to burn out a couple months ago.  So here I sit, searching for a new company to work for, and I find a position I am really interested in.  Now I have to start it again from scratch.  Any suggestions or tips on how to make it wow?  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

EveryNameIWantIsTaken

Oh, and is 10 months close enough to a year to say I have been doing a specific task/skill that long?

mrshutch

EveryNameIWantIsTaken:

Oh, and is 10 months close enough to a year to say I have been doing a specific task/skill that long?

I think for sure that's long enough, unless it's a specialized field and then just be honest w/ yourself about if you're truly qualified. Big bummer about your resume! Sorry. One thing I always do when I'm "touching up" my resume is I go back on the career services web sites from my college and grad school. They have tons of sample resumes posted for various fields so I can remind myself about length, formatting, buzz words, etc. There's generally no password required, so I would say to search around on some school's sites. GL in your search!

14years

EveryNameIWantIsTaken:

Oh, and is 10 months close enough to a year to say I have been doing a specific task/skill that long?

Yeah, I think it is, too.  You can google resumes and see a lot of different kinds as templates.  I don't really have any specific advice as to how to make it "wow" since I think that is pretty field-specific.  Good luck!

And your siggy pic is completely adorable! 

swtmely

I would google "sample resumes" in your field. Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com have resume building programs that you can use so that you wont have to start quite from scratch. I personally like using Microsoft word's templates and dress them up as needed. HTH. GL!

EveryNameIWantIsTaken

Thanks for the suggestions.  I got it done and had a couple people look over it so now I can apply for the position that came up.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.