What do you think about my resume? Will I finally be able to get a new job?

Question

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a professional position utilizing my diverse experience while continuing to grow professionally.
EDUCATION
Queens Academy of the Outreach Program 9/2001 – 1/2003
High School Diploma
Queens Vocational and Technical H.S. 9/1998 – 6/2001
Major: Business
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Corona Barbershop Plus, Jackson Heights, NY 10/2003-Present
Hair Braider/ Customer Service Associate
•Responsible for artful hair designs and braiding.
•Welcomed clients.
•Handled high volume of telephone calls.
•Scheduled appointments.
•Maintained customer satisfaction standards.
•Instructed new employees.
•Developed website profiles as advertisement for braiding work.
•Constructed a hair style guide for clients.
Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst, NY 9/1999-3/2000
Data Entry Clerk
•Entered patient records into database
•Verified accuracy of documents
•Filed records
Our Lady of Sorrow Church, Corona, NY Summer 1999
Child Care Assistant
•Assisted with setting up and preparation of activities.
•In charge of maintaining play areas in a safe condition.
•Provided continuous supervision to children.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Publisher, and Photo Shop.
Type 50 words per minute.
LANGUAGES
Spanish to English translation

Answer 1

Your resume has a lot of valuable and important information. The other persons who answered your question propapbly only saw your information. Just skimming over your resume though i thought that it could use better phrasing in some cases. First of all DO NOT use that as your objective, you need to be more specific. Don't expect your prospective employer to guess what kind of a job you want. Maybe your not absolutely sure yourself what you want but at least suggest something that you think you could handle and something you would not mind doing at your (hopefully) new job! Secondly, under the section of professional experience, you need to organize these points so that it is more effective. Putting the more important experiences you've had between the less commendable one's doesn't really have an effect. For example, this may be a better approach

Developed website profiles as advertisement for braiding work.
Constructed a hair style guide for clients.
Maintained customer satisfaction standards.
Responsible for artful hair designs and braiding.
Maintained customer satisfaction standards.
Handled high volume of telephone calls.
Scheduled appointments.
Welcomed clients.

Maybe you can do better!

Another idea is to create a general heading called SKILLS. Subdivide this section into computer skills, and any other skills you would like to mention, by doing this, you show the employer that may be a valuable employee in other areas of the job as well and not only in computer or whatever. Also, for languages, try this:

LANGUAGES
Native: English (if this is it)
Other: Spanish

Maybe you should put spanish to english translation under skills, as languages is mainly to show your communication abilities.

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Answer 2

I was a Staffing Specialist for 5 years and I would tell my temporary associates to have several resumes to cater to the kinds of positions they were looking for. Whether you are looking for an administrative assistant, receptionist, or project manager position; your resume should reflect the position you are going for. You must keep in mind that you want the employer to see you as the person that distinctly matches the opportunity which is available.

I would dress up my skills by including multiline phone, internet savvy, and anything that you can think of that may give you an edge over someone else.

Because you mention "Data Entry", as a recruiter I would ask what is your ten-key rate or your keystrokes per minute numeric and/or alpha-numeric. You may want to include that where you have you rate per minute in typing.

Also, where you indicate "Hair Braider", depending on the type of job, I would indicate only Customer Care Associate or Customer Service Associate. If you are going for a position that is in cosmetology, drop the Customer Care and focus more on "hair braider", but I would even dress up the title by saying "hair stylist" which sounds more professional.

Where you instructed new employees, you may want to say, "Conducted orientation for new personnel" or "Conducted training sessions for newly hired staff members."

Where you have the hair style guide for clients, I would suggest you saying something like, "Designed marketing tools for clientele." and "Performed on-site advisement for clientele."

When you list the duties you have for each position, take care to put the most important thing or the things that would stand out more FIRST. Things like welcoming customers can go towards the end of your list. You may want to say something like, "Meet and greet clients" "Screened visitors and telephone calls" "Scheduled appointments utilizing a computerized system." The idea is to make every thing you did sound like the most important job in the world!

Be creative and have fun with it!

Answer 3

The info in it is good, but a big part is how it looks on paper. Also, depending on the job you are applying for, you should change your objective. For example if you are looking to be a bank teller then Objective: To utilize my computer skills and customer service experience to obtain an entry level position which will allow me to grow in the field of banking. Good luck and feel free to email me if you have any more questions!

Answer 4

LOVe the action verbs! The objective statement is weak and not focused on a particular job though. Looks good, very standard. If you have won any awards or recognitions, you might want to add a "notable Achievements" section-that helps you stand out.

Answer 5

Hi there,

You are definitely going to need a better, easier to read format then what you have.

It looks like you have a lot of professional experience and that is great! But where have you worked?

Who have you worked for?

Where are your references?

What type of job are you aiming to get?

Are you focusing on placing the experience you have on the jobs you are applying for?

It's OK to have more then ONE resume. Create each one based around and upon the job you are applying for. Showcase your skills in that particular area.

It looks like you are multi-skilled. Congratulations on achieving so much!

All the best to you.

Answer 6

I would change your objective to relate to the positions you are applying for... (ie. Design Consultant... I seek to leverage my diverse experience in fashion and design with my excellent people skills to exceed your expectations in your company)

Under professional experience... combine many of your related points and do minor creative writing to show off your people skills, stress management, design style, computer skills.
(Less points and more details goes a long way)

Lastly... change the order of importance...
1) Objective
2) Language skills
3) Experience
4) Computer Skills (Also needs more detail)
5) Education

Good luck with the Carrier change

Answer 7

Ur resume has no life, meaning u need to edit it as far as titles and bold and italics as far as the typing and grammar everything is great. I mean when u send an employer ur resume u want it to be "eye catching". so make the corrections and u should be fine

Answer 8

looks good to me! it depends what kind of job you're seeking though. if i were you, i would really work on your cover letter. when i look over resumes, i don't even consider an applicant if there's no cover letter. their resume goes straight to the "NO" bin without a cover letter...

Answer 9

I can't believe you posted such personal information on the www

Answer 10

its pretty good, try and make it more intersting and attractive in terms of presentatio, all the best :)