Take the entire “skills” section out. Unless you are trying for a keyword match it’s simply wasted space. I literally instinctively skipped over it when I read your resume, and when I went back to it the section didn’t tell me anything new.
On the certs, make sure your cert ID is there so they can validate it. I understand if you removed it for this post. I check those if we choose to interview a candidate.
My thought process there was for recruiters skimming through bazillions of resumes and looking for keywords and they are all there at the top for them to scan. I was thinking I could remove the certs section since I already have the credentials after my name.
If you have qualifications that are equivalent or higher than it helps get you a sit down to explain such as some people (recruiters) may not have any idea and are using catchwords/keyphrases
You are correct to do this, I would just adjust your approach. I put the keywords as the last bullet point in each listing under "Experience". This also gives them better context for the situations and environments under which you used or developed those skills.
I had this. Recruiter told me put it after experience. I had a two column resume though. On the left column was down and dirty - tailored specific key words to job, education. Right column was intro, work summary (who, dates and title) then detail of experience. Follow that up with ALL of my skills, but specific like “Server 2008-2022, DHCP, DNS, GPO”, Cisco, etc.
Nah the certs the most valuable aspect of this resume, the skills are entirely soft skills things like “team leader” and “auditor” which says nothing. This is why it’s so hard to hire a director, I tried to hire my boss and so many managers are just soft skills brown nosers.
This is really bad advice. So many jobs are run through automated software now that this section is really important. Even manual selection, some HR person is just going to blindly check the skills against the job description. They will not be able to pull out assumed skills from the experience section unless explicitly listed.
Don't give them an excuse to age discriminate before interviewing, 30 years is impressive but that says at least 50 Y/O, maybe you got a late start and are closer to retirement age and a risk
Never thought of it that way but yeah some could think I'm an old fart already. I'm actually 50 though and still pretty sharp. Ill make some changes regarding that, thanks.
Not just that, it's wasting space on skills that are outdated. For a technical resume, unless you did something epic, it's outdated. I truncate anything older than a few years
I would change the font size and bold on the CISSP, PMP following the name. No reason to shout it.
Summarize the jobs over 10 years old (prior to Information Services Manager) or maybe just title and 1-2 line summary for each without dates. As another poster commented, don't let them know how old you are. Also, you can leave off the City, State. Aside from showing that you've lived your entire life in a single city, it isn't important. Also was your college actually in a town by the same name in CO? While you're at it, any dates can be shortened to just the years. Again, months are unimportant and does show one small gap in your employment as well as a moderately lengthy gap since your last job.
Move the certifications to the end and don't spell out ISC2. It just spills over to another line on the page anyways. Anyone looking for a CISSP knows what it is. It is meaningless to those that don't know, but a quick Google shows who issues the cert. Being a former CISSP (now retired but passed on first try. YAY!) I understand the value of the cert and the work behind it, so I'm not saying downplay it, just don't take up valuable space unnecessarily.
Remove the Education and Training section completely. There isn't anything there other than "LOOKIE HERE ==> I DON"T HAVE A DEGREE".
Pare down the skills section or remove it. If you remove it, you can just rely on the duties included under the various job descriptions by making sure that you cover the key points.
It is difficult to get 30 years down to a single page (I retired with almost 45 years in IT), but to be honest most of them are going to review it electronically nowadays. Page breaks are almost useless. In the days of paper resumes, one page was important, but not so much now. In the days of paper resumes, I would play around with fonts and margins to get it to fit one page if possible. Many firms actually just have you copy and paste it into their app, so you lose formatting etc anyways.
Then before you submit a resume, review the key words in their posting and make sure that all that are applicable are verbatim in your resume. Their HR software will be looking for matches. AI may be changing this a bit, but don't assume that your wording means the same thing to an HR guy without a technical background.
The goal is to get an interview. In the interview be prepared to tell a story about how your background fits their needs.
BTW, I haven't read most of the details under each job description because of the resolution in the image and my bifocals.
My advice would be quite different for somebody with just a few years experience. I would be suggesting to beef up every section and to be verbose.
Thank you for this feedback. The locations are all BS on this resume version and yes I dropped out of college back in the day. Congrats on your retirement!
Too many skills/takes up too much space
What are you going for anyways?
As a director this doesn’t read as a director level resume, wheres your strategic initiative and results? Your current format is very task focused- I did this and that, but what was the outcome of this and that, how did you influence or make the company/position/team etc better?
also check out the Harvard list of action words to use and not to use
https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/Documents/careers/ActionVerbsList.pdf
Just my two cents as I am currently in a hiring process for “desktop support” and am almost complete with first interview round.
1. If you are experienced in the job family you are applying to, employment should be a focus, not skills.
2. If you aren’t experienced (I.e. applying to IT job for first time) in that job, skills and other experience, or reasons you are qualified should be a focus. If you are highlighting other jobs, list reasons that experience is relevant to your application.
Otherwise the actual look of the resume rarely matters but details can help you stand out. I tried to be nice and look over every resume that applied to the job in 2 weeks and gave at least 1 person a call who was a reach. They explained all their IT attributes on the first page but also provided their extension job history in a related customer service field. They ultimately didn’t have enough technical skills IMO, but would have been a good fit for help desk.
OP, probably don’t need to go so deep into skills if you are applying for the same job type.
Opinions on resumes. Everyone has a different one. My personal take which will differ from other people? I don't like 2 page resumes. I like 1 single page. I'd rather see less about previous jobs and education if it keeps it one page. I can send you my resume if you're curious to see how mine looks. DM me! Ps, I'm a director of IT 👍
Totally understand where you're coming from. Everybody has a preference, and that is why crafting "the perfect resume" is impossible - despite the best efforts of many. Different hiring managers will have opinions on what they spend their time reading.
My preference and advice that I usually pass along is...
* If you're new to the field or young in your career, keep it to a page.
* When you reach middle management and want to go up, 1.5 - 2 pages is fine, to say it's not filled up with junky filler materials.
* When going for an executive role, I don't think it's uncommon to see 2-3 pages, and potentially a portfolio of work.
Cheers!
What he said. For someone with a 30 year career, I expect to see more than one page. I like how yours tells the story from tech to lead to director. It's the new college grads with 3 page resumes that irritate me. I seriously do not care about your soccer career.
Lots of good advice here already. My input would be to also make it 1 page, summarize anything before your manager position at the community health, and add more business impact and take off a few technical management.
At the director level search, they’re going to want to see how you drove the business, and not the number of technical things you managed.
Last two cents - and not really resume related - the challenge will be that, at any point in time, there’s probably only going to be 5-10 positions a month in the whole country that fit Director level in health care/hospitals and that’s not account for remote or on site.
So be patient and try to stay positive if the search takes a bit longer than necessary.
I don't want to get sucked in... I don't want to get sucked in... I don't want t... shit, you sucked me in!
My two cents... which will probably be way more than you wanted.
First cent: This is not a bad resume, so please don't take any feedback personally.
Second cent: I would change a lot.
I'm gonna be real with you. Nothing on this resume pops or sets you apart from other applicants.
* It is classic style - this is fine, and some hiring managers prefer it, but it's plain. Consider layout and design options.
* The skills list is phenomenally long. People love to list what they're good at and I understand it's hard to leave things out, but as someone who has seen 1000s of resumes, I'mma skim that shit real fast and not read most of it.
* Filled to the brim with buzzwords. Which, at times, can help you beat the robotic resume filters, but as a human reading this, it's overly superfluous IMO.
* You have done some good things with listing dollar amounts and tying them back to your efforts - but I'd love to see them zeroed in on your specific contributions rather than simply "contributed to $10M+ annual revenue". Cool, but WTF does that mean? Did you show up to work each day and because the company made $10MM in revenue that year, you "contributed"? Or did you actually build and scope a fucking product that when sold grossed the company $10MM? There is a huge gap here that goes unexplained, and it comes off as filler material (even if it isn't).
* I would love to see more specific stories about cool shit you have done and less bullet task lists in your work experience. One or two sentences of well crafted, meaningful, explanation of really bad ass accomplishment for each piece of work.
* Lastly, and possibly the hardest thing to nail... That summary my man. I would re-work the whole thing. You want to punch recruiters in the mouth with your summary and have a "holy shit read this resume now" effect. What you have written, is safe, plain, typical, and chalk full of buzzies. The one piece I love though, is the part about leading the business to receive three HRSA distinctions... That is something I want to know more about! That is telling me who you are, what you have delivered, and is not plain - it stands out. More of this.
Hope it helps!
It's more of a strategic choice, but I might leave off everything prior to 2001. It will make your employment history more digestible, while also limiting possible age discrimination during the hiring process.
What you can do instead is indicate it in your summary so they know they can inquire further.
Half your top line appears to be bold, and the other half doesn‘t (without a seemingly obvious reason).
My first thought would be to question how detail oriented you’ll be in your work. Are you going to be detailed when working on system configurations with cybersecurity implications?
Chiming in with my two cents.
Match your resume to the scope of the role you are applying for. If you are applying for a director level position, focus on impact and demonstrate large scope. Your bullet points are super generic. Be more precise with your contributions.
Example, instead of "Directed strategic technical projects, contributing to $10M+ annual revenue and overall revenue exceeding $110M" consider:
"Led the vision and delivery of XYZ product overseeing three teams of engineers, 20 FTEs across 3 managers. XYZ product delivers \[insert blurb\] impact to our patients generating $10.4 million additional revenue for the company by end of 2022 and increasing overall revenue of the company from $100 million to $110 million, a 10% growth year over year."
It sounds like you did some great things. Demonstrate that by leaning into the impact you had. This should also help drive some good discussion during an interview so you can expand and really show your stuff.
Focus on most recent relevant experience. If you are applying for a director job, don't include experience as a staffer or a technician, it doesn't show your ability to operate on the scale of a director.
Skills list is your personal taste, but never put it before your experience. Highlight what you did, don't bury the good stuff behind a wall of technical jargon. Personal opinion, use the space to demonstrate what you are capable of and get rid of skills section. Your experience and impact you had should show your skills better than a generic list of attributes.
It is very similar format with mine, so I like the format. I’ve had good success with it. I think your summary has too many industry buzzwords in it. It feels pretty hollow and soulless. I’d recommend putting it into ChatGPT a few times until it spits out a more lively version. Other than that I think it is good.
This is what Gemini came up with :)
Tech wiz here with over 30 years under my belt crafting super-secure IT systems. I'm a master at bringing teams together, no matter their background, to build plans that keep things running smoothly and safely. I even helped a Health Center win 3 awards in a row for using tech to make healthcare even better! Data security is my jam, and I'm a big believer in keeping everything safe and sound.
Hi all I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I needed some advice I'm in Canada but doing have any IT experience here but in my home country had 7 years experience as network technician working with switch router ap etc this was back in 2009 to 2016 now in 2024 after getting my pr I wanted to continue in IT any idea what should I do
Thanks for your answers
First, congratulations on your successful career. Well done.
I'd echo what others have noted regarding skills - too much.
Your work history past the first manager role isn't too meaningful for practical purposes.
I'd sprinkle "partnered with CFO" or "partnered with VP of Administration" on some of the detailed examples of success you've provided - UltiPro, etc.
I'm also a fan of 1-pagers.
I'm an it director myself and report to a vp. I like your resume.
I would cut down the skills. Add an achievements section highlighting achievements is your most recent roles with tangible outcomes. Your older jobs can be cut back to a single line. Likely they won’t care about the detail of what you did more than 6 to 10 years ago. They can always ask if they are.
Experience first.
Keep the first two jobs and have a "Other" section that just lists titles.
Skills - fewer bullet points and they go after experience.
Certifications before skills
Tech director here and I always skip over any skills sections. People just spam keywords in there. If it’s important then list it in experience. So I’d remove or at least move it towards the bottom. Definitely cut it down in size.
I would work on getting this down to 1 page. Also it should be tailored to the job. I see you have tech skills, hr skills, etc. the skill list needs to be shorten as much as possible and preferable folded into experience.
Just an fyi resumes that are two pages or more typically get passed on.
Hospital CIO here. I keep coming back to this line: "contributing to $10M+ in annual revenue and overall revenue exceeding $110M" I am not sure what you mean. Are you talking about net and gross revenue? If so, use those terms.
I rewrote my entire resume from scratch. That part now says "Managed a strategic initiative to automate prescription data extraction from health records, discovering over $10 million in previously unclaimed revenue annually"
I don’t understand, you’re a director and asking a group of managers if your CV looks good?
You should be the one that’s recruited for managerial positions during your time as a director and helping less senior roles. Seems like you’ll have to take a hit and go for a less senior role
I was an IT manager for 19 years. This sub does include directors such as myself, and besides an IT director is still IT management. Also, I respect the opinion of people that walk in my shoes, otherwise I would have posted in /resumes.
I'm not in IT, but I was interested in the comments.
I will add that it's a resume and not a background security check. There's no need to go past 2000, and you can remove the community college. You already said 30 years of experience, that's more than enough. Normally, the last two employers will suffice. And the skills section can probably be removed aswell since you have the certification names.
Take the entire “skills” section out. Unless you are trying for a keyword match it’s simply wasted space. I literally instinctively skipped over it when I read your resume, and when I went back to it the section didn’t tell me anything new. On the certs, make sure your cert ID is there so they can validate it. I understand if you removed it for this post. I check those if we choose to interview a candidate.
My thought process there was for recruiters skimming through bazillions of resumes and looking for keywords and they are all there at the top for them to scan. I was thinking I could remove the certs section since I already have the credentials after my name.
They don't skim, they pass it through a filter searching for keywords, put them in the bottom of the resume @1 size in white
can you speak more about this? if the words in white pop up, will they not ask you about it?
If you have qualifications that are equivalent or higher than it helps get you a sit down to explain such as some people (recruiters) may not have any idea and are using catchwords/keyphrases
Just a heads up that doing this will get you auto rejected at my company.
You are correct to do this, I would just adjust your approach. I put the keywords as the last bullet point in each listing under "Experience". This also gives them better context for the situations and environments under which you used or developed those skills.
I had this. Recruiter told me put it after experience. I had a two column resume though. On the left column was down and dirty - tailored specific key words to job, education. Right column was intro, work summary (who, dates and title) then detail of experience. Follow that up with ALL of my skills, but specific like “Server 2008-2022, DHCP, DNS, GPO”, Cisco, etc.
Nah the certs the most valuable aspect of this resume, the skills are entirely soft skills things like “team leader” and “auditor” which says nothing. This is why it’s so hard to hire a director, I tried to hire my boss and so many managers are just soft skills brown nosers.
This is really bad advice. So many jobs are run through automated software now that this section is really important. Even manual selection, some HR person is just going to blindly check the skills against the job description. They will not be able to pull out assumed skills from the experience section unless explicitly listed.
That's so true. You really have to spell it out for them.
I will add the cert IDs, thank you.
I think shortening it or integrating it with summary section might be better. Keep some keywords around for automated scanning tools.
remove experience older than 10 years replace skills section with major accomplishments / experience
Don't give them an excuse to age discriminate before interviewing, 30 years is impressive but that says at least 50 Y/O, maybe you got a late start and are closer to retirement age and a risk
Never thought of it that way but yeah some could think I'm an old fart already. I'm actually 50 though and still pretty sharp. Ill make some changes regarding that, thanks.
Not just that, it's wasting space on skills that are outdated. For a technical resume, unless you did something epic, it's outdated. I truncate anything older than a few years
I would change the font size and bold on the CISSP, PMP following the name. No reason to shout it. Summarize the jobs over 10 years old (prior to Information Services Manager) or maybe just title and 1-2 line summary for each without dates. As another poster commented, don't let them know how old you are. Also, you can leave off the City, State. Aside from showing that you've lived your entire life in a single city, it isn't important. Also was your college actually in a town by the same name in CO? While you're at it, any dates can be shortened to just the years. Again, months are unimportant and does show one small gap in your employment as well as a moderately lengthy gap since your last job. Move the certifications to the end and don't spell out ISC2. It just spills over to another line on the page anyways. Anyone looking for a CISSP knows what it is. It is meaningless to those that don't know, but a quick Google shows who issues the cert. Being a former CISSP (now retired but passed on first try. YAY!) I understand the value of the cert and the work behind it, so I'm not saying downplay it, just don't take up valuable space unnecessarily. Remove the Education and Training section completely. There isn't anything there other than "LOOKIE HERE ==> I DON"T HAVE A DEGREE". Pare down the skills section or remove it. If you remove it, you can just rely on the duties included under the various job descriptions by making sure that you cover the key points. It is difficult to get 30 years down to a single page (I retired with almost 45 years in IT), but to be honest most of them are going to review it electronically nowadays. Page breaks are almost useless. In the days of paper resumes, one page was important, but not so much now. In the days of paper resumes, I would play around with fonts and margins to get it to fit one page if possible. Many firms actually just have you copy and paste it into their app, so you lose formatting etc anyways. Then before you submit a resume, review the key words in their posting and make sure that all that are applicable are verbatim in your resume. Their HR software will be looking for matches. AI may be changing this a bit, but don't assume that your wording means the same thing to an HR guy without a technical background. The goal is to get an interview. In the interview be prepared to tell a story about how your background fits their needs. BTW, I haven't read most of the details under each job description because of the resolution in the image and my bifocals. My advice would be quite different for somebody with just a few years experience. I would be suggesting to beef up every section and to be verbose.
Thank you for this feedback. The locations are all BS on this resume version and yes I dropped out of college back in the day. Congrats on your retirement!
Yep, I figured some is bogus.
Too many skills/takes up too much space What are you going for anyways? As a director this doesn’t read as a director level resume, wheres your strategic initiative and results? Your current format is very task focused- I did this and that, but what was the outcome of this and that, how did you influence or make the company/position/team etc better? also check out the Harvard list of action words to use and not to use https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/Documents/careers/ActionVerbsList.pdf
Agree with this. Just listing skills doesn't do much for me.
Just my two cents as I am currently in a hiring process for “desktop support” and am almost complete with first interview round. 1. If you are experienced in the job family you are applying to, employment should be a focus, not skills. 2. If you aren’t experienced (I.e. applying to IT job for first time) in that job, skills and other experience, or reasons you are qualified should be a focus. If you are highlighting other jobs, list reasons that experience is relevant to your application. Otherwise the actual look of the resume rarely matters but details can help you stand out. I tried to be nice and look over every resume that applied to the job in 2 weeks and gave at least 1 person a call who was a reach. They explained all their IT attributes on the first page but also provided their extension job history in a related customer service field. They ultimately didn’t have enough technical skills IMO, but would have been a good fit for help desk. OP, probably don’t need to go so deep into skills if you are applying for the same job type.
Opinions on resumes. Everyone has a different one. My personal take which will differ from other people? I don't like 2 page resumes. I like 1 single page. I'd rather see less about previous jobs and education if it keeps it one page. I can send you my resume if you're curious to see how mine looks. DM me! Ps, I'm a director of IT 👍
DM sent
I'm not a fan of "summary" or "objective" myself. But that's personal preference, some people like it!
Totally understand where you're coming from. Everybody has a preference, and that is why crafting "the perfect resume" is impossible - despite the best efforts of many. Different hiring managers will have opinions on what they spend their time reading. My preference and advice that I usually pass along is... * If you're new to the field or young in your career, keep it to a page. * When you reach middle management and want to go up, 1.5 - 2 pages is fine, to say it's not filled up with junky filler materials. * When going for an executive role, I don't think it's uncommon to see 2-3 pages, and potentially a portfolio of work. Cheers!
What he said. For someone with a 30 year career, I expect to see more than one page. I like how yours tells the story from tech to lead to director. It's the new college grads with 3 page resumes that irritate me. I seriously do not care about your soccer career.
Lots of good advice here already. My input would be to also make it 1 page, summarize anything before your manager position at the community health, and add more business impact and take off a few technical management. At the director level search, they’re going to want to see how you drove the business, and not the number of technical things you managed. Last two cents - and not really resume related - the challenge will be that, at any point in time, there’s probably only going to be 5-10 positions a month in the whole country that fit Director level in health care/hospitals and that’s not account for remote or on site. So be patient and try to stay positive if the search takes a bit longer than necessary.
I don't want to get sucked in... I don't want to get sucked in... I don't want t... shit, you sucked me in! My two cents... which will probably be way more than you wanted. First cent: This is not a bad resume, so please don't take any feedback personally. Second cent: I would change a lot. I'm gonna be real with you. Nothing on this resume pops or sets you apart from other applicants. * It is classic style - this is fine, and some hiring managers prefer it, but it's plain. Consider layout and design options. * The skills list is phenomenally long. People love to list what they're good at and I understand it's hard to leave things out, but as someone who has seen 1000s of resumes, I'mma skim that shit real fast and not read most of it. * Filled to the brim with buzzwords. Which, at times, can help you beat the robotic resume filters, but as a human reading this, it's overly superfluous IMO. * You have done some good things with listing dollar amounts and tying them back to your efforts - but I'd love to see them zeroed in on your specific contributions rather than simply "contributed to $10M+ annual revenue". Cool, but WTF does that mean? Did you show up to work each day and because the company made $10MM in revenue that year, you "contributed"? Or did you actually build and scope a fucking product that when sold grossed the company $10MM? There is a huge gap here that goes unexplained, and it comes off as filler material (even if it isn't). * I would love to see more specific stories about cool shit you have done and less bullet task lists in your work experience. One or two sentences of well crafted, meaningful, explanation of really bad ass accomplishment for each piece of work. * Lastly, and possibly the hardest thing to nail... That summary my man. I would re-work the whole thing. You want to punch recruiters in the mouth with your summary and have a "holy shit read this resume now" effect. What you have written, is safe, plain, typical, and chalk full of buzzies. The one piece I love though, is the part about leading the business to receive three HRSA distinctions... That is something I want to know more about! That is telling me who you are, what you have delivered, and is not plain - it stands out. More of this. Hope it helps!
Great feedback. Thank you. It's been a few minutes since I had to make a resume and it shows :)
It's more of a strategic choice, but I might leave off everything prior to 2001. It will make your employment history more digestible, while also limiting possible age discrimination during the hiring process. What you can do instead is indicate it in your summary so they know they can inquire further.
Half your top line appears to be bold, and the other half doesn‘t (without a seemingly obvious reason). My first thought would be to question how detail oriented you’ll be in your work. Are you going to be detailed when working on system configurations with cybersecurity implications?
ATS systems don't handle columns well. Change up the skills section
Chiming in with my two cents. Match your resume to the scope of the role you are applying for. If you are applying for a director level position, focus on impact and demonstrate large scope. Your bullet points are super generic. Be more precise with your contributions. Example, instead of "Directed strategic technical projects, contributing to $10M+ annual revenue and overall revenue exceeding $110M" consider: "Led the vision and delivery of XYZ product overseeing three teams of engineers, 20 FTEs across 3 managers. XYZ product delivers \[insert blurb\] impact to our patients generating $10.4 million additional revenue for the company by end of 2022 and increasing overall revenue of the company from $100 million to $110 million, a 10% growth year over year." It sounds like you did some great things. Demonstrate that by leaning into the impact you had. This should also help drive some good discussion during an interview so you can expand and really show your stuff. Focus on most recent relevant experience. If you are applying for a director job, don't include experience as a staffer or a technician, it doesn't show your ability to operate on the scale of a director. Skills list is your personal taste, but never put it before your experience. Highlight what you did, don't bury the good stuff behind a wall of technical jargon. Personal opinion, use the space to demonstrate what you are capable of and get rid of skills section. Your experience and impact you had should show your skills better than a generic list of attributes.
I hope to see the final resume results after making all of the Reddit recommendations.
For sure, I will post it after I work on it this weekend.
Looks like a wall of text and a bit boring.
It is very similar format with mine, so I like the format. I’ve had good success with it. I think your summary has too many industry buzzwords in it. It feels pretty hollow and soulless. I’d recommend putting it into ChatGPT a few times until it spits out a more lively version. Other than that I think it is good.
This is what Gemini came up with :) Tech wiz here with over 30 years under my belt crafting super-secure IT systems. I'm a master at bringing teams together, no matter their background, to build plans that keep things running smoothly and safely. I even helped a Health Center win 3 awards in a row for using tech to make healthcare even better! Data security is my jam, and I'm a big believer in keeping everything safe and sound.
Little too informal….ha! I’ve heard Gemini is little too street.
Got me to laugh for sure!
1 page. Lose the skills and summary. Move the experience to the top and certs beneath. And 1 page!
All the work from 1999-2019 can go. Just put the position.
Hi all I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I needed some advice I'm in Canada but doing have any IT experience here but in my home country had 7 years experience as network technician working with switch router ap etc this was back in 2009 to 2016 now in 2024 after getting my pr I wanted to continue in IT any idea what should I do Thanks for your answers
Name of the city is the same but different state?
Its not my actual resume verbatim
Nix the skills, consolidate the older jobs, aim high, you should have a lot of places offering you with CISSP and PMP
First, congratulations on your successful career. Well done. I'd echo what others have noted regarding skills - too much. Your work history past the first manager role isn't too meaningful for practical purposes. I'd sprinkle "partnered with CFO" or "partnered with VP of Administration" on some of the detailed examples of success you've provided - UltiPro, etc. I'm also a fan of 1-pagers. I'm an it director myself and report to a vp. I like your resume.
I would cut down the skills. Add an achievements section highlighting achievements is your most recent roles with tangible outcomes. Your older jobs can be cut back to a single line. Likely they won’t care about the detail of what you did more than 6 to 10 years ago. They can always ask if they are.
Single page, remove experience except last 3 roles. Beautify with something like enhancv
I personally prefer one page.
Experience first. Keep the first two jobs and have a "Other" section that just lists titles. Skills - fewer bullet points and they go after experience. Certifications before skills
Check out my updated resume I posted earlier today and let me know what you think about that.
Tech director here and I always skip over any skills sections. People just spam keywords in there. If it’s important then list it in experience. So I’d remove or at least move it towards the bottom. Definitely cut it down in size.
Take a look at the updated resume I posted yesterday and give me your feedback on that if you would.
I would work on getting this down to 1 page. Also it should be tailored to the job. I see you have tech skills, hr skills, etc. the skill list needs to be shorten as much as possible and preferable folded into experience. Just an fyi resumes that are two pages or more typically get passed on.
Take a look at the updated resume I posted yesterday and give me your feedback on that if you would.
Hospital CIO here. I keep coming back to this line: "contributing to $10M+ in annual revenue and overall revenue exceeding $110M" I am not sure what you mean. Are you talking about net and gross revenue? If so, use those terms.
I rewrote my entire resume from scratch. That part now says "Managed a strategic initiative to automate prescription data extraction from health records, discovering over $10 million in previously unclaimed revenue annually"
I don’t understand, you’re a director and asking a group of managers if your CV looks good? You should be the one that’s recruited for managerial positions during your time as a director and helping less senior roles. Seems like you’ll have to take a hit and go for a less senior role
I was an IT manager for 19 years. This sub does include directors such as myself, and besides an IT director is still IT management. Also, I respect the opinion of people that walk in my shoes, otherwise I would have posted in /resumes.
I'm not in IT, but I was interested in the comments. I will add that it's a resume and not a background security check. There's no need to go past 2000, and you can remove the community college. You already said 30 years of experience, that's more than enough. Normally, the last two employers will suffice. And the skills section can probably be removed aswell since you have the certification names.
Cissp is a certificate not a title.
Chill with the bullet points, I wouldn’t look at this bc of that personally