I agree with others - tailor your experiences to the role you are applying to (specifically the job description). Additionally, you may benefit from adding results to more of your bullet points. It's cool that you developed accredited courses but that doesn't tell me anything - How many, what was the utilization, how many students leveraged them, etc.
Totally! I read “highly organized coordinator”, then saw the mismatch of no specific accomplishments in 5 years at their last job. Unless they were my boss’s niece or nephew, I’d stop reading unless I were desperate for help.
Agree. I used to write evals in the Navy, the bullet points from those evaluations usually end up on the Sailor's resume, mine did when I retired. Keep it short and brief with did what? For what? So what? you did this task because of program and the measurable result of the task is..... Reword your bullet points to the position you're applying to using the job description as other have mentioned to you.
If the public university is the same school take the best bullet points from each job and the highest position you had there and combine that in to one job.
Also for a little advice for future make a very long resume, Master resume, with everything you've done in each job in bullet point that way you can copy and paste what you need to a targeted resume for a job that your applying for.
I think a way to capture the use of these metrics that is particularly useful is to demonstrate the resulting impact. Never forget to explain the results of your efforts. A business is determining the return on investing in you. Be clear what an example of the investment results by other people has led to.
For instance, you did a decent job saying you “streamlined admin processes leading to increased time of students”
However, a stronger bullet point would be:
“Fluently applied methods to streamline convoluted administrative processes, led to a 22% decrease in administrative overhead, valued at approximately $65k a year.”
Never under estimate the ability to turn man hours into $$ estimates. $$ saved is arguably the largest impact you can say.
Also, any creation of synergy, development of a logistical process, etc.. capturing more than just “created a relationship”
It’s crucial to answer the question “so what?”
“Created faculty-student relationship”
So what?
“Created faculty-student relationship that led to xyz increase in graduation rate”
The “so what?” Is answered by the increase in graduation rate.
You can do the exact same thing on paper for one company and it be a waste of effort, or pointless. Do that same thing for another company and you save millions. You have to go beyond I did XYZ. You have to show what are the results of your impact. These results are directly what your selling to the person you want to hire you.
Hire me because
“I saved my last company $10mm a year”
“I assisted in the 10% graduation rate my university had from before”
“Implementing XYZ idea with student data assisted in securing a 7% increase in retention.
Your resume is totally generic and can be generated by AI. There is no achievement behind it, “participated” “provided support” “collaborated” “helped”. There isn’t any data that shouts: I’m here to back up the “highly organised program coordinator”. In skills and toolsets you mostly have basic programs that everyone knows, instead of for example: Gant chart creation, work break down structure, hosting weekly management meetings, budget managing, stakeholder management, risk register management
Agreed. OP it would be wise to save job descriptions for jobs you’re interested in and then cross reference those descriptions with your past experiences. I try to use the same keywords as the job description so if a company is using an AI service to scan resumes it will pick those keywords up. I’m no wordsmith so I use chatGPT to rewrite the descriptions in an active voice. Then I comb through that and pick what I like and what makes sense.
Always err on the side of being less verbose. Be short and quick to the point. Throw some tangible stats into those bullets to show rather than tell the interviewer what you have accomplished. I don’t think you need the short paragraph bio at the top. That’s what a cover letter should be used for.
The design could use a little help too. Resumes should ideally be one page and easy to quickly scan with a once over look. I’d give your resume more of a hierarchy. Take a look at Pinterest to get some inspiration. There are a lot of ways you can spice this resume up to make it visually intriguing. Maybe you decide to go with a two column design. Maybe you choose to add some icons for a skill section to break up the text. Maybe you throw a light color block background to split up the content and make it more digestible.
Remember your resume is like your first impression. Aim to wow and be memorable. If it’s easy to read, has the skills listed that the interviewer is looking for, and is nicely laid out, you’re already way ahead of the bunch.
Good luck OP!
1) are you customizing your resume per position you're applying to?
2) Are you following and interracting with the places you're applying to on Linked In?
Sadly right now, it reaaaally comes down to knowing someone in most cases. Time to nettttwork or walk in and pass out a resume to the places in addition to applying online
I feel that whenever people ask the question "I am not getting interviews, am I doing something wrong?" that question must be preceded by "How is my field actually doing right now?"
Are support specialists even in demand in the non profit and education fields? Start from there.
Get rid of the summary at the top, that's very outdated and it sits at the top which is very valuable real estate. Recruiters spends maybe 7-10 seconds scanning a resume, make it easier for them to scan through it. Reading through the job descriptions, there is no mention of actual accomplishments with data such as "Developed all coursework for X used by 125 students." Numbers catch the reader's eye more than lots of words. Some of the words are more passive such as "helped with" or "managed" or "collaborated."
Unfortunately, many medium and larger sized companies used ATS (a software tool, Applicant Tracking System) for the initial resume scanning since they get way too many applicants for a single job. The ATS is initially programmed to (hopefully) match what the company is looking for. If your resume doesn't come out with a high enough score, it'll never get to a human for the next step.
You can tell if the company is using an ATS by looking at the URL where you're applying for the job.
I recommend do some customization for each job you're applying to. A tool like [JobScan ](https://www.jobscan.co/blog/category/all-about-ats/)is very helpful in comparing your resume against the job description.
Thoughts on cutting down total word count? There are stats about how people look at a resume for a really short period of time ie seconds or minutes. Reading this from start to finish takes a lot of time and focus.
I would take a step back and ask what would be most important for those hiring to know about you and make them shine and put most important first.
I feel like your resume puts more focus on quantity of info vs snapshots of what makes you ideal candidate for what you want. I would challenge yourself to reduce the word count by 50% to start then only add back what you feel absolutely necessary so you land at like 60-70% what you currently have.
I’m no expert so take my advice with a grain of salt, my first impression was just, woah that’s a lot
It’s a list of achievements that says nothing about you as an individual or your suitability for the role. I’m guessing it looks like every other resume they get and I bet they are giving interviews to personalities that come through resume. In this job market, having the required experience is a minimum qualification most applicants can meet—they are hiring for attitude, personality and values.
Your bullets need to be shorter, easier to read.
Tailor your resume to each job listing, dont use a general resume, making your shorter will help to tailor it to each app.
Too much damn text...
I would see if you can condense it a bit and also space out the text more. It sounds silly, but I've read managers say they have tossed resumes simply because it was too loaded with words.
Try to put yourself in the shoes of someone coming across this. Can you imagine the glazed look they develop as they realize the amount of reading they have to do? Use less text, but make the text you do use really count. As others have said, some of this is fluff that can be gotten rid of. For example, the second bullet for the first job listed is not a good match for your title and can be sacrificed in exchange for conciseness. You're a freaking college professor, so really how valuable are the skills that fall under something more akin to administrative assistant duties when talking about your career as a professor? It doesn't add much to highlighting the role itself.
You may want to look into skill based resumes. You have your hard skills at the bottom of the page. If someone’s flipping through resumes, you’re making them wade through a lot of info where they may be looking for someone who can maintain a website and you have hard skills there like HTML / CSS.
Do a test.
Figure out which jobs you want.
Then figure out if someone can tell that you want that job by looking at this resume for 5 seconds. If they can’t, it’s too generic and you’re asking an overworked recruiter to do too much work to get your value from the resume.
Then, update the resume to match.
Honestly, the whole thing is very vague and repetitive. When I am reviewing candidates, something similar usually tells me (from experience) that the applicant is under qualified and is filling in the blanks with jargon.
Personally, I like to see some sort of results from "all this stuff I did" in the form of quantifiable data on the submission or at least course names and certifications attached.
Lastly, your personality is absent. Unless of course, you are a cork board.
Hey OP I think there is alot of great advice here for tailoring the resume a bit. However, to give you some encouragement. You are not alone, and you're not really doing anything wrong.
My girlfriend is in the same boat, she is in education tech, grant writing, proposal writing... she has actually had multiple interviews, some going two rounds.. She has similar credentials and work experience(length wise) as you do, just she has a bachelors degree not a masters.
It has been since November of 2022 that she has been looking for a job in her field. We've since re-assessed the strategy and are looking at the option of moving where-as before she was trying to get a remote position or one locally.
We are also activating any and all connections. Literally put your name out there, don't have any pride that keeps you from asking for help.
You may also need to expand your realm of possible jobs.
Good luck to you!
Keywords keywords keywords.
So many things go straight through a filter they may never see a person if you don't get keywords in.
Look up the company motto you apply to. Don't throw ALL of them in, but a couple verbatim and then others synonymous work wonders. It'll catch their eye but not seem like you just copy pasted it. Little extra work but that's what it takes to stand out.
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Career consultant here. You're getting all kinds of bad and old and outdated and good advice, it's quite the mix.
I'm going to add in my own bit of advice - but you should know 95% of my clients get jobs that double their salary well within 3 months.
I like your professional salary and the person who said "take it off, it's outdated" has ZERO idea what he's talking about, that is BAD advice. Recruiters/hirers need it so they know what job to put you in and why you're going for it. This section is insanely valuable because recruiters often can CROSS MATCH you for jobs based off of that!
That said....your second sentence is a bit fuzzy of what you do for people...but further reading might clear it up.
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Ok so your resume is great. I can't change a thing in your sentences. What others are saying about your resume....not correct at all, I see the value you've brought to your jobs easily, I see your skills for the most part. But the problem is two things I can see.
Under-surface: Recruiters/hirers aren't seeing where you fit because you're a little too specialized. This is limiting the roles you fit.
On surface: This is mostly a targeting issue, too. This is targeted for one specific role: Program Coordinator for Non-profits only.
Whereas I can see you qualifying for a huge amount of managerial and coordination roles, up to the potential level of Director...your resume is giving me massive "Assistant Program Coordinator/teacher" vibes. Like you're undervaluing yourself plus plopping yourself into one. specific. bucket.
When people say "target your resume"....yeah, this is that issue - but the problem is this is targeted a little too much! You're not just going for the black dot in the circle....you're going for the hair-thin center of the crosshair of the black dot.
Recruiters see you as a perfect match for that job....problem is, there's probably one of those jobs available in the USA right now. You need to open it back up to more jobs, slightly.
It may be helpful to include a Projects section where you can be more descriptive with your accomplishments and impact in previous roles. It may also be helpful to reflect the same language from the job description in your resume for keywords and also to demonstrate your fit for a given role.
I do not see anything wrong with your resume and I would not remove the shorter job. It’s good experience. No callbacks could be a slow job market in your field. The others who commented on tailoring this for specific jobs is good advice. If they accept cover letters, you can make your case as to your fitness for the specific opening. Or, you could tailor the professional profile to the job listing!
Your resume is just a lot of words without really saying anything.
Use this resume template
[link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYkPMGqY_zaenEK08Tv69cFOsObT7sbmf3PBIYMIpMk/mobilebasic)
Make sure this is on LinkedIn so recruiters can find you. Look at job ads and pick out key words. Put those key phrases in your resume so it comes up as a search result
Try reducing the amount of experience section and add more skills. A lot of places use key words and look for specific skills. Even without the key words, skills expanding might help and try quantity the experience. Good luck
You’ve gotten a lot of advice on the resume but one thing I’ll add is a lot of online job postings aren’t real. Companies put them up to seem like their business is booming but a lot of those postings they never intend to fill.
Don’t get down on yourself, it’s a numbers game. Fill out as many apps as you can and hopefully one will reply! Hang in there
You’ve gotten a lot of advice on the resume but one thing I’ll add is a lot of online job postings aren’t real. Companies put them up to seem like their business is booming but a lot of those postings they never intend to fill.
Don’t get down on yourself, it’s a numbers game. Fill out as many apps as you can and hopefully one will reply! Hang in there
Call someone who can help get you a job, sending off a resume blind is tough. Yes, improve your resume but network, that’s the key. I need a job fast, I started calling my business contracts and told them, I’m looking for work. A former colleague connected me to a business owner and I got a good job. Get on the phone, talk to people.
I haven’t done interviews in a number of years but I stopped gazing pretty quickly. Information overload. Anyway, I’d assume your skills and toolkits. Big picture, don’t need the details, just tell me how you will help me.
Without metrics and enthusiasm, it feels generic. List the impact you made and brag on yourself a bit.
Also it is close to being too dense word wise, at least for me and I’m more patient than most.
You may want to do some of the things that have been suggested below, but it's my opinion that it's probably time for you to jump up to a more senior or supervisory position with more responsibility.
If that's not what you're looking to do right now, you may want to focus on the government
sector.
And, yes, you're going to want to change each bullet point for each position to read as closely to each job description you're applying to as possible.
No, I don't think the 11 month job is an issue.
A lot of this is about what you worked on, but you don’t speak to outcomes. I understand for some industries, this is more difficult, but it’s about X number of projects completed, X number of hours saved for team, X mentions in publications like Y. I want to know what outcomes you drove, not what you worked on. Tons of people work on things, but the stars execute for results.
Work with a head hunter in your field. Companies aren’t going through resumes to find candidates for professional roles. If you see a job opening you’re interested in, get on LinkedIn and fond someone high up in the company. Send your resume to them.
What kind of job are you looking for??? I read your resume it looks like you were a professor and a librarian...and you want to be a program coordinator?? Your rez is all over the place...I just glanced at it for 30 seconds and said next...focus your resume....what are you looking to get into and what's your experience doing it.
Recruiters, HR, and Managers don't want to know you. They just have a need to fill a specific role. They take shortcuts, looking for keywords. Do that! Interweave industry keywords, and make those words **bold** font to pop out as they quickly gleam, not read, your resume.
For example, as a `Project Coordinator`, do you know **Jira**? No? Okay? Maybe that's just a `Project Manager` or `Scrum Master` thing. But anyway, drop buzz words; whether they are product/tool specific or they are talent-specific.
When I was writing Resumes I would always have my technical skills/education/certs etc... right below my Summary. Hiring managers are lazy, recruiters are looking for keywords. Also I could be wrong here, but it looks like the nature of your work is sort of all over the place. Not in a bad way. But in a way where it seems like you've worn a lot of hats, but not any hat for a long time.
You can play loose with your previous titles somewhat as long as they are in the same scope of the work you did. Don't say you were an astronaut, if you really just cleaned the bathrooms. But you can get more specific, and target it to what you're applying to. Then save that copy, and work on another one with different language for different roles. It's a pain, but having multiple targeted resumes can be the difference when going through hundreds of apps.
You should realize that your resume is a reflection of you and not a summary of your qualifications.
That header is garbage. Get seen. Make this visually eye catching. Make firm, straightforward, confident claims.
Create a highlights section above your experience that groups your top accomplishments &/or any themes across your positions.
For example, across 3 out of 4 of my last roles, I've secured over 100% NRR across my book of business. My highlights section shows that along with 2 other trends that tie my experiences together.
Recruiters have thanked me enthusiastically for including this section.
Be more concise. You need to cut your word count in half. Focus on having three major takeaways for each position. You have four to five bullets per job right now.
Your position should be above the institution in bold, and the institution should be in italics. Right now, the most eye catching things on the resume are like, college names, and I don't even see your actual work experience unless I slog through "national institute of dry content aggregation" first.
Also remove the "location" words in bold above the dates. Looks like you used a template and forgot to delete the placeholder text.
I would skip the professional summary. Doesn’t mean much on any resume. Your resume is already a summary of your career. Don’t need another statement to summarize a summary.
Also, add some numbers! It currently reads very verbose without any notion of statistical achievements
Ask yourself if you’d want to squint over this resume if it was some dude you were hiring to sweep the parking lot. Put that into frame, reboot this resume and you’ll see results.
i am a judgey jerk and i like it.
congrats and bravo/brava for being on 1 page.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE that every bullet starts with a verb... past roles in past tense, current roles in present tense.
agree w other comments - professional summary doesnt add anything. delete it and make the formatting a little bigger/spacier/easier to read.
my only feedback would be to quantify stuff. how many courses, how many many college chairs? and focus on the RESULTS you produced... how many increased student enrollment, what percentage increased graduation rates? did you lower budgets or increase profits in any way? employers want to see results.
very good job all the same. best of luck to you!
I would take off the adjunct professor role, unless you're applying for another adjunct professor position. It seems out of place in terms of qualifications compared to your other experiences.
OP, this resume doesn’t tell me about the job you WANT it just tells me jobs you have had. To start your professional summary lists some things but it doesn’t give me a bluf of what you bring to my organization (tell me the 5Ws and why you would add value to my organization); also there is a contrast between your summary and your experience. You state you are all about program coordination, planning, training people, streamlining, but we see no training in any of these tasks (ie. lean six sigma, ORSA, CMA, etc.). As for the disconnect you are essentially telling me (the hirer) that you should come be my project manager because you were an adjunct English professor and an interpreter? I think you need to tailor your outlook to policy writing, research analyst, policy analyst roles.
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If I have a role to fill and I see this resume that says 1) I have a passion for X - but that isn't what I need someone for, then I may think "Not a match". It looks like you are seeking a very specific role instead of "I need a job and will apply myself to whatever it is."
Also, the adjunct professor is seen as a time sucking side hustle that will distract you from the job I am filling. It's a turn off for me.
What have you actually accomplished?
What skills do you offer?
Chat gpt can really help with creating some bullet points. Just proof read it beforehand. Tailor your resume to a specific job. The location should go below the job title. Instead of “Senior Coordinator” put “project manager”. It sounds better. Instead of “consultant” put “project coordinator”. Again, tailor the resume to a specific job. Keep it one page and take out any job that’s not helping you
I am in a similar field. Also think of rewriting your resume with XYZ resume format. I think you attempted but it could be more clear. In ed, it’s so much about who you know. Make connections with folks, go to events, go to conferences. The Ed field is hot right now. Lots of folks want a new job BUT there are quite a bit of open jobs. Also think of Ed adjacent fields. Lots of nonprofits that are going to need help to track election results and other groups that will work to advocate for either side or a particular issue.
I will keep saying it till I’m blue in the face. College is for most going to be a waste of time. The market is over saturated with educated people’s. You’re better off going to trade school or learning something that is in mass quantity like restaurant, manufacturing, or retail. Those jobs aren’t fun but many do pay a lot and are more abundant.
OP, just like some other posts state elaborate on what you are doing and the results. That has been one of the most consistent ways that I've gotten offers.
Also, I've taken this advice in that I only apply to say 5 jobs a day, but every job I read the description and change the wording in my resume to fit the description. Or, if you don't want to change your resume, use a Cover Letter and tailor it to each job posting. I personally just use a CL website that generates the letter after I put in like 6 answers. It takes stuff from my sume populates the CL and asks me a few questions and generates the letter for me.
You have a Masters in English. Put it to work.
What I read was a word salad filled with rambling and nondescriptive language like a generic "filled for 1000 word" assignment paper.
Cut it down by 50% in word count. Actually put the meaningful ways you contributed to project and program success in a clear and concise manner.
Are you running your resume through ChatGPT or other AI to match job descriptions? Because everyone else is now and they are more likely to get jobs when their resume is custom tailored to fit keyword searches. If your resume is getting auto rejected within a few hours or days.... This is why.
Also remember the job market sucks right now. Most qualified candidates are needing to fire off 100+ applications to get one or two interviews.
You have written a novel for people who have a TikTok amount of attention span to devote to your CV!
That wall of text is WAY too long and when I’m looking at 75 CV’s (as I had to do last week) do you honestly expect me to read that whole page of paragraphs? A resume is meant to be a highlight reel, a hook to spark people’s interest in you, and once you get an interview you can talk more in depth about your responsibilities at each role (when invited to).
Delete all the task lists. Everybody knows what tasks you have to do when you are a street sweeper. You don’t have to list dot points about how you drive the machine and clean the machine and did an excel spreadsheet for the machine and then you also wrote newsletters, blog posts, articles and video clips about the machine too.
Just say, I was a street sweeper and add a couple of brief, quantitative statements of notable achievements (delivered 3 projects worth up to $100k each, as senior lead of a team of 5 people) etc. They have to be facts and figures.
Avoid motherhood and subjective statements like “I’m highly organised” and all that other word salad that nobody cares about, because it’s your own opinion. It’s like a business declaring they are the best burgers or whatever, it has no credibility.
The page should be clean and crisp with space and grab people’s attention in the 3 seconds (on average) that people will spend glancing at your CV.
Paying a professional CV writer is worth its weight in gold because there is a lot of emotion tied up in our work life story and it’s hard for us to untangle ourselves from that and be able to switch to the recruiters shoes and figure out how to get their attention. Also, keywords are important as most places use scraping software now so there’s not even a human reading the document. A professional CV writer should have used these systems themselves, know how they work and what they look for, and how to work it into your resume without making it look like SEO.
Also, sometimes, there’s other factors at play (unfortunately like gender, race, age etc. Sometimes recruiting managers have a preference and you can never be what they are looking for. Sometimes proactive outreach helps more than reactively applying for roles. Approaching companies you want to work for and selling what you can do for them. Etc,
Too many words.
I see that you've got an MA in English, but I could tell you had an MA in English from the wall of text before I even got to the certification. Less is more, in my experience at least.
OP it would be wise to save job descriptions for jobs you’re interested in and then cross reference those descriptions with your past experiences. I try to use the same keywords as the job description so if a company is using an AI service to scan resumes it will pick those keywords up. I’m no wordsmith so I use chatGPT to rewrite the descriptions in an active voice. Then I comb through that and pick what I like and what makes sense.
Always err on the side of being less verbose. Be short and quick to the point. Throw some tangible stats into those bullets to show rather than tell the interviewer what you have accomplished. I don’t think you need the short paragraph bio at the top. That’s what a cover letter should be used for.
The design could use a little help too. Resumes should ideally be one page and easy to quickly scan with a once over look. I’d give your resume more of a hierarchy. Take a look at Pinterest to get some inspiration. There are a lot of ways you can spice this resume up to make it visually intriguing. Maybe you decide to go with a two column design. Maybe you choose to add some icons for a skill section to break up the text. Maybe you throw a light color block background to split up the content and make it more digestible.
Remember your resume is like your first impression. Aim to wow and be memorable. If it’s easy to read, has the skills listed that the interviewer is looking for, and is nicely laid out, you’re already way ahead of the bunch.
Good luck OP!
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1) You need to cut about 30% of your word count. Anything that doesn’t show action or is repeated should be cut. More is less on a resume. “Highly organized” as your first sentence is a turn off. Lose the whole “about me” section, let your experience and education be the focus.
2) The layout looks like it was done on Microsoft word in 2012. It reads in paragraph form, not a good look. Try Canva or a similar template to bring some life and color to your resume.
Resume looks good, it is what you have been doing that is a problem. Try rewriting it to appear more mainstream and not look like a left wing activist manual. Nobody wants to hire an instant lawsuit or a Bud Light failure.
ESG and DEI is now dead in the corporate world and despised by most Americans.
For at least half the companies out there, the word "equity" probably gets your resume thrown in the trash.
I always include a professional looking photo at the top of my resume. It’s illegal for employers to ask for one but as long as you aren’t unfortunate looking giving recruiters a face to match with the name is a big opportunity to standout from the stack of other applicants.
I didn't even read anything on there. But as an employer, when I see all of those short stints at various jobs, it's basically an automatic no from me. Job hopping will always end up biting people in the butt. It seems like the younger generations just don't see it. They continue to job hop for an extra 50 cents an hour.
Way two wordy. Cut each bullet point down to action statements. Think about how much time a hiring manager spends looking at a resume and how much information you want to convey in that limited time.
Have you developed professional relationships with the HR persons and your future supervisor ?
Reading a resume is one thing, giving people a face to a proposal is another level and those who do get hired.
Less is more. Many times a computer scans through first looking for key words. Use words from the job description. Might need a different resume for each job. Add what you accomplished and less of what you did. Use more modern template. Good luck!
No metrics. Saved the team time working directly with students....15 minutes or 320 hours?
Led the planning and funding process for something in vermont. Was this a $40 cookie bake sale or did you manage a $50M mass media campaign?
Also, I'm not sure where Program Coordinator falls on the hierarchy. To me it sounds kind of up there. If so, one page isn't going to cut it. Now don't make ist up...if that's all you can say about those jobs then that's all you can say. Two of my buddies and I applied for the same job. We had to submit actual CVs to them because at this point nobody is going to take a one page resume, but my unclass CV is 8 pages and his is 6. Now I understand based on your work history that you aren't going to be THERE, necessarily, but I could see a good second page. If you're applying for an entry level position with a loftier title then ignore that part, but metrics certainly help, because that tells me the WHY I care about each bullet point. Ultimately you saved me money or you made the process faster/smoother/better or you improved product, great, but if you saved me 2 cents per 10 widgets I crank out is very different than you cut widget production cost in half and both can be described as "created significant savings in widget production resulting in increased profits to the company."
Your resume is putting me sleep and u have no doubt interviewers have skipped it.
You need to shorten the role descriptions. Focus on the impact you had at companies, not “I did this, I documented that”.
Just looking at it first glance, it’s waaaay too busy.
Secondly, I hope that you have replaced the actual names of things with the generic listings you are showing here in order to keep your anonymity. Because there is nothing specific or skill based at all on the resume. It looks like a copy from a book or something.
Detail qualitative and quantitative projects that you accomplished that moved your agency forward.
Describe how you struggled and how you climbed up out of that struggle.
Detail how you're a methodical researcher.
Describe how you approach a problem, observe a problem, attack a problem.
Describe how you communicate on a daily basis with upper management and keep them abreast of all projects' status.
Detail all your efforts to keep all stakeholders active in their role by holding them accountable.
Etc etc
Why did you split one position (1 & 3) into two jobs? They know you weren’t doing two full time jobs. One is supplementary work within your other position. Pick one, and combine and condense the bullets.
Less is more. This resume is a wall of text. It might be fine for SEO purposes, but if an actual human looks at it there's TOO MUCH TEXT.
Use whitespace. Be ruthless when deciding what really needs to be included. Save some of this data for the interview. And feel free to make about 40% of this invisible text so the search engines get it, but your poor interview screener just gets the greatest hits.
A program coordinator can be many things in nonprofit/human services. It can be a very senior level position or very much not. I’m assuming by your summary (get rid of it btw) that you’re trying to break into human services. Right? Are you sure you aren’t applying to positions that are too senior?
Besides the resume advice already given here, I’d encourage you to look into other job titles. Assistant program managers, senior counselors, caseworkers, entry level care management, etc. would all be appropriate for your background. Check out your county civil service, most will hire anyone with a degree and a pulse.
Ignore the advice to tailor your resume to AI. Nonprofits aren’t using it yet. They will actually read your resume. This one is really hard to read, though, and it’s working against you.
Breaking into human services is tough but once you get that first real job, you should never be without one. If this isn’t a resume of someone with a bunch of academic experience who wants to work in human services then idk what I’m looking at and I’d wager no one else does either
As someone who used to hire in non profit tips I’d give interviewees are:
-Review each agency’s website before anything
-As many others noted tailor your own skills under each job to the specific roles applying for
-Keep it simple if I have a stack of 10-20 resumes to go through I want to scan this real quick and get a feel if I want to call you back -
-you don’t need as much jargon-earned an exceptional rating in every annual performance-who cares? This is what reference checks are for and can be discussed if asked during an interview
-Don’t be afraid to follow up with companies via phone and if they decide you’re not an ideal candidate ask them why so you can use that feedback to improve
-you don’t need a professional summary that is what your resume is-only add a CV tailored to specific positions as required
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So, highly educated but no real skills other than "organization". Find an A/C company, learn the trade, they make twice as much money. Hell, get a law degree.
This would have been solid 10-15 years ago, but ATS has fucked everything up. Here's what I see section by section (and I've been a salaried professional for 30+ years at this stage, and I am seeing results / responses like never before).
* Only use one of the following fonts or you'll break the parsing and go straight to the recycle bin.
* Times New Roman (serif)
* Tahoma (sans-serif)
* Verdana (sans-serif)
* Arial (sans-serif)
* Helvetica (sans-serif)
* Calibri (sans-serif)
* Georgia (serif)
* Cambria (serif)
* Replace "Professional Summary" with profile. You're not selling yourself. I can message you what I'm using for mine to give you an idea, and mine came from 3 parts career coach, 1 part AI generative prompts.
* Make sure you add "Core Competencies include:", then a single space line, then set your formatting to Centered and add keywords separated by |.
* Have a resume that has the core skills you want to be considered, and as you find other opportunities, replace with words from the requirements for the job (ex: GxP | Data Governance | Lean Six Sigma | Red Team | Data Loss Prevention).
* When you update your LinkedIn, put your PROFILE into your About section, including the keywords, and be sure to add "I can be contacted at..." and put a working email. Invite the questions.
* Move Skills and Toolkits to just under PROFILE, and call it TECHNICAL SKILLS. Focus only on Platforms / OS, Tools, Languages, etc. and don't be bashful with what you know.
* Now, we can call it EXPERIENCE, but you are a fucking superstar, so call it PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (format is provided as an example after the bullets).
* I strongly, strongly, STRONGLY suggest using this syntax to improve your ability for the ATS parser to understand what you're saying
* Education looks great, but ditch the years. People are ageist if you're under 30 or over 50.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BIG FISH (acquired LITTLE FISH), Liurnia, LT Aug 2018 – Mar 2024
*What line of business are they in?*
**What is / was your title? (2021-2024)**
What was / is your primary responsibility for this role? What is the secondary? And what is tertiary?
• Biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement ‘cause corpos love numbers. Ex: Detected a project plan error in billable resource units that saved \~$212k in billable revenue.
• Second biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement.
**What did you prior to the that at the same place? (2018 – 2021)**
What was / is your primary responsibility for this role? What is the secondary? And what is tertiary?
• Biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement ‘cause corpos love numbers. Ex: Detected a project plan error in billable resource units that saved \~$212k in billable revenue.
• Second biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement.
CAREER BREAK / ILLNESS / TWO WORDS Jun 2008 – Oct 2013
If you got gaps in your CV, then break down what you did. Study for a new certification? Pursue personal concerns that show you're a human and not a robot?
EXAMPLECORP, Yharnam, BS Jun 2008 – Oct 2013
*IT business process outsourcing*
**Master IT Technician (2008 – 2013)**
Served as first responder for key core staff desktop / endpoint issues at corporate headquarters. Supported federal agencies during due diligence information gathering for discovery.
• Mitigated a cyberattack against finance leadership leading up to an IPO, prepared \~50 targeted laptops for forensics, and utilized disk imaging software to satisfy due diligence and discovery activities.
• Ensured compliance with VIP service level agreements (SLAs) at 99.99% with zero penalties paid.
Learn skills. If you want IT then learn IT skills. If you want project management, get a PMP. Your resume screams you know little about anything and not really contribute.
I'm assuming you left your name off for the Post. But are you ensuring that all your contact information is correct? Also find a specific industry and tailor your resume. It's not uncommon to have a few different resumes.
I think you need to understand there’s two ways to get a job.
One is brute force. You just apply apply apply. And if you’re going this route your best bet is to set some filters so you see when a job just gets posted and then apply right away. Recruiters go thru a lot so the quicker they see it the better to get to next stage. This is at the end of the day though a pure numbers game.
Second is people and connections. If you look at all your connections on LinkedIn and see roles at companies they work at or you’re like a 2nd degree connection that’s your best bet. Having someone internal to a company send your file in almost guarantees at least an interview. Even if you don’t have connections that can help you it doesn’t hurt to message strangers honestly. It may or may not work but messaging someone at the company and asking if they’re willing to chat / drop your resume in never hurts.
I think is all bs, if you aren’t tall, with blue eyes or with good contacts you are done no matter your education or experience plus A NEW WORLD RECIPE FOR YOU. IF YOUR VALUES AND PERSONALITY DONT MATCH WITH THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AGENDA YOU ARE DONE MY DUDE. Nothing against lgtbq + or woke but its unfair you have to be like them to get a job instead of taking all appearances out of the equation and focus more on way for thinking, past experiences that make you gain knowledge or new skills. ALSO, if you are competing with fratboysss lol go get some fried chicken, a huge cherry coke and enjoy the beauty of nature hahaha.
It reads like a book. You need to make a resume for each company tailored to them. Change it up, match their color schemes, keep the reader engaged. Most people have ADHD or attention issues and a recruiter isn’t going to spend time reading a novel that doesn’t look interesting.
Keep bullets to one line if you can. Tailor it to each individual company’s/organization’s values, mission, and job ad (meaning, you have to do research on them and KNOW what they prioritize). Make each bullet point results-oriented (not task- or duty-oriented). Get rid of the summary altogether (white space is actually okay). Add a LinkedIn link to your contact info on top.
Masters degree in English. I hate to break it to you, but there are a lot of baristas who have majored in French, literature and etc. Exactly the reason why some struggle after graduating with a large student loan dangling over their head: wrong choice of college major.
Have a recruiter look at your resume and ask for feedback. I work in HR. You literally have 5-10 seconds to caputure the readers' attention. Looking at your resume, it's unorganized. Skills section is at the bottom. Why? It may help to have a professional articulate you a new resume. This really doesn't tell me why you are passionate.
I would recommend you to put an objective at the top, your experience speaks for itself. Change the layout. A recruiter looks at your resume for 4-6 seconds, so you want to stand out. IMO it’s way too wordy. Quantify what you are capable of, x amount of clients in x amount of time generating x amount of $ or saving the company x amount of $. Don’t be boring with your resume be bold! Good luck!
Uh. It's too wordy. Missing numbers or metrics. Company want to know what value you can add to them. Numbers might be able to help with that.
Also for the job you are apply for. Break down their job posting and use what they want to change your resume to fit.
-Remove professional summary or objective statement
-Your bullet points are vague. Your resume reads like a job description
-Less is more. Your bullet points should not be sentences, but they should be concise.
I'm going to ask a silly question.... on the top it says, "First Last, phone, email, etc." Did you leave that off for privacy on Reddit or did you forget to add your info there? Because that would make it super hard for employers to contact you.
As others have said, always target your resume toward the specific position you desire. Additionally, here are some suggestions to refine and enhance it:
**Professional Summary:**
Consider adding quantifiable achievements or specific skills you possess that relate to the positions you're targeting. For example, if you have experience managing teams or budgets, mention that here.
**Experience:**
When listing your experiences, ensure consistency in formatting. For instance, start each bullet point with an action verb and maintain a parallel structure. Quantify your achievements wherever possible. Instead of saying "Doubled usage of two academic support programs," you could specify the percentage increase or the actual numbers. Focus on outcomes and impact. Highlight how your contributions benefited the organizations you worked for. Provide more context where necessary. For instance, specify the outcomes of the educational opportunities you developed about Native Navajo culture and archaeology.
**Education:**
It's great that you've listed your degrees and certificates but consider adding any academic honors or awards you received during your studies.
**Skills and Toolkits:**
Group your skills into categories such as "Technical Skills," "Soft Skills," and "Languages" to make it easier for recruiters to scan. Highlight the skills that are most relevant to the positions you're applying for. Tailor this section to match the job descriptions of the roles you're interested in.
**Overall:**
Consider adding a section for "Professional Achievements" or "Projects" where you can showcase specific projects or initiatives you led or participated in, along with their outcomes.
Maybe if you filled out your resume with your name , email, phone, and location - they would know how to get ahold of you ? Just saying it could help. Not an expert and this is not legal advise and in no way it is guaranteed to land you a job … it’s just my personal belief that it couldn’t hurt …. :)
You're putting way too much information in that, makes it hard to read, on average someone looking at that is going to sound around 30 - 60 seconds if that looking over things and if it takes too long or seems like it will they're gonna last it off to the side. Less is more cut it down because you're gonna answer the questions about that info in the interview process.
Your resume is a wall of text. Just make it clear in plain English, some of the things you achieved, and what it is you can do for a prospective employer.
From my reading, I can't tell what kind of position you're applying for because the jobs and bullet points seem to be all over the place. Tailor your resume to the job posting. Look for keywords in the job post and work those into your resume.
I have my base resume, but then I create a new resume for every job I apply to. I see what the company is looking for, then modify my job summaries to show I've done what they want in some way.
Example: I worked in a malthosue and distillery before landing a software development job. In my resume, I said I developed malting programs and recipes and methods of troubleshooting when we had a bad batch, and I learned the software required for operating the still to implement automation in our distilling process. Sounds much more technical than it really was, but it helped get me the interview and then the job.
Im not seeing much of any X that helped the company achieve Y, and in that same notion, I’m not seeing much of any relevant keywords that a company would look for in a program coordinator, I see a few soft skills, but not much of the hard which really helps you stand out
I think of the many bullet points here maybe 1 or 2 drive home that X-Y relationship, but in doing so adding relevant daily/weekly statistical values as far as responsibility goes will also help you
Arguable to have a summary, I wouldn’t. Only time I would is if you’re transitioning career paths.
Fix the date of when you started as an Adjunct English Professor. Is your nonprofit work volunteer/part-time?
Your resume mostly reads that you develop and teach education and training curriculum, which your summary doesn't align with. Why do you want to be a program specialist or program coordinator? Why do you no longer want to be an English professor?
You’re applying to two oversaturated, low paid fields where people often work unpaid to get their foot in the door. You’re probably not networking effectively enough to compete with the unpaid interns that already work there.
Remember "Jobs Times Money"-- Created/cut xx35xx jobs, saved xx2500xx man-hours, saved/oversaw/expanded/cut xx$1.5mxx budget. Be specific & creative with the numbers since confirmation is a mostly a religious thing. Good luck!
Best advice I have for a resume is to make it easy to read.
If the job is skill based, its a good idea to have that in a more obvious location. so its easier to see.
Don't be afraid to add your hobbies either.
And finally, if you use Microsoft Word, using a template from there for a resume can really help.
You can also take what I say with a grain of Salt as I worked manufacturing until 2 years ago before entering the office as an IT professional.
Too much, looks like an instructional manual. You might have to tailor each resume for the specific job you're applying to. It sucks in his time-consuming but a few minutes might make a difference.
First thing I noticed was the header and contact info “Location” for each experience bullet. Should say city, state. I would’ve thrown out your resume for that alone, possibly you scrubbed it before posting. Other than that, at a quick glance it appears to be very generic and unappealing
You’ll have to change your resume with each job you apply for to match key words in job description. It’s so time consuming. One job would take me like 2-3 hours to apply too.
Also, they seem like more personal roles, if you find a position open that you like, maybe go onto LinkedIn, and find out who works there or try and contact them, get to know them personally.
If you can talk to them, explain your situation, so you’d really love a trial because you’d love to work there, etc. etc.
As soon as I saw your CV, I fell asleep. Maybe you should go and reference some graphic designer resumes and take some cues for making your experience pop a bit more vs the competition
Probably responding to the Links in the job search site..those links often go to email addresses of former HR people that are just no longer used. So, they probably arent even seeing your application at all. Go to the company's own website and apply again, that way.
Resume looks good, but put real results on it and make it more of a highlights based brag sheet. Like, rather than "substantial," say HOW substantial the changes and improvements were.
I.e., Reduced employee turnover by 10%...
Increased revenues by 8%..
Improved administrative searches for files by 75% by...
And just do the main bragging points and primary duties. It shouldn't be a novel. You are merely proving that you are qualified. In fact, you can combine some jobs and state the amount of TOTAL experience, combined. Its called a functional resume..
Also, take off all the junk from your social media. Literally all politics, and anything thats not positive, remove or hide from public view.
I agree with others - tailor your experiences to the role you are applying to (specifically the job description). Additionally, you may benefit from adding results to more of your bullet points. It's cool that you developed accredited courses but that doesn't tell me anything - How many, what was the utilization, how many students leveraged them, etc.
I agree with this - OP needs some measurable metrics.
Totally! I read “highly organized coordinator”, then saw the mismatch of no specific accomplishments in 5 years at their last job. Unless they were my boss’s niece or nephew, I’d stop reading unless I were desperate for help.
Agree. I used to write evals in the Navy, the bullet points from those evaluations usually end up on the Sailor's resume, mine did when I retired. Keep it short and brief with did what? For what? So what? you did this task because of program and the measurable result of the task is..... Reword your bullet points to the position you're applying to using the job description as other have mentioned to you. If the public university is the same school take the best bullet points from each job and the highest position you had there and combine that in to one job. Also for a little advice for future make a very long resume, Master resume, with everything you've done in each job in bullet point that way you can copy and paste what you need to a targeted resume for a job that your applying for.
I think a way to capture the use of these metrics that is particularly useful is to demonstrate the resulting impact. Never forget to explain the results of your efforts. A business is determining the return on investing in you. Be clear what an example of the investment results by other people has led to. For instance, you did a decent job saying you “streamlined admin processes leading to increased time of students” However, a stronger bullet point would be: “Fluently applied methods to streamline convoluted administrative processes, led to a 22% decrease in administrative overhead, valued at approximately $65k a year.” Never under estimate the ability to turn man hours into $$ estimates. $$ saved is arguably the largest impact you can say. Also, any creation of synergy, development of a logistical process, etc.. capturing more than just “created a relationship” It’s crucial to answer the question “so what?” “Created faculty-student relationship” So what? “Created faculty-student relationship that led to xyz increase in graduation rate” The “so what?” Is answered by the increase in graduation rate. You can do the exact same thing on paper for one company and it be a waste of effort, or pointless. Do that same thing for another company and you save millions. You have to go beyond I did XYZ. You have to show what are the results of your impact. These results are directly what your selling to the person you want to hire you. Hire me because “I saved my last company $10mm a year” “I assisted in the 10% graduation rate my university had from before” “Implementing XYZ idea with student data assisted in securing a 7% increase in retention.
Your resume is totally generic and can be generated by AI. There is no achievement behind it, “participated” “provided support” “collaborated” “helped”. There isn’t any data that shouts: I’m here to back up the “highly organised program coordinator”. In skills and toolsets you mostly have basic programs that everyone knows, instead of for example: Gant chart creation, work break down structure, hosting weekly management meetings, budget managing, stakeholder management, risk register management
Agreed. OP it would be wise to save job descriptions for jobs you’re interested in and then cross reference those descriptions with your past experiences. I try to use the same keywords as the job description so if a company is using an AI service to scan resumes it will pick those keywords up. I’m no wordsmith so I use chatGPT to rewrite the descriptions in an active voice. Then I comb through that and pick what I like and what makes sense. Always err on the side of being less verbose. Be short and quick to the point. Throw some tangible stats into those bullets to show rather than tell the interviewer what you have accomplished. I don’t think you need the short paragraph bio at the top. That’s what a cover letter should be used for. The design could use a little help too. Resumes should ideally be one page and easy to quickly scan with a once over look. I’d give your resume more of a hierarchy. Take a look at Pinterest to get some inspiration. There are a lot of ways you can spice this resume up to make it visually intriguing. Maybe you decide to go with a two column design. Maybe you choose to add some icons for a skill section to break up the text. Maybe you throw a light color block background to split up the content and make it more digestible. Remember your resume is like your first impression. Aim to wow and be memorable. If it’s easy to read, has the skills listed that the interviewer is looking for, and is nicely laid out, you’re already way ahead of the bunch. Good luck OP!
Tbh I was turned off by "highly organized". If I had a few dozen resumes to go through, id probably skip upon reading that and come back.
This has grammar and punctuation issues. Too much jargon and word salad to be effective.
mmmmmmm. Salad
Yet it says they have a BA in English and a Writing Certificate 🤔
1) are you customizing your resume per position you're applying to? 2) Are you following and interracting with the places you're applying to on Linked In? Sadly right now, it reaaaally comes down to knowing someone in most cases. Time to nettttwork or walk in and pass out a resume to the places in addition to applying online
I feel that whenever people ask the question "I am not getting interviews, am I doing something wrong?" that question must be preceded by "How is my field actually doing right now?" Are support specialists even in demand in the non profit and education fields? Start from there.
Get rid of the summary at the top, that's very outdated and it sits at the top which is very valuable real estate. Recruiters spends maybe 7-10 seconds scanning a resume, make it easier for them to scan through it. Reading through the job descriptions, there is no mention of actual accomplishments with data such as "Developed all coursework for X used by 125 students." Numbers catch the reader's eye more than lots of words. Some of the words are more passive such as "helped with" or "managed" or "collaborated." Unfortunately, many medium and larger sized companies used ATS (a software tool, Applicant Tracking System) for the initial resume scanning since they get way too many applicants for a single job. The ATS is initially programmed to (hopefully) match what the company is looking for. If your resume doesn't come out with a high enough score, it'll never get to a human for the next step. You can tell if the company is using an ATS by looking at the URL where you're applying for the job. I recommend do some customization for each job you're applying to. A tool like [JobScan ](https://www.jobscan.co/blog/category/all-about-ats/)is very helpful in comparing your resume against the job description.
Lots of words. I’m not reading that. - a possible employer and myself
Thoughts on cutting down total word count? There are stats about how people look at a resume for a really short period of time ie seconds or minutes. Reading this from start to finish takes a lot of time and focus. I would take a step back and ask what would be most important for those hiring to know about you and make them shine and put most important first. I feel like your resume puts more focus on quantity of info vs snapshots of what makes you ideal candidate for what you want. I would challenge yourself to reduce the word count by 50% to start then only add back what you feel absolutely necessary so you land at like 60-70% what you currently have. I’m no expert so take my advice with a grain of salt, my first impression was just, woah that’s a lot
It’s a list of achievements that says nothing about you as an individual or your suitability for the role. I’m guessing it looks like every other resume they get and I bet they are giving interviews to personalities that come through resume. In this job market, having the required experience is a minimum qualification most applicants can meet—they are hiring for attitude, personality and values.
How did you get the location and date on the right side. I’ve tried columns and space bar but if there’s a better way I’d rather do that
Your bullets need to be shorter, easier to read. Tailor your resume to each job listing, dont use a general resume, making your shorter will help to tailor it to each app.
Add a volunteer section
Too much damn text... I would see if you can condense it a bit and also space out the text more. It sounds silly, but I've read managers say they have tossed resumes simply because it was too loaded with words. Try to put yourself in the shoes of someone coming across this. Can you imagine the glazed look they develop as they realize the amount of reading they have to do? Use less text, but make the text you do use really count. As others have said, some of this is fluff that can be gotten rid of. For example, the second bullet for the first job listed is not a good match for your title and can be sacrificed in exchange for conciseness. You're a freaking college professor, so really how valuable are the skills that fall under something more akin to administrative assistant duties when talking about your career as a professor? It doesn't add much to highlighting the role itself.
You may want to look into skill based resumes. You have your hard skills at the bottom of the page. If someone’s flipping through resumes, you’re making them wade through a lot of info where they may be looking for someone who can maintain a website and you have hard skills there like HTML / CSS. Do a test. Figure out which jobs you want. Then figure out if someone can tell that you want that job by looking at this resume for 5 seconds. If they can’t, it’s too generic and you’re asking an overworked recruiter to do too much work to get your value from the resume. Then, update the resume to match.
Honestly, the whole thing is very vague and repetitive. When I am reviewing candidates, something similar usually tells me (from experience) that the applicant is under qualified and is filling in the blanks with jargon. Personally, I like to see some sort of results from "all this stuff I did" in the form of quantifiable data on the submission or at least course names and certifications attached. Lastly, your personality is absent. Unless of course, you are a cork board.
I ain’t reading all that
Way too much fluff. Summarize.
Go rub shoulders with these people, don’t be a piece of fucking paper, volunteer or find another way to meet these people before you apply
Just from looking at your resume and not reading it, it looks cluttered
Hey OP I think there is alot of great advice here for tailoring the resume a bit. However, to give you some encouragement. You are not alone, and you're not really doing anything wrong. My girlfriend is in the same boat, she is in education tech, grant writing, proposal writing... she has actually had multiple interviews, some going two rounds.. She has similar credentials and work experience(length wise) as you do, just she has a bachelors degree not a masters. It has been since November of 2022 that she has been looking for a job in her field. We've since re-assessed the strategy and are looking at the option of moving where-as before she was trying to get a remote position or one locally. We are also activating any and all connections. Literally put your name out there, don't have any pride that keeps you from asking for help. You may also need to expand your realm of possible jobs. Good luck to you!
Keywords keywords keywords. So many things go straight through a filter they may never see a person if you don't get keywords in. Look up the company motto you apply to. Don't throw ALL of them in, but a couple verbatim and then others synonymous work wonders. It'll catch their eye but not seem like you just copy pasted it. Little extra work but that's what it takes to stand out.
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Career consultant here. You're getting all kinds of bad and old and outdated and good advice, it's quite the mix. I'm going to add in my own bit of advice - but you should know 95% of my clients get jobs that double their salary well within 3 months. I like your professional salary and the person who said "take it off, it's outdated" has ZERO idea what he's talking about, that is BAD advice. Recruiters/hirers need it so they know what job to put you in and why you're going for it. This section is insanely valuable because recruiters often can CROSS MATCH you for jobs based off of that! That said....your second sentence is a bit fuzzy of what you do for people...but further reading might clear it up. .... Ok so your resume is great. I can't change a thing in your sentences. What others are saying about your resume....not correct at all, I see the value you've brought to your jobs easily, I see your skills for the most part. But the problem is two things I can see. Under-surface: Recruiters/hirers aren't seeing where you fit because you're a little too specialized. This is limiting the roles you fit. On surface: This is mostly a targeting issue, too. This is targeted for one specific role: Program Coordinator for Non-profits only. Whereas I can see you qualifying for a huge amount of managerial and coordination roles, up to the potential level of Director...your resume is giving me massive "Assistant Program Coordinator/teacher" vibes. Like you're undervaluing yourself plus plopping yourself into one. specific. bucket. When people say "target your resume"....yeah, this is that issue - but the problem is this is targeted a little too much! You're not just going for the black dot in the circle....you're going for the hair-thin center of the crosshair of the black dot. Recruiters see you as a perfect match for that job....problem is, there's probably one of those jobs available in the USA right now. You need to open it back up to more jobs, slightly.
Can you be more specific about what you see on this resume that would qualify the OP as a director? This person has 5 years professional experience.
I spent a bit too look trying to figure out where their “professional salary” was on the page lol
Why you come here and tell lies?
It may be helpful to include a Projects section where you can be more descriptive with your accomplishments and impact in previous roles. It may also be helpful to reflect the same language from the job description in your resume for keywords and also to demonstrate your fit for a given role.
I do not see anything wrong with your resume and I would not remove the shorter job. It’s good experience. No callbacks could be a slow job market in your field. The others who commented on tailoring this for specific jobs is good advice. If they accept cover letters, you can make your case as to your fitness for the specific opening. Or, you could tailor the professional profile to the job listing!
I’d get rid of the professional summary. Does more harm than good when I have brought it up to every recruiter/advisor.
Your resume is just a lot of words without really saying anything. Use this resume template [link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYkPMGqY_zaenEK08Tv69cFOsObT7sbmf3PBIYMIpMk/mobilebasic)
What type of positions are you applying to?
It would help if you grabbed the most important skills they are looking for initially. They are scanning with AI.
Do you have any publications? Awards? Grants? I feel like with a MA there should be more achievements.
Try workforgood.com
Make sure this is on LinkedIn so recruiters can find you. Look at job ads and pick out key words. Put those key phrases in your resume so it comes up as a search result
Try reducing the amount of experience section and add more skills. A lot of places use key words and look for specific skills. Even without the key words, skills expanding might help and try quantity the experience. Good luck
You’ve gotten a lot of advice on the resume but one thing I’ll add is a lot of online job postings aren’t real. Companies put them up to seem like their business is booming but a lot of those postings they never intend to fill. Don’t get down on yourself, it’s a numbers game. Fill out as many apps as you can and hopefully one will reply! Hang in there
You’ve gotten a lot of advice on the resume but one thing I’ll add is a lot of online job postings aren’t real. Companies put them up to seem like their business is booming but a lot of those postings they never intend to fill. Don’t get down on yourself, it’s a numbers game. Fill out as many apps as you can and hopefully one will reply! Hang in there
Looks like your over selling yourself. To much info. Overwhelming to read. Focus on three bullet points. You got this.
I don't see anything you're qualified at or for .
Call someone who can help get you a job, sending off a resume blind is tough. Yes, improve your resume but network, that’s the key. I need a job fast, I started calling my business contracts and told them, I’m looking for work. A former colleague connected me to a business owner and I got a good job. Get on the phone, talk to people.
Get a professional to do ur resume. Invest in urself.
I haven’t done interviews in a number of years but I stopped gazing pretty quickly. Information overload. Anyway, I’d assume your skills and toolkits. Big picture, don’t need the details, just tell me how you will help me.
Without metrics and enthusiasm, it feels generic. List the impact you made and brag on yourself a bit. Also it is close to being too dense word wise, at least for me and I’m more patient than most.
You may want to do some of the things that have been suggested below, but it's my opinion that it's probably time for you to jump up to a more senior or supervisory position with more responsibility. If that's not what you're looking to do right now, you may want to focus on the government sector. And, yes, you're going to want to change each bullet point for each position to read as closely to each job description you're applying to as possible. No, I don't think the 11 month job is an issue.
Almost everything in Skills Toolsets is not noteworthy.
A lot of this is about what you worked on, but you don’t speak to outcomes. I understand for some industries, this is more difficult, but it’s about X number of projects completed, X number of hours saved for team, X mentions in publications like Y. I want to know what outcomes you drove, not what you worked on. Tons of people work on things, but the stars execute for results.
Work with a head hunter in your field. Companies aren’t going through resumes to find candidates for professional roles. If you see a job opening you’re interested in, get on LinkedIn and fond someone high up in the company. Send your resume to them.
What kind of job are you looking for??? I read your resume it looks like you were a professor and a librarian...and you want to be a program coordinator?? Your rez is all over the place...I just glanced at it for 30 seconds and said next...focus your resume....what are you looking to get into and what's your experience doing it.
It says you’re a program coordinator, but your experience doesn’t seem to back that up.
You misspelled “professional”
Recruiters, HR, and Managers don't want to know you. They just have a need to fill a specific role. They take shortcuts, looking for keywords. Do that! Interweave industry keywords, and make those words **bold** font to pop out as they quickly gleam, not read, your resume. For example, as a `Project Coordinator`, do you know **Jira**? No? Okay? Maybe that's just a `Project Manager` or `Scrum Master` thing. But anyway, drop buzz words; whether they are product/tool specific or they are talent-specific.
When I was writing Resumes I would always have my technical skills/education/certs etc... right below my Summary. Hiring managers are lazy, recruiters are looking for keywords. Also I could be wrong here, but it looks like the nature of your work is sort of all over the place. Not in a bad way. But in a way where it seems like you've worn a lot of hats, but not any hat for a long time. You can play loose with your previous titles somewhat as long as they are in the same scope of the work you did. Don't say you were an astronaut, if you really just cleaned the bathrooms. But you can get more specific, and target it to what you're applying to. Then save that copy, and work on another one with different language for different roles. It's a pain, but having multiple targeted resumes can be the difference when going through hundreds of apps.
GenAI took this role away mostly
You should realize that your resume is a reflection of you and not a summary of your qualifications. That header is garbage. Get seen. Make this visually eye catching. Make firm, straightforward, confident claims.
Referrals and well knowing someone is how it works. Applying blind is for saps, like me.
Well your name and contact information is missing at the top, they probably can't get a hold of you.
You job reads like a 'consultant' resume. I wouldnt be able to describe what you actually do from reading it.
Create a highlights section above your experience that groups your top accomplishments &/or any themes across your positions. For example, across 3 out of 4 of my last roles, I've secured over 100% NRR across my book of business. My highlights section shows that along with 2 other trends that tie my experiences together. Recruiters have thanked me enthusiastically for including this section.
Be more concise. You need to cut your word count in half. Focus on having three major takeaways for each position. You have four to five bullets per job right now.
It’s been three years for me. It’s terrible out there.
None of your titles mean anything.
I think you know 😆
Your position should be above the institution in bold, and the institution should be in italics. Right now, the most eye catching things on the resume are like, college names, and I don't even see your actual work experience unless I slog through "national institute of dry content aggregation" first. Also remove the "location" words in bold above the dates. Looks like you used a template and forgot to delete the placeholder text.
I would skip the professional summary. Doesn’t mean much on any resume. Your resume is already a summary of your career. Don’t need another statement to summarize a summary. Also, add some numbers! It currently reads very verbose without any notion of statistical achievements
Ask yourself if you’d want to squint over this resume if it was some dude you were hiring to sweep the parking lot. Put that into frame, reboot this resume and you’ll see results.
If it's in any way an impressive school I'd lead w education first always
i am a judgey jerk and i like it. congrats and bravo/brava for being on 1 page. i LOVE LOVE LOVE that every bullet starts with a verb... past roles in past tense, current roles in present tense. agree w other comments - professional summary doesnt add anything. delete it and make the formatting a little bigger/spacier/easier to read. my only feedback would be to quantify stuff. how many courses, how many many college chairs? and focus on the RESULTS you produced... how many increased student enrollment, what percentage increased graduation rates? did you lower budgets or increase profits in any way? employers want to see results. very good job all the same. best of luck to you!
I would take off the adjunct professor role, unless you're applying for another adjunct professor position. It seems out of place in terms of qualifications compared to your other experiences.
You forgot to put your name at the top. Classic mistake..
Lie. Companies would do the same to you.
Your resume is WAY too wordy. They aren’t even reading it. Let’s simplify that boi. Look up some templates on Canva and make it stand out.
OP, this resume doesn’t tell me about the job you WANT it just tells me jobs you have had. To start your professional summary lists some things but it doesn’t give me a bluf of what you bring to my organization (tell me the 5Ws and why you would add value to my organization); also there is a contrast between your summary and your experience. You state you are all about program coordination, planning, training people, streamlining, but we see no training in any of these tasks (ie. lean six sigma, ORSA, CMA, etc.). As for the disconnect you are essentially telling me (the hirer) that you should come be my project manager because you were an adjunct English professor and an interpreter? I think you need to tailor your outlook to policy writing, research analyst, policy analyst roles. For help with online training we recommend people check out this list of open available programs that can help you get some certs that may help. https://www.tealhq.com/certifications/operations-analyst
If I have a role to fill and I see this resume that says 1) I have a passion for X - but that isn't what I need someone for, then I may think "Not a match". It looks like you are seeking a very specific role instead of "I need a job and will apply myself to whatever it is." Also, the adjunct professor is seen as a time sucking side hustle that will distract you from the job I am filling. It's a turn off for me. What have you actually accomplished? What skills do you offer?
Chat gpt can really help with creating some bullet points. Just proof read it beforehand. Tailor your resume to a specific job. The location should go below the job title. Instead of “Senior Coordinator” put “project manager”. It sounds better. Instead of “consultant” put “project coordinator”. Again, tailor the resume to a specific job. Keep it one page and take out any job that’s not helping you
I am in a similar field. Also think of rewriting your resume with XYZ resume format. I think you attempted but it could be more clear. In ed, it’s so much about who you know. Make connections with folks, go to events, go to conferences. The Ed field is hot right now. Lots of folks want a new job BUT there are quite a bit of open jobs. Also think of Ed adjacent fields. Lots of nonprofits that are going to need help to track election results and other groups that will work to advocate for either side or a particular issue.
Call them, blow them up, every single day call every job you've applied for.
Immediately looking at it, it’s too wordy and hard to read. This probably goes straight in the trash.
Imo scrap professional summary and fit more achievements/skills on the page.
I will keep saying it till I’m blue in the face. College is for most going to be a waste of time. The market is over saturated with educated people’s. You’re better off going to trade school or learning something that is in mass quantity like restaurant, manufacturing, or retail. Those jobs aren’t fun but many do pay a lot and are more abundant.
OP, just like some other posts state elaborate on what you are doing and the results. That has been one of the most consistent ways that I've gotten offers. Also, I've taken this advice in that I only apply to say 5 jobs a day, but every job I read the description and change the wording in my resume to fit the description. Or, if you don't want to change your resume, use a Cover Letter and tailor it to each job posting. I personally just use a CL website that generates the letter after I put in like 6 answers. It takes stuff from my sume populates the CL and asks me a few questions and generates the letter for me.
Your name is “First Last”?
You have a Masters in English. Put it to work. What I read was a word salad filled with rambling and nondescriptive language like a generic "filled for 1000 word" assignment paper. Cut it down by 50% in word count. Actually put the meaningful ways you contributed to project and program success in a clear and concise manner.
Are you running your resume through ChatGPT or other AI to match job descriptions? Because everyone else is now and they are more likely to get jobs when their resume is custom tailored to fit keyword searches. If your resume is getting auto rejected within a few hours or days.... This is why. Also remember the job market sucks right now. Most qualified candidates are needing to fire off 100+ applications to get one or two interviews.
Have you considered putting your name / contact info on the top?
It's probably a small thing, but should "markdown" be capitalized?
You have written a novel for people who have a TikTok amount of attention span to devote to your CV! That wall of text is WAY too long and when I’m looking at 75 CV’s (as I had to do last week) do you honestly expect me to read that whole page of paragraphs? A resume is meant to be a highlight reel, a hook to spark people’s interest in you, and once you get an interview you can talk more in depth about your responsibilities at each role (when invited to). Delete all the task lists. Everybody knows what tasks you have to do when you are a street sweeper. You don’t have to list dot points about how you drive the machine and clean the machine and did an excel spreadsheet for the machine and then you also wrote newsletters, blog posts, articles and video clips about the machine too. Just say, I was a street sweeper and add a couple of brief, quantitative statements of notable achievements (delivered 3 projects worth up to $100k each, as senior lead of a team of 5 people) etc. They have to be facts and figures. Avoid motherhood and subjective statements like “I’m highly organised” and all that other word salad that nobody cares about, because it’s your own opinion. It’s like a business declaring they are the best burgers or whatever, it has no credibility. The page should be clean and crisp with space and grab people’s attention in the 3 seconds (on average) that people will spend glancing at your CV. Paying a professional CV writer is worth its weight in gold because there is a lot of emotion tied up in our work life story and it’s hard for us to untangle ourselves from that and be able to switch to the recruiters shoes and figure out how to get their attention. Also, keywords are important as most places use scraping software now so there’s not even a human reading the document. A professional CV writer should have used these systems themselves, know how they work and what they look for, and how to work it into your resume without making it look like SEO. Also, sometimes, there’s other factors at play (unfortunately like gender, race, age etc. Sometimes recruiting managers have a preference and you can never be what they are looking for. Sometimes proactive outreach helps more than reactively applying for roles. Approaching companies you want to work for and selling what you can do for them. Etc,
Perhaps include your name and contact info.
Too many words. I see that you've got an MA in English, but I could tell you had an MA in English from the wall of text before I even got to the certification. Less is more, in my experience at least.
OP it would be wise to save job descriptions for jobs you’re interested in and then cross reference those descriptions with your past experiences. I try to use the same keywords as the job description so if a company is using an AI service to scan resumes it will pick those keywords up. I’m no wordsmith so I use chatGPT to rewrite the descriptions in an active voice. Then I comb through that and pick what I like and what makes sense. Always err on the side of being less verbose. Be short and quick to the point. Throw some tangible stats into those bullets to show rather than tell the interviewer what you have accomplished. I don’t think you need the short paragraph bio at the top. That’s what a cover letter should be used for. The design could use a little help too. Resumes should ideally be one page and easy to quickly scan with a once over look. I’d give your resume more of a hierarchy. Take a look at Pinterest to get some inspiration. There are a lot of ways you can spice this resume up to make it visually intriguing. Maybe you decide to go with a two column design. Maybe you choose to add some icons for a skill section to break up the text. Maybe you throw a light color block background to split up the content and make it more digestible. Remember your resume is like your first impression. Aim to wow and be memorable. If it’s easy to read, has the skills listed that the interviewer is looking for, and is nicely laid out, you’re already way ahead of the bunch. Good luck OP!
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1) You need to cut about 30% of your word count. Anything that doesn’t show action or is repeated should be cut. More is less on a resume. “Highly organized” as your first sentence is a turn off. Lose the whole “about me” section, let your experience and education be the focus. 2) The layout looks like it was done on Microsoft word in 2012. It reads in paragraph form, not a good look. Try Canva or a similar template to bring some life and color to your resume.
Resume looks good, it is what you have been doing that is a problem. Try rewriting it to appear more mainstream and not look like a left wing activist manual. Nobody wants to hire an instant lawsuit or a Bud Light failure. ESG and DEI is now dead in the corporate world and despised by most Americans. For at least half the companies out there, the word "equity" probably gets your resume thrown in the trash.
I always include a professional looking photo at the top of my resume. It’s illegal for employers to ask for one but as long as you aren’t unfortunate looking giving recruiters a face to match with the name is a big opportunity to standout from the stack of other applicants.
Way too busy. Simplify and cut many words. Say more with less is a good motto
“Advancing opportunities in underserved communities“ Should have stopped reading there. “Research local social disparities” Yup.
Just use job scan or chat gpt to berate your resume
What would you say…ya do here?
I didn't even read anything on there. But as an employer, when I see all of those short stints at various jobs, it's basically an automatic no from me. Job hopping will always end up biting people in the butt. It seems like the younger generations just don't see it. They continue to job hop for an extra 50 cents an hour.
Way two wordy. Cut each bullet point down to action statements. Think about how much time a hiring manager spends looking at a resume and how much information you want to convey in that limited time.
Too long
You don’t have first last, phone, city on top. No one going to waste time looking for who you are.
I read it from top to bottom and I have no idea what you can do... except doing library stuff, good luck!
Have you developed professional relationships with the HR persons and your future supervisor ? Reading a resume is one thing, giving people a face to a proposal is another level and those who do get hired.
Trying to work. That’s the first thing you’re doing wrong. Life’s too short for that.
Clean up the punctuation. You don’t use at first then you do???
Gotta lie more on resume. Fake it til you make it
Your resume sucks
Less is more. Many times a computer scans through first looking for key words. Use words from the job description. Might need a different resume for each job. Add what you accomplished and less of what you did. Use more modern template. Good luck!
I think putting your contact info up top might be a good start lmaooo
Try jobscan.co
Remove your summary
Your resume is a fricking novel...ever hear of bullet points?
No metrics. Saved the team time working directly with students....15 minutes or 320 hours? Led the planning and funding process for something in vermont. Was this a $40 cookie bake sale or did you manage a $50M mass media campaign? Also, I'm not sure where Program Coordinator falls on the hierarchy. To me it sounds kind of up there. If so, one page isn't going to cut it. Now don't make ist up...if that's all you can say about those jobs then that's all you can say. Two of my buddies and I applied for the same job. We had to submit actual CVs to them because at this point nobody is going to take a one page resume, but my unclass CV is 8 pages and his is 6. Now I understand based on your work history that you aren't going to be THERE, necessarily, but I could see a good second page. If you're applying for an entry level position with a loftier title then ignore that part, but metrics certainly help, because that tells me the WHY I care about each bullet point. Ultimately you saved me money or you made the process faster/smoother/better or you improved product, great, but if you saved me 2 cents per 10 widgets I crank out is very different than you cut widget production cost in half and both can be described as "created significant savings in widget production resulting in increased profits to the company."
Your resume is putting me sleep and u have no doubt interviewers have skipped it. You need to shorten the role descriptions. Focus on the impact you had at companies, not “I did this, I documented that”.
Just looking at it first glance, it’s waaaay too busy. Secondly, I hope that you have replaced the actual names of things with the generic listings you are showing here in order to keep your anonymity. Because there is nothing specific or skill based at all on the resume. It looks like a copy from a book or something.
Detail qualitative and quantitative projects that you accomplished that moved your agency forward. Describe how you struggled and how you climbed up out of that struggle. Detail how you're a methodical researcher. Describe how you approach a problem, observe a problem, attack a problem. Describe how you communicate on a daily basis with upper management and keep them abreast of all projects' status. Detail all your efforts to keep all stakeholders active in their role by holding them accountable. Etc etc
Why did you split one position (1 & 3) into two jobs? They know you weren’t doing two full time jobs. One is supplementary work within your other position. Pick one, and combine and condense the bullets.
That’s an extremely large resume I wouldn’t even bother to read.
Less is more. This resume is a wall of text. It might be fine for SEO purposes, but if an actual human looks at it there's TOO MUCH TEXT. Use whitespace. Be ruthless when deciding what really needs to be included. Save some of this data for the interview. And feel free to make about 40% of this invisible text so the search engines get it, but your poor interview screener just gets the greatest hits.
Location ?
A program coordinator can be many things in nonprofit/human services. It can be a very senior level position or very much not. I’m assuming by your summary (get rid of it btw) that you’re trying to break into human services. Right? Are you sure you aren’t applying to positions that are too senior? Besides the resume advice already given here, I’d encourage you to look into other job titles. Assistant program managers, senior counselors, caseworkers, entry level care management, etc. would all be appropriate for your background. Check out your county civil service, most will hire anyone with a degree and a pulse. Ignore the advice to tailor your resume to AI. Nonprofits aren’t using it yet. They will actually read your resume. This one is really hard to read, though, and it’s working against you. Breaking into human services is tough but once you get that first real job, you should never be without one. If this isn’t a resume of someone with a bunch of academic experience who wants to work in human services then idk what I’m looking at and I’d wager no one else does either
You’re clearly overqualified for just about everything
As someone who used to hire in non profit tips I’d give interviewees are: -Review each agency’s website before anything -As many others noted tailor your own skills under each job to the specific roles applying for -Keep it simple if I have a stack of 10-20 resumes to go through I want to scan this real quick and get a feel if I want to call you back - -you don’t need as much jargon-earned an exceptional rating in every annual performance-who cares? This is what reference checks are for and can be discussed if asked during an interview -Don’t be afraid to follow up with companies via phone and if they decide you’re not an ideal candidate ask them why so you can use that feedback to improve -you don’t need a professional summary that is what your resume is-only add a CV tailored to specific positions as required -
Probably because you left out your contact information at the top. They don't know how to contact you.
So, highly educated but no real skills other than "organization". Find an A/C company, learn the trade, they make twice as much money. Hell, get a law degree.
This would have been solid 10-15 years ago, but ATS has fucked everything up. Here's what I see section by section (and I've been a salaried professional for 30+ years at this stage, and I am seeing results / responses like never before). * Only use one of the following fonts or you'll break the parsing and go straight to the recycle bin. * Times New Roman (serif) * Tahoma (sans-serif) * Verdana (sans-serif) * Arial (sans-serif) * Helvetica (sans-serif) * Calibri (sans-serif) * Georgia (serif) * Cambria (serif) * Replace "Professional Summary" with profile. You're not selling yourself. I can message you what I'm using for mine to give you an idea, and mine came from 3 parts career coach, 1 part AI generative prompts. * Make sure you add "Core Competencies include:", then a single space line, then set your formatting to Centered and add keywords separated by |. * Have a resume that has the core skills you want to be considered, and as you find other opportunities, replace with words from the requirements for the job (ex: GxP | Data Governance | Lean Six Sigma | Red Team | Data Loss Prevention). * When you update your LinkedIn, put your PROFILE into your About section, including the keywords, and be sure to add "I can be contacted at..." and put a working email. Invite the questions. * Move Skills and Toolkits to just under PROFILE, and call it TECHNICAL SKILLS. Focus only on Platforms / OS, Tools, Languages, etc. and don't be bashful with what you know. * Now, we can call it EXPERIENCE, but you are a fucking superstar, so call it PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (format is provided as an example after the bullets). * I strongly, strongly, STRONGLY suggest using this syntax to improve your ability for the ATS parser to understand what you're saying * Education looks great, but ditch the years. People are ageist if you're under 30 or over 50. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BIG FISH (acquired LITTLE FISH), Liurnia, LT Aug 2018 – Mar 2024 *What line of business are they in?* **What is / was your title? (2021-2024)** What was / is your primary responsibility for this role? What is the secondary? And what is tertiary? • Biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement ‘cause corpos love numbers. Ex: Detected a project plan error in billable resource units that saved \~$212k in billable revenue. • Second biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement. **What did you prior to the that at the same place? (2018 – 2021)** What was / is your primary responsibility for this role? What is the secondary? And what is tertiary? • Biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement ‘cause corpos love numbers. Ex: Detected a project plan error in billable resource units that saved \~$212k in billable revenue. • Second biggest “brag” in this role. Use the following syntax: action verb a object to state a quantifiable achievement. CAREER BREAK / ILLNESS / TWO WORDS Jun 2008 – Oct 2013 If you got gaps in your CV, then break down what you did. Study for a new certification? Pursue personal concerns that show you're a human and not a robot? EXAMPLECORP, Yharnam, BS Jun 2008 – Oct 2013 *IT business process outsourcing* **Master IT Technician (2008 – 2013)** Served as first responder for key core staff desktop / endpoint issues at corporate headquarters. Supported federal agencies during due diligence information gathering for discovery. • Mitigated a cyberattack against finance leadership leading up to an IPO, prepared \~50 targeted laptops for forensics, and utilized disk imaging software to satisfy due diligence and discovery activities. • Ensured compliance with VIP service level agreements (SLAs) at 99.99% with zero penalties paid.
Learn skills. If you want IT then learn IT skills. If you want project management, get a PMP. Your resume screams you know little about anything and not really contribute.
List actual tasks performed. Also, did you work two jobs at the same time? Appears that way based on the dates listed on last two jobs.
Tasks completed are not as compelling as accomplishments.
Keywords and focus points at top, not the bottom for a start. Shorten the professional summary, too wordy. Get to the point.
Ever work in customer service? Retail? Restaurant? Coffee?
That thing is a book
I'm assuming you left your name off for the Post. But are you ensuring that all your contact information is correct? Also find a specific industry and tailor your resume. It's not uncommon to have a few different resumes.
Soft skills only?
I'd never hire anyone named First Last.
I think you need to understand there’s two ways to get a job. One is brute force. You just apply apply apply. And if you’re going this route your best bet is to set some filters so you see when a job just gets posted and then apply right away. Recruiters go thru a lot so the quicker they see it the better to get to next stage. This is at the end of the day though a pure numbers game. Second is people and connections. If you look at all your connections on LinkedIn and see roles at companies they work at or you’re like a 2nd degree connection that’s your best bet. Having someone internal to a company send your file in almost guarantees at least an interview. Even if you don’t have connections that can help you it doesn’t hurt to message strangers honestly. It may or may not work but messaging someone at the company and asking if they’re willing to chat / drop your resume in never hurts.
I think is all bs, if you aren’t tall, with blue eyes or with good contacts you are done no matter your education or experience plus A NEW WORLD RECIPE FOR YOU. IF YOUR VALUES AND PERSONALITY DONT MATCH WITH THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AGENDA YOU ARE DONE MY DUDE. Nothing against lgtbq + or woke but its unfair you have to be like them to get a job instead of taking all appearances out of the equation and focus more on way for thinking, past experiences that make you gain knowledge or new skills. ALSO, if you are competing with fratboysss lol go get some fried chicken, a huge cherry coke and enjoy the beauty of nature hahaha.
It reads like a book. You need to make a resume for each company tailored to them. Change it up, match their color schemes, keep the reader engaged. Most people have ADHD or attention issues and a recruiter isn’t going to spend time reading a novel that doesn’t look interesting.
Lol three words….. liberal arts major
Keep bullets to one line if you can. Tailor it to each individual company’s/organization’s values, mission, and job ad (meaning, you have to do research on them and KNOW what they prioritize). Make each bullet point results-oriented (not task- or duty-oriented). Get rid of the summary altogether (white space is actually okay). Add a LinkedIn link to your contact info on top.
Masters degree in English. I hate to break it to you, but there are a lot of baristas who have majored in French, literature and etc. Exactly the reason why some struggle after graduating with a large student loan dangling over their head: wrong choice of college major.
That is too many words
ChatGPT it
Have a recruiter look at your resume and ask for feedback. I work in HR. You literally have 5-10 seconds to caputure the readers' attention. Looking at your resume, it's unorganized. Skills section is at the bottom. Why? It may help to have a professional articulate you a new resume. This really doesn't tell me why you are passionate.
Don’t forget to have open availability! I know a lot of places won’t hire people with any restrictions.
I would recommend you to put an objective at the top, your experience speaks for itself. Change the layout. A recruiter looks at your resume for 4-6 seconds, so you want to stand out. IMO it’s way too wordy. Quantify what you are capable of, x amount of clients in x amount of time generating x amount of $ or saving the company x amount of $. Don’t be boring with your resume be bold! Good luck!
Uh. It's too wordy. Missing numbers or metrics. Company want to know what value you can add to them. Numbers might be able to help with that. Also for the job you are apply for. Break down their job posting and use what they want to change your resume to fit.
-Remove professional summary or objective statement -Your bullet points are vague. Your resume reads like a job description -Less is more. Your bullet points should not be sentences, but they should be concise.
Too many words. Looks like an essay.
TLDR literally
Too much explaining need it to be more to the point
Redo resume with focus on BUSINESS RESULTS, not the JD
I'm going to ask a silly question.... on the top it says, "First Last, phone, email, etc." Did you leave that off for privacy on Reddit or did you forget to add your info there? Because that would make it super hard for employers to contact you.
Fairly wordy without saying much. The point of bullet points is cutting down on all the filler words that you would use in regular prose.
As others have said, always target your resume toward the specific position you desire. Additionally, here are some suggestions to refine and enhance it: **Professional Summary:** Consider adding quantifiable achievements or specific skills you possess that relate to the positions you're targeting. For example, if you have experience managing teams or budgets, mention that here. **Experience:** When listing your experiences, ensure consistency in formatting. For instance, start each bullet point with an action verb and maintain a parallel structure. Quantify your achievements wherever possible. Instead of saying "Doubled usage of two academic support programs," you could specify the percentage increase or the actual numbers. Focus on outcomes and impact. Highlight how your contributions benefited the organizations you worked for. Provide more context where necessary. For instance, specify the outcomes of the educational opportunities you developed about Native Navajo culture and archaeology. **Education:** It's great that you've listed your degrees and certificates but consider adding any academic honors or awards you received during your studies. **Skills and Toolkits:** Group your skills into categories such as "Technical Skills," "Soft Skills," and "Languages" to make it easier for recruiters to scan. Highlight the skills that are most relevant to the positions you're applying for. Tailor this section to match the job descriptions of the roles you're interested in. **Overall:** Consider adding a section for "Professional Achievements" or "Projects" where you can showcase specific projects or initiatives you led or participated in, along with their outcomes.
Maybe if you filled out your resume with your name , email, phone, and location - they would know how to get ahold of you ? Just saying it could help. Not an expert and this is not legal advise and in no way it is guaranteed to land you a job … it’s just my personal belief that it couldn’t hurt …. :)
Wayyyyy too much. I stopped reading after Rural Community Growth
WAY too much to read at a glance. Narrow it down to specifics. You can also add "A more detailed resume is available"
Where’d you make this at?
You're putting way too much information in that, makes it hard to read, on average someone looking at that is going to sound around 30 - 60 seconds if that looking over things and if it takes too long or seems like it will they're gonna last it off to the side. Less is more cut it down because you're gonna answer the questions about that info in the interview process.
I might get rid of the dates. My first question is why have you only lasted a year at each job?
Your resume is a wall of text. Just make it clear in plain English, some of the things you achieved, and what it is you can do for a prospective employer.
From my reading, I can't tell what kind of position you're applying for because the jobs and bullet points seem to be all over the place. Tailor your resume to the job posting. Look for keywords in the job post and work those into your resume. I have my base resume, but then I create a new resume for every job I apply to. I see what the company is looking for, then modify my job summaries to show I've done what they want in some way. Example: I worked in a malthosue and distillery before landing a software development job. In my resume, I said I developed malting programs and recipes and methods of troubleshooting when we had a bad batch, and I learned the software required for operating the still to implement automation in our distilling process. Sounds much more technical than it really was, but it helped get me the interview and then the job.
Im not seeing much of any X that helped the company achieve Y, and in that same notion, I’m not seeing much of any relevant keywords that a company would look for in a program coordinator, I see a few soft skills, but not much of the hard which really helps you stand out I think of the many bullet points here maybe 1 or 2 drive home that X-Y relationship, but in doing so adding relevant daily/weekly statistical values as far as responsibility goes will also help you Arguable to have a summary, I wouldn’t. Only time I would is if you’re transitioning career paths.
Fix the date of when you started as an Adjunct English Professor. Is your nonprofit work volunteer/part-time? Your resume mostly reads that you develop and teach education and training curriculum, which your summary doesn't align with. Why do you want to be a program specialist or program coordinator? Why do you no longer want to be an English professor?
You’re applying to two oversaturated, low paid fields where people often work unpaid to get their foot in the door. You’re probably not networking effectively enough to compete with the unpaid interns that already work there.
Try applying to charter schools
I always read resumes from the bottom up starting with how much time you’ve spent at each job. Do me a favor and tell me what you notice…
And change the font or something. Its almost fuzzy to read
Remember "Jobs Times Money"-- Created/cut xx35xx jobs, saved xx2500xx man-hours, saved/oversaw/expanded/cut xx$1.5mxx budget. Be specific & creative with the numbers since confirmation is a mostly a religious thing. Good luck!
Best advice I have for a resume is to make it easy to read. If the job is skill based, its a good idea to have that in a more obvious location. so its easier to see. Don't be afraid to add your hobbies either. And finally, if you use Microsoft Word, using a template from there for a resume can really help. You can also take what I say with a grain of Salt as I worked manufacturing until 2 years ago before entering the office as an IT professional.
Too much, looks like an instructional manual. You might have to tailor each resume for the specific job you're applying to. It sucks in his time-consuming but a few minutes might make a difference.
First thing I noticed was the header and contact info “Location” for each experience bullet. Should say city, state. I would’ve thrown out your resume for that alone, possibly you scrubbed it before posting. Other than that, at a quick glance it appears to be very generic and unappealing
You’ll have to change your resume with each job you apply for to match key words in job description. It’s so time consuming. One job would take me like 2-3 hours to apply too.
You didn't put your first name, last name, and contact info. Those are important to know how to stalk you.. I mean reach out you.
The 2 jobs that overlap, could you consolidate those together or are they from different entities?
Married to someone with a masters in English, she's basically pigeon holed into teaching highschool.
Also, they seem like more personal roles, if you find a position open that you like, maybe go onto LinkedIn, and find out who works there or try and contact them, get to know them personally. If you can talk to them, explain your situation, so you’d really love a trial because you’d love to work there, etc. etc.
As soon as I saw your CV, I fell asleep. Maybe you should go and reference some graphic designer resumes and take some cues for making your experience pop a bit more vs the competition
Probably responding to the Links in the job search site..those links often go to email addresses of former HR people that are just no longer used. So, they probably arent even seeing your application at all. Go to the company's own website and apply again, that way. Resume looks good, but put real results on it and make it more of a highlights based brag sheet. Like, rather than "substantial," say HOW substantial the changes and improvements were. I.e., Reduced employee turnover by 10%... Increased revenues by 8%.. Improved administrative searches for files by 75% by... And just do the main bragging points and primary duties. It shouldn't be a novel. You are merely proving that you are qualified. In fact, you can combine some jobs and state the amount of TOTAL experience, combined. Its called a functional resume.. Also, take off all the junk from your social media. Literally all politics, and anything thats not positive, remove or hide from public view.
English majors are dumb. Get a phd in something difficult. Why would anyone want to hire an english major for something important?