Dear eevbee's would you be so kind as to critic my internship resume? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jabramo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 02:54:59 am
content: Hi there!I am in my 3rd year of computer engineering in a Canadian University located in Ontario.I have recently started looking for an internship for the summer of 2014.Since I feel like I have learn't and gained a lot of experience over last year I decided that it would be a good idea to update my resume.If you could skim through and offer any advice, it would be much appreciated!Here it is hosted on dropboxhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/hkeva8e35gzsr3i/Redacted3.pdfI have also attached a local copy.Thank youEdit: Just a few small layout changes and fixesEdit2: Few more changes based on feedback. Thanks Again!

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 03:06:30 am
content: Do you mind if I just have a go at the punctuation and mechanics and whatnot?I mean, I know you would want them to be very good, and they already are... and I'm about to apply for my first, so not much I can do about the real meat of it..."Computer or Electrical engineering" feels funny, mixing the capitalization like that. I'd say "Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering" ("Computer or Electrical Engineering" almost reads like one discipline)Dates under Experience mix a short hyphen and an en-dash"high power industrial LED lighting aluminum core PCBs" needs to be split up somehow. I broke a sweat!It's called "SolidWorks", not "Solid Works""press-formed" (hyphen)"Programmed," (beginning of a bullet point) has a space before itYou have mixed different writing styles ("design of ..." with "designed...") in the same section"DipTrace", not "Diptrace" (last section)"Programming skills", not "Programming Skills""test equipment including", no period after.I don't mean to sound like I am nitpicking pretentiously... a fine-toothed comb can be good with this sort of thing. I think it looks great over all.

author: jabramo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 03:09:45 am
content: By all mean please rip it to shred if that's what it takes.Again thank you for the input I really appreciate it!I will look over it and make the change all seem very reasonable

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 03:13:51 am
content: Quote from: jabramo on November 12, 2013, 03:09:45 amI've practice.My mom is in school and regularly sends me her papers to review for mechanical correctness... I'm pretty obsessive about that sort of thing in writing, even if I sometimes sound like a dolt in casual speech

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 04:06:02 am
content: Resume's get either thrown on the scrap heap, or put into the "viable" pile after a quick glance.Yours makes the viable pile, congrats.Include photos of your boards!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 04:30:47 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 12, 2013, 04:06:02 amInteresting, i had not really considered putting project photos in a resume.Any do's/don't with regard to photos?I guess the goal is to quickly show off what you can do when someone glaces at your resume.But at the same time not adding unnecessary length or coming across too in-youre-face.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 04:53:16 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 12, 2013, 04:30:47 amYou add them as an appendix, on sperate pages, not scattered through your resume text. Any employer that complains about that and says oyu should limit your resume to one page or whatever is a complete idiot and you shouldn't work for them anyway

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2013, 07:10:02 am
content: Looks pretty good to me, it's short, to the point, and shows you have some good, relevant experience. I like it.