Resumes From Real Life
Samples From A Professional Resume Writer
After having written professional resumes, CVs, KSAs, cover letters, thank you letters, references letters, college entrance essays, recommendation letters, and additional documents for personal and professional portfolios for 15 years, I have quite a selection of resume samples to share with others. This collection includes fictitious resumes written for practice and for templates as well.
On Hub Pages, I have a Hub Series on Resume Writing and the concomitant documents and that information will be listed at the end of this Hub.
In this presentation,all the names, places, and other identifiers have been changed in the documents to protect cleints' interests. Moreover, the exhibits here will be composites of more than one person, along with a good amount of fictitious information to further protect identities.
I will present a BEFORE resume and an AFTER document, with photos of a fully formatted Professional Resume that I have prepared as an exhibit.
In the future, I will post additional samples, and I hope other Hubbers will do so as well. This is because, although there are some set types of resumes to be written, with a few variations within standard formats, there are some totally creative resumes to be seen as well - some even contain artwork.
Please enjoy!
BEFORE - The data is different from that included here, but this is how it looked.
Adam Far
4246 William Sherman Blvd
Dale MD 00000
123-456-7890(H)
124-567-8990(Cell)
hotmail@yahoo.com
Objective
Three time award winning successful manager seeking a company to share skills and high level customer service within a facilities management company.
Work Experience
Facilities mgr.
1/1999 - Present.
In charge of large buildings. Supervised all facilities personnel. Task scheduling, vendor relations, AP/AR, permit/code compliance, scheduling and personnel development, preventative maintenance, repair, contractor bids, vendor meetings and conferences, purchasing, budgeting & projections, manage contracts, safety training. Continuing to find means for overhead reduction while improving services & maintaining company high standards. HVAC, vertical transportation, boiler equipment, alteration equipment, generator, landscaping, lighting, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration and commercial restaurant equipment, structural, life safety, energy management system, computers, painting, fire systems, tile and general repair work.
Filled in for Divisional facilities mgr. while away. 2007- Highest reduction of kilowatt hour per gross sq. ft. in company, 19.20%. 2008 savings in budget expenses and utilities. Three time award winner for excellence. Developed 4 employees to leadership roles. Recognized numerous times for best expense reduction while maintaining standards in the region.
Member of Process Change Committee- think tank group to research & execute ideas that reduce expenditures without effecting quality, many with an environment-friendly approach.Member of Emergency Response Team- outline, educate & prepare company response to emergency/safety situations.
Production supervisor
12/1996 - 1/1999
Oversaw all daily operations for payroll, purchasing, inventory, general finances, scheduling, training and personnel. Supervised 22 employees. Certified in loss prevention training, Certified in the use of bailers, forklifts and machinery.
Sales
1/1994 - 1/1997
Create new accounts and sold booth space for trade show events and performing arts. I Worked with established clientele and helped meet the needs of vendors.
Home electronics manager
8/1992 - 3/1994
Oversaw the functioning of the department and the delegating of tasks to be accomplished with the aid of 3-4 employees. In charge of maintenance, purchasing, PLU programming, inventory, vendor relations, merchandising, customer service, sales, claims and product research.
Assistant mgr
3/1990 - 9/1992 Factory
Responsible for coordinating with crew leader and associate manager- outlining methods and prioritizing tasks for myself and crew. Responsible for operation and training of heavy machinery including paving tractors, grinders, melting pots, concrete saws/drills/corers and joint sealers.
Education
Utah State University. BS.
- Chemical Engineering
Oregon State University. MS
- Chemical Engineering
Skills
AP/AR Computer cpr/first aid Energy Management Control Systems. OSHA guidelines, fire & building codes, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Projects, Microsoft Outlook, mark view invoicing system,blueprint reading
Improvements and Reformatting.
A Professional Resume is a specific level of resume that suits workers who have, generally, 10 or more years of professional experience in their occupational fields or industries. For an IT professional, this could even be 10 or so years spread across 5 employers of 1.5 to 2 years each, because IT personnel and companies often change jobs and staff in order to obtain fresh ideas and keep workers on the cutting edge of new developments..
After reading, studying the content, and asking some good questions about missing data in the original resume, I was able to format a Professional Resume shown below in two pages.
The two photos below are edged with a border for this Hub, but the two pages of the resume were done entirely in Word (Microsoft Office Suite). The page was standard 8.5" x 11" with 1-inch margins all around.
The headings were shaded by converting text to a single-row table, deleting border of table, and introducing 10% gray shading.
EXHIBIT: Professional Resume, Page 1
EXHIBIT: Professional Resume, Page 2
Why Is An Effective Resume Important?
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Hub Series: Resumes & Support Documents: How To and Samples.
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- Resume Mistakes - Resume Format Part II
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