Path Finders Recruiting Service
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Path Finders Recruiting Service
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Resume writing is critical in controlling the image you present to employers and recruiters. Your resume is your sales brochure. In many cases it is the only opportunity you will have to present yourself to a potential employer. With employers and recruiters receiving hundreds of resumes, today's resume writing requires that you hook an employers or recruiters attention within a 5-second glance. It must be neat and easy to read. Spelling and punctuation errors are fatal. Using objective statements sometimes limits the scope of opportunities you will be considered for. Unless you are gearing your resume for one particular opening it is usually best to leave out your objective statement. A summary of skills is more appropriate. In the Information Systems field a chronological format is preferred, it starts with your current position and travels back. It lists dates, job titles, employer and employer's location and technical skills used on each position or project. Do not list your technical skills just in the summary at the beginning. A hiring manager wants to know what technical abilities you have used in each position. This is the greatest fault with most resumes. Time is of the essences in finding a position . It takes time for a recruiter or manager to ask an applicant what languages or environments they used in last or present position. Someone with a good detailed resume may get the interview just because no one has to contact the applicant to find out more details. Give priority to your skills. Employers want to know what you can do, not just where you have been. Scannable resume systems are set up to read skills. Place the important skills at the beginning of the resume where employers can see them first. Then list them in each position or project you used them in.
Place your name, address, phone and email address in a block format below the top margin. This key information helps recruiters and employers to reach you and is the preferred format for scannable systems which most recruiters use.
Use generous margins and plenty of white space. One-inch margins enhance the readability of your resume. Balance the body of the resume so that the content is not compressed.
Use vertical and horizontal lines sparingly. (Scanning systems can confuse lines and characters.)
Avoid graphics and shading.
Use a font size between 8 and 12. Do not use script, italic or underling. Highlight information using bold or CAPTIAL letters.
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1999 Cyber Street Somewhere, California 94404 Home: (123)555-1212 Work: (123)555-2121) Cell (123) 555-1234 Email: someone@cyber.com TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating systems: Windows (NT, 95, and 3.1), UNIX, VAX/VMS, and MVS. Programming languages: C/C++, UNIX scripts, FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembler, CICS, COBOL/II, and JCL. Databases: DB2 (PE, UDB), Oracle, Sybase and Sybase anywhere, Informix, Ingres, RDBMS, SQL/ESQL, and IDMS. Programming tools: ODBC, MS-VSS, Vantive, PANVALET, ADS, COM/DCOM, and TSO/ISPF. PERSONAL SKILLS Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Self-motivated, worked independently, and as a team player. Perform well under pressure and meet deadlines. Quick and eager to learn new technology. RELATED EXPERIENCE Sr. Software Engineer ABC Corporation - San Jose, California March 1994-April 1998 Worked in multi-platforms environment, Windows (95 and NT), UNIX, and MVS on variety of projects using C/C++ and UNIX shell script. Certified Prism Warehouse Executive 2.0 on UNIX/AIX 4.2 platform for DB2 UDB, Oracle, Informix, and Sybase databases. Lead the project (analyzed, designed, and developed) adding new functions to support DB2 UDB Universal Database Enterprise and Extended-Enterprise Edition for UNIX/AIX platform enriching the Sourcing and Targeting capability of the Prism Warehouse Executive Software. Lead the project (analyzed, designed, and developed) adding new functions to support VSAM for VSE/ESA platform enriching the Sourcing capability of the Prism Warehouse Executive Software. Developed new functions to support IDMS/X for ICL platform enriching the Sourcing capability of the Prism Warehouse Executive Software. Programmer/Developer Jane Doe Corporation - Santa Moncia, California January 1990-March 1994 Developed an application to replicate catalogs/tables between databases providing the Enterprise Access/Gateways with more powerful function and flexibility throughout platforms using C and ESQL on UNIX platform. Maintained the Enterprise Access/Gateways on multi platforms identifying and fixing bugs. Provided support to the Enterprise Access/Gateways resulted in more satisfied customers. Programmer Analyst II UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley Berkeley, CA September 1988-March 1990 Analyzed, designed, developed and implemented new Registration and Degree Audit systems increasing accuracy and providing error free, user friendly systems for the Office of the Registrar using C in an Unix environment. Maintained and enhanced the Registration, Administration, Enrollment, and Degree Audit systems. Participated in developing and implementing UCB TELE - BEARS systems providing the students with an easy access to the school registration database using the Internet access. EDUCATION
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Path Finders Recruiting specializes in Information Systems and Technical Recruiting. We have had success in focused searches for small to Fortune 500 companies across the US. We are not a resume fax agency - we try to make a perfect match for both our applicants and clients. Information systems, recruiting, programmer,software engineer, DBA, LAN/WAN, C/C++, jobs, staffing, systems, Networking, RDBMS, web, client-server, project manager, mainframe, Visual Basic,Java, internet