Re: Resume or Interview Help..
I cant even begin to start what is wrong with these even as CVs.
I glanced through Ms. Zubeda’s CV and have a few observations..(there is a point to this btw)
1- why is research not capitalized and teaching capitalized in the first sentence?
2- why is competitive and projects etc capitalized in second sentence? applies throughout the document
3- interpersonal skill (should be skills) ..what does publications have to do with interpersonal skills?
4- award owned??? huh
5- no commas where needed in may senetences e.g. #4 in expertise..she bolded it, i saw it and well its bad
6- membership section, what exactly is a sectary?
7- american spellings in a british style CV
8- under language courses, there is one bullet titled 1- why have that if there is no 2 and 3?
9- under awards, the first bullet has extra space
10- why is ther enot just one section that has list of conferences ‘participated’ in..each bullet starts with ‘participated in’, make one section of conferences attended, and one where presented etc..
now the point, I have no idea of her field, or how good or bad she is, and I did not even bother to see what her qualifications and accomplishments are, or if she has explained them properly..
why? I found enough bad stuff just in cursory glance that I did not have to look more for other bad stuff..remember people take mere seconds in the shortlisting process to determine whether to look further, or rather as they scan through and they want to get it into a long list after initial screening.
be flawless in composition, structure, have other people look at it, critique it, have someone who has little clue of what you actually do read it and ask you questions on what they dont understand, avoid buzzwords but include key words.