Whats wrong with my resume??Please Help!!?

Question

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Professional Experience

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Office and Acting Lead Agent, August 2008-June 2009
Prepared, processed, and handled import and export documentation for the daily flights. Captured cargo data and transferred it to the computer system. Processed and coordinated the daily manifests for all freight. Attended and responded to inquires on tracking and booking. Traced missing freight and arranged forward transit. Notified the shippers/carriers of problems and concerns. Properly rated airway bills for charges. Provided customer counter service for delivery and pick ups, and collected the appropriate charges. Distributed paperwork to the US Customs, KLM Sales, and Accounting departments. Ensured that the documentation complied with FAA and U.S. Customs standards.

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Administrative Assistant, October 2007 - July 2008
Coordinated staff and performed a range of operational support activities for the unit. Served as a liaison with other school departments and operating units. Provided administrative support for the school, such as answering telephones, assisting visitors, and referring to as well as resolving a range of administrative problems and inquiries. Operated a computer to compose and edit correspondence and memoranda from dictation, verbal direction, and from knowledge of the established department policies. Supervised inventory and general office organization. Made copies, refilled important documents and applications, graded tests, filed records, checked books in and out of the library, prepared and mailed the daily correspondence mail, assisted the clients by helping them complete the required documents, took payments, and maintained several important databases.

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Administrative Assistant/Dispatcher, January 2005 – June 2008
Sold and arranged truck loads. Answered the telephones, scheduled appointments, handled interstate directions, and coordinated the drivers. Managed the driver’s profiles, and kept their contracts with the brokers up to date. Created charts, greeted clients and visitors, and prepared and invoiced the bills. Supervised the office inventory, made copies, ordered office supplies, reported claims to the insurance company, and assisted the team members with their questions and concerns.

Education

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Associate in Arts and General Education, 2005-2007; Graduated with honors; Overall GPA 3.5

Answer 1

You might add "Career Goal" and a single sentence such as "To secure a quality position which makes full use of my ...skills and which provides opportunities for upward mobility" or words to that effect. At the bottom, you could add: "References furnished upon request." When I typed resumes for graduate students, the Educational Background was usually listed before the Professional Experience section, but that's a matter of personal taste I think.



Suggestion: If you live in or near a large city, look in their Yellow Pages under Management and/or Management Consultants and choose ones that do not charge a fee for placement (in reputable ones, the company seeking a qualified manager pays the fee and any relocation expenses). These management consultant firms help locate management-level employees and they do not usually go through State employment services. One woman who had less qualifications than I did (less college and less actual experience) was hired through one of these for three times what I was making, with her relocation costs paid, and I asked her how in the world she had landed a management position (the company had profit-sharing, a solid retirement plan that was vested, and full-coverage health care), and she's the one who told me about the Yellow Pages listings. She also said these firms are often willing to help with resumes. Graduate schools at local colleges help with them too. Good luck.

Answer 2

Try making it a little easier to read, blocks of writing look very long and tedious for people to read, harsh but most CVs that look bad don't even get read!



I have a section for 'Career Acheivements' that is more wordy with all the best bits from my last few jobs in, but I organise all my previous experience in a table so it's easier to read, going from left to right with:

Dates worked there, company name, position held and description of position (in bullet points with the most impressive ones at the top)



I put education at the top (but mostly because I'm only young so have more education then experience at the moment!)



You just need to highlight your great points and lose the wordy bits that aren't really impressive - things like 'Made copies' 'ordered office supplies' etc are basic things and could be put together as 'general office duties' or something.

Answer 3

A little wordy, but very nicely done. However you do not mention the companies you worked for. My resume' job titles include the dates of employment followed by the company name, city and state on the same line...under that is the position title in bold so it stands out the most, and under that begins the description. Good luck in your job search!

Answer 4

Something is wrong if it infringes on a person's natural rights. All people are entitled to things such as life, liberty, and prosperity. So if you kill a person, you take away their life. If you put them through dominance and abuse without their consent, you take away their liberty. If you steal their property or money, you are affecting their prosperity. Something is right if it preserves those natural rights and promotes them for others. If you save someone, work to give people suffrage, or give to charity, you are doing the right thing. However, the line between right and wrong often becomes blurred. For instance, suppose you kill a murderer who broke into your home to save your own family. In this example, we can dissect your actions and judge them individually to be either right or wrong. Killing the man was wrong, but protecting your family and property was right. In this case, the number of right actions and the amount of good that was done is greater than the evil, so you would be right in this situation.

Answer 5

You fail to mention exactly the computer hardware and software which you used to "capture cargo data," "operated a computer" to "generate letters, create charts." Future employers are much interested in your computer skills. A short sub-heading "Computer Literacy" should be inserted in your resume with the following info:



1. Typing speed of ___ wprm;

2. Computer knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, XP operating system;

3. Familiarity with the following government custom forms: __________.



Good luck!

Answer 6

Cut out all the excess wording.



" Prepared, processed and handled export and import documentation for the daily flights."((12 words)



Try" Processed documentation for daily cargo flights.((6 words))



Be direct and to the point. Highlight what you did. if the person who interviews you wants more detail, her can ask.

Answer 7

Bullet point your experiences and qualifications





Your very adept and very qualified. Maybe pay a professional to do your resume.