Look carefully at the following sample résumés. These are real people (yes, the names have been changed to protect the innocent) who are students at a private computer school in Georgia. What improvements, if any, need to be made on them?
JANE S. DOE
481 North Street
Athens, Georgia 30606
(706) 678-9254
| OBJECTIVE | An administrative position that would allow me to learn and grow within an organization |
| QUALIFICATIONS |
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| EDUCATION | Athens Business
School, anticipated graduation date: April, 2000.
Administrative Support Systems. Completed courses: Windows 95, Windows
3.1.
Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga., 1992-1994. GPA, 3.4/4.0. Major: Pre-law. |
| EXPERIENCE | Etcon, 855
Sunset Dr., Athens, GA. 1998 to 1999.
Temporary positions with several local businesses, production and clerical. Zoom Bait Company, 1581 Jennings Mill Rd., Bogart, GA. 1996 to 1998. Production work involving manufacture and packaging of plastic bait products. Trained new employees. Have also worked several other temporary jobs in manufacturing and plant production. |
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HONORS & ACTIVITIES |
Pre-law Club, Student Government (Savannah State), Certificates of Achievement (ILS) |
| REFERENCES | Available on request. |
JOHN S. DOE
110 Tall Oak Drive
Bogart , Georgia 30622
(770) 548-7259
| EDUCATION | Athens Business School, July, 1999. Computer Applications Specialist |
| EXPERIENCE |
1996 to present, Ryder Integrated Logistics, Norcross, GA. Route Manager. Coordinate inbound and outbound route; run sequence operations to and from General Motor’s plant in Doraville, GA. Drive tractor-trailer loads of parts to assembly area for on-time production of GM cars. 1994 to 1996, Centurion Auto Transport, Commerce, GA. Professional Car Hauler. Transported various vehicles to and from car dealers all over the United States. Maintained proper paperwork for business and governmental requirements. 1992 to 1994, TCL Trucking, Inc., Bogart, GA. Owner-operator. Owned and managed three over-the-road tractor-trailers as well as fulfilled private contracts for various transportation services. Hired, supervised, etc., up to 5 employees. Maintained all financial records. 1988 to 1992, Classic City Moving & Storage, Athens, GA. Driver/truck loader . Loaded truck and delivered household goods to other states. Collected COD accounts. Handled mounds of governmentally required paperwork.1987 to1988, US Army, Fort Dix, NJ. Truck driver. Weapons expert, recipient of various achievement awards.
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COMPUTER SKILLS |
Windows 95, Windows 3.1, MS DOS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Lotus 1-2-3 |
| REFERENCES | Available on request. |