Sample Technical Resume for a Chemical Engineer - Critique
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Sample Resume Critique
Dear Yeon ~
With your impressive background at Hock Oil, I chose a “Business” format
to best display your skills. This format utilizes the Times New
Roman font resulting in a document that's elegant and uncluttered
with a thoroughly professional look.
I began your resume by separating your numerous phone numbers,
placing two to the left and two to the right, with your email centered
in between. Now, a hiring manager can easily locate this data.
In the body of the resume, I wrote a “Qualifications” paragraph
that summarizes and emphasizes your skills. With an objective,
you would be telling the hiring manager what you want, whereas
a Qualifications summary explains what you can do for the targeted
company. There's a powerful difference in putting the hiring
manager's needs above your own.
In this paragraph, I describe you as accomplished and multilingual
with significant experience in the fuel industry. I mentioned your
new process for 2,6-DMN and your patent applications - accomplishments
that will surely impress a hiring manager.
I then wrote of your leadership capabilities in managing and coordinating
the multi-million dollar Hoto Construction Project in Bangkok.
I ended this section with your linguistic capabilities - in the
global marketplace language skills are essential.
Next is your Professional Experience. Because you have only one
employer - Hoto Oil - I increased the size of the company name,
then listed all of your jobs beneath that one subheading.
You'll notice that after your job titles I included the division
where you worked, whether it was at the refinery plant or the R&D
Center, then listed the city and the dates of that job. This affords
better organization to the resume. To repeat the Hoto Oil listing
over and over is redundant and unnecessary.
To further impress a hiring manager, I separated your accomplishments
from the rest of the text. I began the bullet points with the strongest
action verb possible, while also revising some of the text for
clarity, conciseness, and maximum impact.
For example, you wrote:
“Negotiated with Muto Engineering Corp., the engineering
company of the Project, to refund the wrong paid V.A.T. whose amount
is US $150,000, and then accomplished the refund.”
I revised that to read:
“Secured a refund of US$150,000 from Muto Engineering, the
project's engineering firm, through effective negotiations that
proved the wrong V.A.T. was paid.”
In another example, you wrote:
“Performed successfully the start-up of FCC, a high-tech
process in the refinery, which manufactures the high-valued products
including gasoline and propylene from the low-valued materials.”
I revised that to read:
“Successfully executed the start-up of FCC, the refinery's
high-tech process that manufactures gasoline and propylene from
low-grade materials.”
In one bullet point you wrote, “Offered the technical evaluation
report playing a significant role in catalyst purchase costing
US$ 10 million in every year.” I revised that to read, “Generated
a technical evaluation report resulting in the purchase of a US$10
million catalyst.”
I ended your resume with the Education section. Although your
Master's is impressive, you have solid, real-world experience
that needed to be presented first.
All decisions to modify data were in keeping with the guidelines
and standards set forth by the Professional Association of Resume
Writers (PARW). With this resume, you now have a powerful tool
that's well organized and filled with pertinent data, while also
being aesthetically pleasing.
It was a pleasure serving you, Yeon. Best of luck in all your
future endeavors.
ResumeEdge Editor
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)
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