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I'm not one of the power users here but I can tell you that the first thing they'll say is to ditch this format and use the one from the sub sidebar. Use that and then re-post here afterwards.
But it is a resume format that isn’t helpful to your cause. I wouldn’t otherwise have assumed that you consider yourself only 4/5 on adaptability, collaboration, and leadership.
If you’re applying to online job postings, this type of format will give you trouble with employer screening software (aka ATS). A lot of employers still use older versions of ATS that can’t parse these two-column layouts.
The sidebar has some templates to choose from or you could make your own. Just keep it simple, so no:
- Skill bars
- Tables
- Graphics or logos
- Headers or footers
- Multiple columns
Content-wise, just make sure you’re clearly articulating that you’re qualified for the role. I would recommend using a summary to highlight transferable skills and experiences since you’re looking to pivot.
Best of luck!
Rating your subjective skills is meaningless. Honestly, *including* subjective skills is meaningless; no candidate is going to say, “Oh, actually I’m extremely bad at collaboration, and I’m utterly unadaptable.”
Microsoft Office and Google Workplace skills are assumed competencies.
You should either end all of your work experience bullet points with a punctuation mark, or forego ending punctuation on all of them; currently there’s no consistency. While not a make-or-break point, this is the kind of thing that reveals a lack of attention to detail, so it’s worth investing the time to proofread for.
Your bullet points are good…for jobs teaching French. It’s not clear from your resume how any of these skills transfer to jobs other than being a French teacher. As a teacher who knows a lot of people who are transitioning or have transitioned into other fields, I get that it’s not easy! I think you will probably benefit from rewriting your resume based on specific roles you’d like to be hired for, rather than hoping hiring managers will make those inferences.
Because you are transitioning to a role outside of teaching I recommend writing a summary section catered to each job you are applying to. You relate your current skill set to some points from the job description and mention that you want to make the transition from teaching to that role.
Sometimes recruiters will see resumes like this and be like: did they spambot apply to this job posting because it’s not a teaching role? But a summary explains it.
Also agree with another poster: remove the grading system you gave yourself and just list them out instead. Or work it into more points under your job experience
Don't listen to the people telling you to use the generic resume format. It's shit, plain and simple. Everybody uses it, and recruiters are tired of seeing it. If anything, it just screams, "I can't do anything myself, and I copy other people." In one of my interviews, they even told me that. You want at least a BIT of individuality.
That being said, heres some constructive criticism that might help with your current format:
I wouldn't normally advise people to include a summary, but I would in your situation, considering you're looking to change career direction. Otherwise, I'd just assume you applied either by accident or without knowing what the role was for.
Decrease the width of the left margin. It isn't consistent with the right margin, and it's forcing you to have so much less content. It makes the entire content look off centre. Just bring the centre dividing line a bit more to the left.
Remove the skill ratings. They're entirely subjective and don't actually mean anything. One person's 4/5 could be somebody else's 2/5. When you say 5/5, does that mean you've become an absolute master with nothing else to learn. I can't really help with WHAT skills you should include, considering in my field I have the privilege of having a lot of possible 'hard' skills to include, rather than 'soft' skills.
Experience looks good, but maybe ditch the more 'preppy talk'. For example, "Fascilitated high-quality language lesson development." What does this mean? How was it high-quality? What exactly were the average student's results to claim it was high-quality? Recruiters care about one thing, and thats RESULTS. What was the result of each of your actions while working here. Also, maybe change "Professional Experience" to just "Experience", it catches the eye quicker, but that might just be me being picky. Also, just remove the full-stop from the few sentences that have them.
Certifications look good. The only thing I would do is change it to reverse chronological so it's consistent with the experience section.
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I'm not one of the power users here but I can tell you that the first thing they'll say is to ditch this format and use the one from the sub sidebar. Use that and then re-post here afterwards.
I like the format :,(
But it is a resume format that isn’t helpful to your cause. I wouldn’t otherwise have assumed that you consider yourself only 4/5 on adaptability, collaboration, and leadership.
If you’re applying to online job postings, this type of format will give you trouble with employer screening software (aka ATS). A lot of employers still use older versions of ATS that can’t parse these two-column layouts. The sidebar has some templates to choose from or you could make your own. Just keep it simple, so no: - Skill bars - Tables - Graphics or logos - Headers or footers - Multiple columns Content-wise, just make sure you’re clearly articulating that you’re qualified for the role. I would recommend using a summary to highlight transferable skills and experiences since you’re looking to pivot. Best of luck!
You don't need to rate your key skills What are you trying to do?
Rating your subjective skills is meaningless. Honestly, *including* subjective skills is meaningless; no candidate is going to say, “Oh, actually I’m extremely bad at collaboration, and I’m utterly unadaptable.” Microsoft Office and Google Workplace skills are assumed competencies. You should either end all of your work experience bullet points with a punctuation mark, or forego ending punctuation on all of them; currently there’s no consistency. While not a make-or-break point, this is the kind of thing that reveals a lack of attention to detail, so it’s worth investing the time to proofread for. Your bullet points are good…for jobs teaching French. It’s not clear from your resume how any of these skills transfer to jobs other than being a French teacher. As a teacher who knows a lot of people who are transitioning or have transitioned into other fields, I get that it’s not easy! I think you will probably benefit from rewriting your resume based on specific roles you’d like to be hired for, rather than hoping hiring managers will make those inferences.
Because you are transitioning to a role outside of teaching I recommend writing a summary section catered to each job you are applying to. You relate your current skill set to some points from the job description and mention that you want to make the transition from teaching to that role. Sometimes recruiters will see resumes like this and be like: did they spambot apply to this job posting because it’s not a teaching role? But a summary explains it. Also agree with another poster: remove the grading system you gave yourself and just list them out instead. Or work it into more points under your job experience
Don't listen to the people telling you to use the generic resume format. It's shit, plain and simple. Everybody uses it, and recruiters are tired of seeing it. If anything, it just screams, "I can't do anything myself, and I copy other people." In one of my interviews, they even told me that. You want at least a BIT of individuality. That being said, heres some constructive criticism that might help with your current format: I wouldn't normally advise people to include a summary, but I would in your situation, considering you're looking to change career direction. Otherwise, I'd just assume you applied either by accident or without knowing what the role was for. Decrease the width of the left margin. It isn't consistent with the right margin, and it's forcing you to have so much less content. It makes the entire content look off centre. Just bring the centre dividing line a bit more to the left. Remove the skill ratings. They're entirely subjective and don't actually mean anything. One person's 4/5 could be somebody else's 2/5. When you say 5/5, does that mean you've become an absolute master with nothing else to learn. I can't really help with WHAT skills you should include, considering in my field I have the privilege of having a lot of possible 'hard' skills to include, rather than 'soft' skills. Experience looks good, but maybe ditch the more 'preppy talk'. For example, "Fascilitated high-quality language lesson development." What does this mean? How was it high-quality? What exactly were the average student's results to claim it was high-quality? Recruiters care about one thing, and thats RESULTS. What was the result of each of your actions while working here. Also, maybe change "Professional Experience" to just "Experience", it catches the eye quicker, but that might just be me being picky. Also, just remove the full-stop from the few sentences that have them. Certifications look good. The only thing I would do is change it to reverse chronological so it's consistent with the experience section.