Resume critique?

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mrWr0ng

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Hi all,

I've been doing major work on my website & resume, trying to make everything as professional as possible, and would love to get some feedback on my resume design. I saw someone on another forum using this approach, which I thought was really excellent and managed to fit a lot of information onto a single page without making it too cluttered. The big problem is that for us, since so much of our work is job-by-job, it's got to be very specific.

So this is what I have now... does anyone have any recommendations for approaches or things I should get rid of? To be honest I haven't actually used a resume to get a job in months since most everything comes word-of-mouth, but I'm going to start trying to market myself a LOT more.

Here it is, and thanks in advance: http://www.jasonboyce.com/Jason_Boyce_Resume.pdf
 
I like the structure and layout you have. It looks professional and groups the info under pertinent headings --- something that I would be impressed by if I were hiring you.

There isn't much that I would change --- but that's me -- straight forward quality info without the flashy salesman touch.
 
Two little things.
On the computer skills, well on the other skills also, you have an awful lot listed. You might want to indicate what you are good at or better still create a few more focused resume's. The reason is that unless your a walking computer you are not "good" at all of the apps and jobs. I look at the list and things like listing the MBox and ProTools and I go hmmm. MBox is the low end hardware for ProTools. Anyone who really worked with ProTools would not list the hardware. So I would discount your sound experience, poss unfairly.

I have worked professionally in film post for over ten years and though I am familiar with most of the same apps you list I would not put them down on a resume. I would only list what you can actually sit down with and work with no refreshers. You might well list them as apps you are familiar with, but somewhere in there it starts to look klunky and your layout looks good so?
So I would make one focused on each of the jobs your interested in and send the focused resume. Some jobs you might send the complete one because it fits their scattered job description but in most cases send the one that's focused on what they are looking for. If you get an interview you can add the rest, or even mention it in passing in the cover letter. If I'm hiring an editor I want someone who is focused on editing (or at least I think is focused on editing).
Good Luck
SK
 
Well generally the only jobs I apply for are camera jobs. I do sound mixing & record my own music but I'm not applying for those kinds of jobs. The resume at this point is for cinematographer/videographer jobs, so the additional skills are sort of a plus, other ways I can help out with the project.

The M-box isn't necessarily about how good my hardware is, but my ability to work onset with different sound programs. The Mbox certainly isn't the same thing as a studio, but I've it on-location for a lot of shoots and it's been well. I understand where you're coming from as someone with many many more years of post sound than I, but I'd just say that I'm looking at it more as "I can also do this," as opposed to pushing specifically for sound experience. It's not a focus
 
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