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1. I think the photo is a bit much. I mean there is nothing wrong with it per se, but I think you should decide what you are trying to do with this site. I am not even sure if a photo is necessary. If you want one, I'd suggest doing something that makes you seem a bit more approachable. Clearly, you look like a bad-ass and have an incredible name, but I think that the type of picture you want to have is one where you look calm and easy-going, and most of all, friendly.
2. I really like the font and look of your name on the site.
3. If you are just using this as a site for your resume (as I see no other information), then I don't even think it is necessary to have the three different pages. Have one page. Your about section can be converted into a "Summary" section in your resume.
4. I would take all the stuff in the bottom out. Copyright - who cares? Who wants to steal it except your doppleganger? Designed by - ditto. Sponsored? Seems a bit much unless you are a snowboarder. Valid CSS &c - this makes you sound like a technology elitist to me, someone that is more obsessed with the technology than the bottom line.
5. Contact form - not necessary at all. Give them your contact information. They'll find you. Put it at the top or something. I know this is destroying the look of your site, but let's consider the ultimate point. Get the info up there. Get another line if you are worried about publishing your info.
6. The info about yourself on the contact form, I would save this stuff for Facebook. Maybe I am being a bit harsh, but if you are just trying to use this as a site to sell yourself, I don't think it is necessary. I don't think the bit about "writing cohesive sentences" matters at all. Honestly, unless you are trying to get a technical writing position, this seems to be an unnecessary distinction. The programmers I deal with on a daily basis, as well as the admins, architects, &c, are some of the best in the world, and I am still waiting for an email or build document that doesn't have tons of grammatical or spelling mistakes.
7. I just don't have the time to rewrite your resume, but from quick glances I can say the following:
*The action words do not put your best foot forward. "Worked." "Involved." "Worked." How about "Designed..." "Created..." Developed..." and many more.
*I think overall I am not getting a strong visual sense of what you have done. This is not the time to be shy. Tell us how your program saved your company XX% Tell us how your program was used by XXXX users. What about offering troubleshooting assistance to the operations staff? "Liaised with support staff during Production outages..." or whatever. Again, I am just trying to get an idea of what you've accomplished.
*I think the layout needs to clearly separate the jobs/dates of employment from the "what you did there" parts. Each line should be like a bullet point. This is my opinion, not a standard rule. I just think each line should make me say "Wow. Impressive."
*I think emphasizing your accomplishments is more important than emphasizing acronyms or proprietary/obscure technologies. I wish I could give you more information, but I'd need to talk to you and really get the details, and this could potentially take all day. Just make yourself look like the ultimate ass-kicker. Use your accomplishments as a jump-off point for the interviewer.
*The bit about where you managed people during a project, I'd begin it with "Managed" so we know you've managed right away. I, at least, have a tendency to glance around these lead action words.
8. Technologies used at the particular jobs - too much. Not necessary. You have your skills listed at the top. This is poor economy of space. 30 seconds. Maybe a minute. That is how long someone is going to look at your resume. Honestly, HR or a staffing agency is more likely to be reading the resume. The hiring manager or interviewer may just glance over it and use it during the interview to ask questions.
9. Resume in multiple formats - unnecessary. Think "economy of space." Just post your resume in HTML. What makes you think they are going to read to the bottom of the page and then decide they need to read it again in another format? If they read it in HTML and they like it, they will contact you. It will be almost expected that you would send them a Word document; I think the rest is superfluous. I think it is unrealistic that someone is going to read your resume then decided they are going to print it out and go show it to a hiring manager without contacting you. Maybe this is just my opinion.
Lastly, you may think I am ripping you apart. The truth is, you have tons of experience and are obviously a wonderful candidate. Recap - figure out what you want to do with this. Is it simply something you can refer to? Like, "Nice to meet you Mr. Moriarti, here is my card. That web address has my resume on it..." I don't really know the ultimate point of the resume web site. If you are proactive, you'll be putting resumes in hands physically or electronically, so I'd assume this is just for people that "happen upon" your site or for when you meet someone unexpectedly and don't have a resume on-hand. Economize your space. Make it a 1 minute read. Make yourself look like a rockstar programmer. You look like one, act like it. Inspire me with what you say about the work you've done. If you worked on a team and made something, as far as I've concerned, YOU created it.
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This is a beautirul site by my standards.
It tells me:
Who you are.
What can you do for me.
What you have done in the past.
Where you have done it.
How you did it.
What tools you used.
How old you are. ( A question they will want to know but are not allowed to ask.)
How can I contact you.
The B&W graphic is especially nice and blends perfectly with the theme of the site. The square corners of the crenellations behind you blend perfectly with and complement the square corners of the layout of the site.
It is rare to find a software engineer with any sense of style or design. You have done an excellent job.
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Hope this helps and good luck with your search.
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- The header: on the top of the website, think about linking your name to your "home page", this will make it easy for visitors to go back to your home page, so they will realize it's the same as your "about page"!
- Top Menu, maybe you need to add a bottom boarder to the menu items to close it, so it will look like a complete button! (it's up to you)
- resume page: at the bottom of the page, start with the icons for downloading your resume, the icons should be before the text, this should look more organized.
- Contact page: need styling, the form doesn't look good for me, and I suggest you remove the dark background color for the form, just make it white.
- footer : Edit link your copy right name to your website home page (main page). the link is set to "#" which not consider a link to any page.
- Text on website: set all text alignment to "justify" , this should look better.
I see that you are using WordPress.com for your personal blogging, I have visited your blog to see how you blog on it, this helped me so make up my mind and tell you about the next advice.
I highly recommend that you use self hosted Wordpress for your resume website, this in case you can manag a better hosting service with MySQL database to tun WordPress, as you used already before, this will make it more easy to edit you website and add more pages in feature, also you will get
:
- Better front-end looking as there is so many simple themes with a professional looking.
- easy creating new pages and implemented with your website template.
- You can blog on it, or use it as a content management system for your website.
- A better "Contact" form for people who want to contact you.
- And much more if you want!!!
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First, I have to say that the layout is great. Very pleasant and simple. Definitely appealing. You have grammar issues though. I'm guessing you're thinking in español (don't worry it happens to me too). A general tip is to use a thesaurus to avoid repeating the same words over and over. I notice you repeat the word work a lot. http://thesaurus.reference.com/
In the homepage:
"I'm a Software Engineer from San Diego, California. My work has mainly consisted of building web applications using the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). I work in all parts of the web application - from the front-end to the backend and everything in between. Stop by my Resume section for more details!"
I'd advise against using contractions... I am a Software Engineer from San Diego California.
I mainly work building web applications using the Java Platform. (Use the active voice!)
I am involved in all parts of the web application - from the front end to the back-end, and everything in between. (said involved because u dont want to say work again)
Please see my Resume for more details. (Stop by sounds too informal IMO)
On to the resume:
I think you should list education first or second, not at the end. It's one of the most important parts of your resume. If you graduated with honors or won any awards list it.
Under skills, if you have any additional skills like you speak more than one language or anything like that include it also. But it's good that you have limited it to mostly technical things. But if you are bilingual be sure to list it.
Work experience:
Here's how I would edit it.
Software Engineer at TraceSecurity, 2007-2009. (line break)
Participated (you might want to replace participated with a verb that denotes more involvement like Collaborated) in the design and implementation of a web-based application built using the Struts framework. Technologies used: JBoss, Tomcat, MySQL, Struts, J2EE (JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, JDBC), DHTML (AJAX, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, HTML), SVN.
Software Engineer at Claritas (a Nielsen Company), 2005-2007. (line break)
Worked (you overuse the verb a lot. Try alternate verbs for variety and more effectiveness like Designed, Created, Implemented) on a Struts-like web-based application used to access demographic data like U.S. Census data, Customer buying habits, and Nielsen ratings. Technologies used: JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, DHTML, Javascript, CSS, PL/SQL, JReport, and JDBC.
Software Engineer at ConfirmNet (an Ebix BPO Company), 2003-2005. (line break)
Designed (or another suitable verb that isn't worked) on a J2EE-compliant web-based application used to digitally issue and track insurance certificates. Technologies used: JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, EJBs, PL/SQL, and JDBC. Written for and served by the ATG Dynamo application server.
Software Engineer / Manager at SDSU NeuroKinetics Lab (Dr. Robert Pozos), 2003-2004. (line break)
Managed two software engineers. Implemented features and deployed an open-source java web-based application used to teach a class of approximately 400 students at San Diego State University (avoid abbreviations for non-computer terms). (Avoid adverbs)Doubled the application's features (is this what you were trying to say?) Updated the user interface, and added a database connection pool to the application. Technologies used: Servlets, JDBC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Tomcat, ANT.
Software Engineer at ContentScan (now ScholarUniverse), 2002-2003. (line break)
Designed and developed two Java-based web applications. (from here on you need to rephrase. make it shorter and it's a run-on sentence. you don't need to explain so many details just make sure you mention what's important. It's difficult to read. you can even combine them ...blah blah two web applications for X and Y and thats that)The first is an application for the aggregation and management of various types of content such as books, journals, dissertations, institutions, and scholars. The second application is the interface to the aggregated content. Technologies used: JSP, Servlets, Jakarta Struts, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Swing, JDBC/MySQL, JDOM, JAXB, JavaMail.
Software Engineer at Hire.com (now Authoria), 2000-2002. (line break)
Collaborated in design and development of Candidate Mining, a Java-based web application used to mine the web for resumes. Technologies used: Servlets, HTML, Regular Expressions, JavaScript, JDBC, PL/SQL, JavaMail, XML, and JDOM.
Research Assistant at EyeTracking, Inc, 1997-2000.
Wrote software for analyzing Electromyography digital signals, fast-speed video, and eye-tracking data in MATLAB. Composed programs in Macromedia Authorware that subjects interacted with during eye-tracking studies. Technologies used: Macromedia Authorware and MATLAB.
Research Assistant at SDSU (don't abbreviate) NeuroKinetics lab (Dr. Robert Pozos), 1994-1997.
Composed software for analyzing Electromyography digital signals and high-speed video data. Collaborated (or participated) in research projects that were presented at local and national conferences (maybe name any that have any particular recognition or prestige). Technologies used: MATLAB and Visual Basic
On the resumes in alternate formats. Eliminate view... download. Just say the format and insert the link.
So instead of view as a Linked In profile: Just say "Linked In profile"
I think you can fix the format a bit in terms of aesthetics in the pdf and doc versions. I'm also not a fan of the table with borders while it looks good on the webpage it's not so great in word.
Here's some sample resumes that can give you ideas about formatting. Some of the templates have objective and summary. i'd forego them. I don't think summaries and objectives help a whole lot. that's better shown in he cover letter. http://www.bestsampleresume.com/programmer-resumes.html
Contact page. I'm not fond of the form. I understand you want to protect your privacy but it's impersonal. Maybe you can list an email address (as an image file so spam bots don't catch it) and perhaps a skype username or some kind of IM. You can also list a phone number. Perhaps get a prepaid cell phone or a skype incoming number. They're cheap and have voicemail. http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/onlinenumber/
I would also include the contact info on the resumes and eliminate the if you want more info email ...
Good luck!
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1. home page - change photo. maybe something generic that gives user some feel of who you are, or maybe something abstract. it is a bit too much to show your face on every page :)
if you want, add your face to resume page, crop it into square, left align it and place above box describing your skills - keep it black & white, and... smile :)
2. resume page - see above.
plus lighten the skill set box - it's way too heavy... use lighter grays for background and lines.
align your resume format icons on the bottom of the page to left with the description copy on the right side (flip & align)
2. contact page - lighten the contact box. use the same box styling on both resume and contact pages. use better looking button - there are plenty available on line (here is one resource site: http://www.instantshift.com/category/icons/)
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March 27, 2009 07:36 PM
Critique my personal web site: http://cesarsandoval.com (what's good/bad, find typos, grammar mistakes, HTML layout issues, etc..)
Any feedback is appreciated (good or bad). I am about to look for a job and I want to make sure my site ( http://cesarsandoval.com) is good. Thanks.
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2. I really like the font and look of your name on the site.
3. If you are just using this as a site for your resume (as I see no other information), then I don't even think it is necessary to have the three different pages. Have one page. Your about section can be converted into a "Summary" section in your resume.
4. I would take all the stuff in the bottom out. Copyright - who cares? Who wants to steal it except your doppleganger? Designed by - ditto. Sponsored? Seems a bit much unless you are a snowboarder. Valid CSS &c - this makes you sound like a technology elitist to me, someone that is more obsessed with the technology than the bottom line.
5. Contact form - not necessary at all. Give them your contact information. They'll find you. Put it at the top or something. I know this is destroying the look of your site, but let's consider the ultimate point. Get the info up there. Get another line if you are worried about publishing your info.
6. The info about yourself on the contact form, I would save this stuff for Facebook. Maybe I am being a bit harsh, but if you are just trying to use this as a site to sell yourself, I don't think it is necessary. I don't think the bit about "writing cohesive sentences" matters at all. Honestly, unless you are trying to get a technical writing position, this seems to be an unnecessary distinction. The programmers I deal with on a daily basis, as well as the admins, architects, &c, are some of the best in the world, and I am still waiting for an email or build document that doesn't have tons of grammatical or spelling mistakes.
7. I just don't have the time to rewrite your resume, but from quick glances I can say the following:
*The action words do not put your best foot forward. "Worked." "Involved." "Worked." How about "Designed..." "Created..." Developed..." and many more.
*I think overall I am not getting a strong visual sense of what you have done. This is not the time to be shy. Tell us how your program saved your company XX% Tell us how your program was used by XXXX users. What about offering troubleshooting assistance to the operations staff? "Liaised with support staff during Production outages..." or whatever. Again, I am just trying to get an idea of what you've accomplished.
*I think the layout needs to clearly separate the jobs/dates of employment from the "what you did there" parts. Each line should be like a bullet point. This is my opinion, not a standard rule. I just think each line should make me say "Wow. Impressive."
*I think emphasizing your accomplishments is more important than emphasizing acronyms or proprietary/obscure technologies. I wish I could give you more information, but I'd need to talk to you and really get the details, and this could potentially take all day. Just make yourself look like the ultimate ass-kicker. Use your accomplishments as a jump-off point for the interviewer.
*The bit about where you managed people during a project, I'd begin it with "Managed" so we know you've managed right away. I, at least, have a tendency to glance around these lead action words.
8. Technologies used at the particular jobs - too much. Not necessary. You have your skills listed at the top. This is poor economy of space. 30 seconds. Maybe a minute. That is how long someone is going to look at your resume. Honestly, HR or a staffing agency is more likely to be reading the resume. The hiring manager or interviewer may just glance over it and use it during the interview to ask questions.
9. Resume in multiple formats - unnecessary. Think "economy of space." Just post your resume in HTML. What makes you think they are going to read to the bottom of the page and then decide they need to read it again in another format? If they read it in HTML and they like it, they will contact you. It will be almost expected that you would send them a Word document; I think the rest is superfluous. I think it is unrealistic that someone is going to read your resume then decided they are going to print it out and go show it to a hiring manager without contacting you. Maybe this is just my opinion.
Lastly, you may think I am ripping you apart. The truth is, you have tons of experience and are obviously a wonderful candidate. Recap - figure out what you want to do with this. Is it simply something you can refer to? Like, "Nice to meet you Mr. Moriarti, here is my card. That web address has my resume on it..." I don't really know the ultimate point of the resume web site. If you are proactive, you'll be putting resumes in hands physically or electronically, so I'd assume this is just for people that "happen upon" your site or for when you meet someone unexpectedly and don't have a resume on-hand. Economize your space. Make it a 1 minute read. Make yourself look like a rockstar programmer. You look like one, act like it. Inspire me with what you say about the work you've done. If you worked on a team and made something, as far as I've concerned, YOU created it.
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• I decided to choose a "Best Answer" after creating this question only a few hours ago. There is no reason to keep the question open since I already updated my site with many of your suggestions and the comments would just confuse users that are reading this question for the first time. I am not finished, though, I am still making tweaks here and there.
Thank you everybody for taking the time to help. I decided to give @mrnemo the "Best Answer" because he gave me many pointers that will make a dramatic difference in how I structure my Resume for years to come.
Thank you everybody for taking the time to help. I decided to give @mrnemo the "Best Answer" because he gave me many pointers that will make a dramatic difference in how I structure my Resume for years to come.
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March 28, 2009 04:37 AM
Thank you for all the good pointers. I have made a some changes already based on everybody's feedback. By the way, you do bring up a good point - what do I intend to accomplish by this site? I see this personal site as a glorified business card. A place where people can get a quick glance of who I am and what I do. The reason why I broke the information into sections is to not overwhelm users with information when they first get to my site. Especially, if the about page was enough for them.
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March 27, 2009 08:07 PM
I really like to keep things simple. This is a beautirul site by my standards.
It tells me:
Who you are.
What can you do for me.
What you have done in the past.
Where you have done it.
How you did it.
What tools you used.
How old you are. ( A question they will want to know but are not allowed to ask.)
How can I contact you.
The B&W graphic is especially nice and blends perfectly with the theme of the site. The square corners of the crenellations behind you blend perfectly with and complement the square corners of the layout of the site.
It is rare to find a software engineer with any sense of style or design. You have done an excellent job.
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March 27, 2009 08:29 PM
You brought up a good point. I should give credit to myself for the aesthetics. I believe I have a knack for style and I don't mention that at all. Although the style is not 100% my design, I took the template mentioned in the footer and updated it to suit my needs. Thanks.
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March 27, 2009 08:57 PM
being a software engineering doesn't mean that you have to be a web designer :) but I think Cesar has a very good taste, colors are matching together very fine!
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March 27, 2009 08:24 PM
Looks good. It's formatted well and loads fast. One thing that I would change is put the paragraph in the contacts section in the resume/skills section. These are skills that your possess and need to show in that section, with examples, to illustrate to potential employers all your skills. If anything, just in case they don't go to the contact page. Hope this helps and good luck with your search.
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March 27, 2009 08:48 PM
LOL! Very good point. That picture was taken outside the Excalibur casino at Las Vegas. It is possible that I might have lost a few bucks before that picture : )
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March 27, 2009 08:53 PM
I like your page in general, I will just add here some advices & notes that maybe you would like to follow. - The header: on the top of the website, think about linking your name to your "home page", this will make it easy for visitors to go back to your home page, so they will realize it's the same as your "about page"!
- Top Menu, maybe you need to add a bottom boarder to the menu items to close it, so it will look like a complete button! (it's up to you)
- resume page: at the bottom of the page, start with the icons for downloading your resume, the icons should be before the text, this should look more organized.
- Contact page: need styling, the form doesn't look good for me, and I suggest you remove the dark background color for the form, just make it white.
- footer : Edit link your copy right name to your website home page (main page). the link is set to "#" which not consider a link to any page.
- Text on website: set all text alignment to "justify" , this should look better.
I see that you are using WordPress.com for your personal blogging, I have visited your blog to see how you blog on it, this helped me so make up my mind and tell you about the next advice.
I highly recommend that you use self hosted Wordpress for your resume website, this in case you can manag a better hosting service with MySQL database to tun WordPress, as you used already before, this will make it more easy to edit you website and add more pages in feature, also you will get
:
- Better front-end looking as there is so many simple themes with a professional looking.
- easy creating new pages and implemented with your website template.
- You can blog on it, or use it as a content management system for your website.
- A better "Contact" form for people who want to contact you.
- And much more if you want!!!
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March 27, 2009 09:12 PM
Thanks hishaman! You brought up very good points layout-wise and aesthetic-wise. I even noticed you submitted to form to validate that is working - nice touch!
I am going to have a tough time selecting a "Best Answer" for this question ;(
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I am going to have a tough time selecting a "Best Answer" for this question ;(
March 27, 2009 10:03 PM
You are welcome, I believe that some people here just want to see your website at the best shape!
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March 27, 2009 09:28 PM
Hi Cesar. First, I have to say that the layout is great. Very pleasant and simple. Definitely appealing. You have grammar issues though. I'm guessing you're thinking in español (don't worry it happens to me too). A general tip is to use a thesaurus to avoid repeating the same words over and over. I notice you repeat the word work a lot. http://thesaurus.reference.com/
In the homepage:
"I'm a Software Engineer from San Diego, California. My work has mainly consisted of building web applications using the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). I work in all parts of the web application - from the front-end to the backend and everything in between. Stop by my Resume section for more details!"
I'd advise against using contractions... I am a Software Engineer from San Diego California.
I mainly work building web applications using the Java Platform. (Use the active voice!)
I am involved in all parts of the web application - from the front end to the back-end, and everything in between. (said involved because u dont want to say work again)
Please see my Resume for more details. (Stop by sounds too informal IMO)
On to the resume:
I think you should list education first or second, not at the end. It's one of the most important parts of your resume. If you graduated with honors or won any awards list it.
Under skills, if you have any additional skills like you speak more than one language or anything like that include it also. But it's good that you have limited it to mostly technical things. But if you are bilingual be sure to list it.
Work experience:
Here's how I would edit it.
Software Engineer at TraceSecurity, 2007-2009. (line break)
Participated (you might want to replace participated with a verb that denotes more involvement like Collaborated) in the design and implementation of a web-based application built using the Struts framework. Technologies used: JBoss, Tomcat, MySQL, Struts, J2EE (JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, JDBC), DHTML (AJAX, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, HTML), SVN.
Software Engineer at Claritas (a Nielsen Company), 2005-2007. (line break)
Worked (you overuse the verb a lot. Try alternate verbs for variety and more effectiveness like Designed, Created, Implemented) on a Struts-like web-based application used to access demographic data like U.S. Census data, Customer buying habits, and Nielsen ratings. Technologies used: JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, DHTML, Javascript, CSS, PL/SQL, JReport, and JDBC.
Software Engineer at ConfirmNet (an Ebix BPO Company), 2003-2005. (line break)
Designed (or another suitable verb that isn't worked) on a J2EE-compliant web-based application used to digitally issue and track insurance certificates. Technologies used: JSP, Tag Libraries, Servlets, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, EJBs, PL/SQL, and JDBC. Written for and served by the ATG Dynamo application server.
Software Engineer / Manager at SDSU NeuroKinetics Lab (Dr. Robert Pozos), 2003-2004. (line break)
Managed two software engineers. Implemented features and deployed an open-source java web-based application used to teach a class of approximately 400 students at San Diego State University (avoid abbreviations for non-computer terms). (Avoid adverbs)Doubled the application's features (is this what you were trying to say?) Updated the user interface, and added a database connection pool to the application. Technologies used: Servlets, JDBC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Tomcat, ANT.
Software Engineer at ContentScan (now ScholarUniverse), 2002-2003. (line break)
Designed and developed two Java-based web applications. (from here on you need to rephrase. make it shorter and it's a run-on sentence. you don't need to explain so many details just make sure you mention what's important. It's difficult to read. you can even combine them ...blah blah two web applications for X and Y and thats that)The first is an application for the aggregation and management of various types of content such as books, journals, dissertations, institutions, and scholars. The second application is the interface to the aggregated content. Technologies used: JSP, Servlets, Jakarta Struts, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Swing, JDBC/MySQL, JDOM, JAXB, JavaMail.
Software Engineer at Hire.com (now Authoria), 2000-2002. (line break)
Collaborated in design and development of Candidate Mining, a Java-based web application used to mine the web for resumes. Technologies used: Servlets, HTML, Regular Expressions, JavaScript, JDBC, PL/SQL, JavaMail, XML, and JDOM.
Research Assistant at EyeTracking, Inc, 1997-2000.
Wrote software for analyzing Electromyography digital signals, fast-speed video, and eye-tracking data in MATLAB. Composed programs in Macromedia Authorware that subjects interacted with during eye-tracking studies. Technologies used: Macromedia Authorware and MATLAB.
Research Assistant at SDSU (don't abbreviate) NeuroKinetics lab (Dr. Robert Pozos), 1994-1997.
Composed software for analyzing Electromyography digital signals and high-speed video data. Collaborated (or participated) in research projects that were presented at local and national conferences (maybe name any that have any particular recognition or prestige). Technologies used: MATLAB and Visual Basic
On the resumes in alternate formats. Eliminate view... download. Just say the format and insert the link.
So instead of view as a Linked In profile: Just say "Linked In profile"
I think you can fix the format a bit in terms of aesthetics in the pdf and doc versions. I'm also not a fan of the table with borders while it looks good on the webpage it's not so great in word.
Here's some sample resumes that can give you ideas about formatting. Some of the templates have objective and summary. i'd forego them. I don't think summaries and objectives help a whole lot. that's better shown in he cover letter. http://www.bestsampleresume.com/programmer-resumes.html
Contact page. I'm not fond of the form. I understand you want to protect your privacy but it's impersonal. Maybe you can list an email address (as an image file so spam bots don't catch it) and perhaps a skype username or some kind of IM. You can also list a phone number. Perhaps get a prepaid cell phone or a skype incoming number. They're cheap and have voicemail. http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/onlinenumber/
I would also include the contact info on the resumes and eliminate the if you want more info email ...
Good luck!
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March 28, 2009 03:58 AM
You are right about thinking in Español while writing in English - thanks for all the pointers.
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March 27, 2009 09:51 PM
I like the feel of the site. I think the about section could use some filler though. I do think you did very well on the resume part. Only thing I would really critique would be the picture. Should show more of you and without glasses, the glasses hide your eyes and in an interview the eyes tell all. Other than that you should check out http://validator.w3.org for the errors on the page so you can have a clean site for all browsers.
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March 27, 2009 11:20 PM
there is not much I can add after so many detailed answers - the site is quite elegant and does the job, but strictly from visual designer view point point I'd do following: 1. home page - change photo. maybe something generic that gives user some feel of who you are, or maybe something abstract. it is a bit too much to show your face on every page :)
if you want, add your face to resume page, crop it into square, left align it and place above box describing your skills - keep it black & white, and... smile :)
2. resume page - see above.
plus lighten the skill set box - it's way too heavy... use lighter grays for background and lines.
align your resume format icons on the bottom of the page to left with the description copy on the right side (flip & align)
2. contact page - lighten the contact box. use the same box styling on both resume and contact pages. use better looking button - there are plenty available on line (here is one resource site: http://www.instantshift.com/category/icons/)
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