So, would you hire me?
I’m looking for an internship in HR - I’m in college and don’t have that much experience so I would be more than willing to work for an unpaid internship.
anyways here’s my resume pretty much; would you hire me?
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position and experience as an intern in Human Resources.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Pizza Restaurant
April 2005 — Present
-Trained and supervised new employees
-Handled customer service questions, complaints, and suggestions
-Prepared orders, took deliveries, cleaned work area
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Intern
August 2008 — Present
-Practiced public speaking skills often
-Recruited new members and encouraged current members to stay active
-Assisted in registering over 2,000 students to vote
-Organized contact information for group members and SUNY students
NYPIRG Higher Education Project Leader
August 2008 — Present
-Organized and carried out weekly group meetings
-Taught students how to effectively advocate for policy reform
-Met with NYS Legislators regarding SUNY budget cuts and tuition increases
-Recruited students and NYPIRG members for the Higher Education Project
-Arranged a Higher Education Forum open to all SUNY Albany students
-Organized press conferences, wrote Media Advisories and News Releases
Cross Cultural Solutions Volunteer
June 2008
Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica
-Volunteered at St. Vincent’s Elderly Home
-Organized activities, including: games, songs, dancing, exercise, physical therapy, and arts and crafts
-Assisted the staff with the daily care giving routine, such as preparing meals and feeding
-Provided individual attention to the residents
AWARDS/SKILLS/ACTIVITIES
-Girl Scout Gold Award [Fall of 2007]
-Intermediate French
-Computer Skills: MS Windows, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
-Internet Research
-Mock Trial Attorney [2006 - 2007]
-Campaign volunteer [2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008]
******* the formatting is messed up, I know.. and I had to take out personal information to stay safe 
I guess I should add that I’m not actually looking for anyone to hire me through here, I’m just looking for feedback on my resume.
Thanks everyone!
It looks good to me. Do you already have a professional resume prepared? If not, you might want to look online, or in your local area, for a professional resume writing service. I have used a company called Rescue My Resume in the past. Had good luck, but they are only one of many out there. I have found that a well written resume has a very positive affect on potential employers, and you would be surprised how many people don’t bother to have one prepared. Anway, it looks like you are on the right track best of luck to you. M:)
April 25th, 2010 at 3:06 am
yes
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April 25th, 2010 at 3:47 am
remove the word often here…….Practiced public speaking skills often.
Is it just me, or does this verbage lead to a thought of, person who will cause issues in the work place, or am I being too critical, can you reword this to sound like your not going to lead a labor strike? Mediation something or other, sounds more like what an HR person does to resolve things, using their termonology sounds more inline with their needs.
- Organized and carried out weekly group meetings
- Taught students how to effectively advocate for policy reform
- Met with NYS Legislators regarding SUNY budget cuts and tuition increases
- Recruited students and NYPIRG members for the Higher Education Project
- Arranged a Higher Education Forum open to all SUNY Albany students
- Organized press conferences, wrote Media Advisories and News Releases
.You sound organzied, hard working, Id hire you.
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April 25th, 2010 at 4:30 am
It looks good to me. Do you already have a professional resume prepared? If not, you might want to look online, or in your local area, for a professional resume writing service. I have used a company called Rescue My Resume in the past. Had good luck, but they are only one of many out there. I have found that a well written resume has a very positive affect on potential employers, and you would be surprised how many people don’t bother to have one prepared. Anway, it looks like you are on the right track best of luck to you. M:)
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http://www.rescuemyresume.com
April 25th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Always emphasis the skills appropriate to the job. Your covering letter to whoever you decide to apply to should bring these to the fore and throw them at the prospective employer. You’ve done a lot that shows you have engaged with people, you’ve got experience in recruiting membership, training people and organisation. You need to show you are a team player as well as able to work on your own initiative. Don’t use too many abbreviations (NYS, SUNY, etc) unless you know your target will understand them. Where you say "Practiced public speaking skills often", leave out the "often", its too vague. Either rephrase or just leave off the ‘often’. "Developed public speaking skills" maybe.
But yes, I’d hire you on the basis of this resume. Although criteria may be different where you come from. I’m in the UK. It shows off your skills and looks as though you’ve crammed in a lot in a short space of time. Couple of points to note. What are your qualifications? Do you have High School exams? You’ll have to forgive me as I’m from the UK and not familiar with US educational qualifications - we have the GCSE’s and (for us older folks) the Ordinary and Advanced level exams. If you have equivalents, list them all as well as job experiences.
Good luck
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