Please constructively critique my (anonymized) resume

Avoid statements such as that you learn quickly, that if you don't know you'll find out, that you can multitask, etc. EVERYONE says those things, so they don't mean much. It's better to be able to demonstrate that you can learn quickly (for example) in your cover letter ("Within a week of being hired by Y company, I had already learn Q, Z, and R software that I didn't know previously...")

- Remove the personal highlights off the resume. People care what you can do for them, not how the job fulfills your needs - List each achievement under the job title. Don't make the hiring manager think. - Did you increase followers and increase engagement for those social media accounts? If so, add that and put how much percentage - For desktop publishing, put names of software e.g. Adobe Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator. For newsletter creation, put names of application e.g. MailChimp - Regarding SEO, can you show you increased site traffic?

I agree that it would be good move to a standard, chronological resume format, with achievements listed under each position. Try to list accomplishments that show your skills instead of just listing the skills. I would browse through the http://www.askamanager.org/category/resumes over at Ask A Manager - Alison gives excellent advices.

The software list seems strange to me. What is it about Dropbox you know how to do?

Ditch the functional resume and go chronological. If you search the resume-related AskMe's, you'll see all the feedback from hiring managers (like myself) who say that there's something about the functional format that leads me to assume you're trying to hide something, and that's not what you want to convey. Have you been a "homeschool mom" for all or most of the time you've also been a cook? If so, list "Homeschooling Parent" as a job, and remove the cook position. In your bullet points, you can note that you've also done other miscellaneous work during this period, without being specific. With the cook position gone, every other job you've listed is directly relevant to the positions you're going after. Use your bullet points under each listing (in your now chronological format resume) to give examples of "Situation - Action - Result" that highlight the core competencies, personal highlights, accomplishments, and skills that you've listed elsewhere. ("In this situation, I took this action, which led to this result.") Now that you've done that, remove those sections of your resume (you actually should have done this earlier when you transitioned from functional to chronological, but just in case). It's totally fine to list more than 10 years of experience. What's important is that the experience you list is relevant and applicable to the jobs you're applying for. Also, don't feel constrained to one page - you have more than enough experience to justify two pages. Under your education section, remove the credit count, and rewrite it as "Coursework toward a BA in XYZ, University Name" or whatever. Few people know how many credits it takes to get a specific degree (and those who do know that in most cases, it's less than you've taken, which will raise some red flags). Also, have you taken any trainings or professional development courses in your career? Add those in under education, and rename that section of your resume to "Education and Training." Lastly, add a "Summary" section at the very top, written specifically for each job you're applying to. Show the direct connection between what you've done in your career, and what the position calls for. That'll help the reviewer draw links between their needs and your experience and skills, which should start building confidence in your being the right candidate for the job.

I would get rid of both "accomplishments" sections and put the accomplishments under the jobs they belong to. Most of the personal accomplishments section seems more along the lines of stuff that should be in a cover letter or that you should cover in an interview. You might want to try breaking up the experience into a "relevant experience" and "additional experience" section. A lot of people will make a 2-4 page "master resume" and, when they are actually applying for a job, they take out the stuff that's irrelevant for that job. And, yeah - I have never heard of a hiring manager that likes functional resumes. Maybe they're wrong to hate them, but they haaaaaate them.

Remove your address. Not necessary or germaine to the position you are applying for.

I am a manager and I've done some hiring and looking at resumes... I agree, the personal highlights are too vague and lack buzzwords that make me care. If I'm a manager, I look at that section and think "So what? You want me to hire you because of this?" Also, every sentence starts with "I..." Resumes are not supposed to be written in first-person -- always third-person. It looks very unprofessional. Your accomplishments are a little vague. They lack metrics and specifics, and in some cases it sounds like you merely met expectations rather than exceeded them. Unless they are actual accomplishments, remove them. I would remove both "personal highlights" and "accomplishments" and instead add descriptions for each of your positions. Then you can get into what exactly you did and highlight any accomplishments there. I look at 911 dispatcher and I think, "Well, that job has no relevance to whatever you're applying for." But maybe not. You tell me. With my resume, I have a lot of varied experience and I have applied for different kinds of jobs. I change my resume's job descriptions to highlight certain aspects of my experience depending on which job I am applying for. Remove "cook" from your resume. You don't need it because there is no gap there -- during the same timeframe, you are also an "independent reviewer." (Which also, seriously? "Independent reviewer?" Is that your title or did you choose that? Try "copyeditor" or something that sounds less made-up.) Assuming you want a professional position, cook just sounds really low-level -- especially since it's a fast food place. I saw someone put Pizza Hut on their resume once and I automatically trashed it. Not only is it totally irrelevant for an office job, it seems like poor judgement to even include it. I don't mind that column on the left, but it looks like there's a lot of white space. I would move the divider closer to the left to fit the text in there a bit closer, and expand the info on the right.

Reading your resume left me a bit unclear as to what you want and who you are. Perhaps more worrying is the fact that I am also not entirely clear what you can do for me. I get a sense that you can post updates on my social media accounts and I am sure you can do a lot more than that. But what that might be does not jump out at me. So I am forced to re-read and think and life's too short. I am not a hiring manager. But I like information to be clear and to the point. So work out what story you want to tell and tell it. Make sure there's a clear plotline and give me the highlights. You can fill in the details during the interview. And don't confuse the plotline by hinting at all all the other things you may (not) be able to do. Either I have a specific position I want to fill or not.