It looks pretty reasonable and descriptive to me. You seem to focus on "product design" without specifying what you mean by that. The rest of the resume suggests you do electrical/electronic engineering and mechanical engineering so you may want to place those phrases somewhere on your resume. Also, you focus on a wide variety of skills, such as project management, procurement, design, etc. This is valuable in small companies, and for certain projects in large companies, but you may find that it suggests Jack-of-all-trades, Expert-of-none. In other words, it's not very tightly focused, and by comparison many other job seekers will appear a better fit for a specific job, even though you may be more expert for a given position. If you are finding that the resume isn't being picked up by anyone then it suggests that the resume doesn't fit the types of jobs you're applying for. We might be able to give you better suggestions if you tell us the jobs you're looking for. I've found that crafting my resume to highlight those things that are spoken of in the actual job offer gets much better response. That means sending and tracking customized resumes per job prospect, though, which is a bit of work, but it's worth it if it means you find the perfect fit between your experience and the employer's needs. I have a very long resume - customizing it means highlighting relevant experience by removing sections, descriptions, skills and experience that aren't relevant, leaving a much shorter, but more highly focussed, resume. I'm not trying to make up sections that are relevant, I'm removing material that the employer likely doesn't care about and won't want to wade through. I can discuss these other experiences in an interview if they become more relevant once more about the job is known. At large companies you often have the HR person (or worse, a database search such as used by Microsoft) that culls the resumes before sending the best prospects on to the hiring manager. They know nothing about the reality of the job, only what the job description and requirements say, and what your resume says. If it doesn't match very closely to the requirements and description, the person who makes the decision won't even see the resume. Good luck! -Adam On 5/7/08, Ray Newman wrote: > Job definition please > > I graduated back in 1967 and only applied for my 1st two jobs. > Ever since then, I never had to apply. I was lucky enough to have > companies ask me to develop a product or product line. > Design, develop and sometime manufacture. > But > Since my last 4 companies over the past 20 years where purchased by the Chinese > and moved all operation to China I find myself looking for work. > The problem is, I do not know how you describe my work skills. > I am finding "design" refers to drafting. > > You can view my resume: > http://www.microdesigns.biz/Res_2008.htm > > Any suggestions to improve would be greatly appreciated! > Thanks, > Ray > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- EARTH DAY 2008 Tuesday April 22 Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet http://www.driveslowly.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist