On May 7, 2008, at 4:22 AM, Ray Newman wrote:
> You can view my resume:
> http://www.microdesigns.biz/Res_2008.htm
>
> Any suggestions to improve would be greatly appreciated!

Let's see if I remember my management mindset.

It doesn't have your name on it!

I find the resume poor at describing your SKILLS.  Owner/designer/ 
manager is pretty ambiguous.  How big are these companies?  Did you  
design circuits?  Did you write code?  Did you write specs for an  
offshore team of coders to implement on reference-design hardware?   
Which Microcontroller/Microprocessors?  What languages?  What design  
tools? Which foreign languages did you communicate in?  About the  
only thing recent that you mention specifically is dealing with  
injection molding companies, which I don't think is the job you're  
aiming for.
Pick a recent project or two that are relatively recent and not too  
restricted under NDA, and describe what you did in more detail.  LOTS  
more detail.

> Introduced CMOS, logic, and microprocessors to the motor control  
> industry.
> Introduced microprocessors into the industrial automation control  
> industry.
Broad claims, without published papers, books, or presentations to  
back it up?
You could say "designed the first microprocessor controlled motor  
thingee implemented at company xxx" without raising as many eyebrows.

> Developed products that became industry standard
Such as?

Someone all ready mentioned HR departments.  Your resume is also  
"keyword poor" WRT getting past HR screeners.  That should get better  
as you address the previous paragraphs, but keep it in mind  
elsewhere.  "Electronic Circuit Design for ...", "Firmware",  
"Software engineering", "MPLAB", "C language."  (I'm not so familiar  
with the areas you have worked in, but presumably there are relevant  
keywords there as well; specific home automation protocols, perhaps?   
Echelon, X10, RS232, etc?)

You might want to have two resumes.  One for when you're applying for  
manufacturing engineering/management jobs, and another for design/ 
development engineering.  The current resume is a bit confused; the  
top paragraph mentions a LOT of manufacturing management stuff, and  
de-emphasizes "design" (one whole word!)  But a lot of the rest of  
the resume talks about things you designed...


>  my last 4 companies over the past 20 years where purchased by the  
> Chinese


Hmm.  If you don't mind my asking, how is it that you sold a company  
(or two) that you owned, and aren't set to retire?  Aren't you doing  
things backwards?  You've owned your own company since shortly after  
you graduated, and now you want a regular job?  Shouldn't you be  
getting tired of your regular job and be interested in semi- 
retirement to a self-owned consulting business?  :-)

BillW


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