My last post detailed the problems I found with my old resumé, so I’m hoping this new one addresses them sufficiently. This is what I was after:
1) Job Titles don’t match experience: If the title doesn’t match, name the departments instead; the goal is to provide more meaning in fewer words.
2) Layout issues: With less content, I was able to add more space. I might still tweak fonts and spacing, but what I’ve got is actually based roughly on golden ratios in hopes for a more pleasing look.
3) Concerns about Education: Combined freelance work, volunteer work, and education into one section.
4) Too wordy: chopped out most of the content and replaced it with simple phrases stating what I did at various companies.
5) Communication: I tried to communicate at the top just what my value would be. I don’t know if I’ve got the words right, but I want to say right up front that my best feature is my wide range of experience.
And the new resume is here; the old one there. Let me know what you think.
Legend of Velda 
It might just be the PDF rendering in Chrome, but it looks like there is a space after freelancer and before the comma in the last block. Looks good tho!
Just an idea, add a small splash of color somewhere. Helps it pop out of the stack a little bit.
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Rawk. Thanks, Jake. There was indeed an extra space. I’ve taken it out. I also swapped out the fonts a bit, which makes me want to redo the spacing again (Alas!) but overall I’m liking it a little better. 🙂
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