Well I'm gonna go on the job search (well I found the companies I want to look into and I'm going to go hand deliver resumes) next week after a competition I got to attend at the start of the week. I'm gonna be looking for a Tool and Die Apprentiship. :)

The location where I'd like to work will make me move anyways so I looked at the places I wanted to work at and depending where I end up getting the job I'll be moving within 3 miles from (giving me a nice walk to and from work each day) I already found places to rend which are within my budjet, but I'm not fixed at working at this once location though (I'm young and got time to move around and find a spot that bests suits me). :)

I cut out all the personal infromation from my resume since its being posted where anyone can see it (although anyone who knows me in person will realize with my screen name which is my real name and the things on the resume its me but :notme: ) on the internet but tell me what you think. :)



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Dimitri XXXXXXX
123 AnyRoad AnyCity Ontario A1A 1A1
Home Phone Number: (123) 123-1234 Cell Phone Number: (123) 123-1234
Email Address: aaa@aaa.com

Education:
Any Ontario College Graduated April 20th 2007.
Tool and Die Program.
Received honors for term 1 (GPA 3.58), 2 (GPA 3.71), and 3 (GPA 3.88). Max GPA attainable is 4.0. Received a mark of A+ in Shop for 4th term. (Have not recived all the marks for 4th semester as of today)
Built a progressive stamping die and the die set for it as the senior project.

Awards:Any Ontario College - Mechanical Technician - Tool and Die Excellence Award.
Selected by the Tool and Die professors at the college as a group.
Any Ontario College – (Insert Teachers Name) Award.
Selected by one of 2 Tool and Die 2nd year shop teachers at the college which the award is named after.

Technical Skills: Operated and Set-up conventional Milling Machines and Engine Lathes.
Operated Surface Grinders and Cylindrical Grinders.
Set-up and Operated Seki 28 Ton Hydraulic press.
Set-up, Programmed and Operated and set-up including HAAS and Fadal CNC Milling machines (3 Axis machines, with and without tool changers).
Set-up, Programmed and Operated Angie Sink EDM and Sodick Wire EDM machines.
Software knowledge includes Autodesk Inventor 10 & 11, MasterCAM X and manual G-Code programming.

Work History: Shop Assistant/Teacher AssistantJanuary 2007 to April 2007.
Any Ontario College.
Performed maintenance on machines, built tooling and other equipment as requested by the Shop Teachers. As well as trained Mechanical Engineering students safe operation use of the machinery and taught them general shop practice.
Performed for a variable amount of time per week, for a total of 191 hours in 14 weeks.


Tool Crib Attendant October 2006 to December 2006.
Any Ontario College
Responsible for maintaining inventory, tooling, and the distribution and collection of tooling with students.
Performed for 8 hours a week for a total of 64 hours (8 weeks).

The first picture is the same size as the strip (I edited the size on the document), I don't got a objective because I wanted room to fit my part and scrap strip from the die I made at college instead of just saying "Objective - To aquire a Apprentiship in the Tool and Die Field" as I feel the scrap strip and the part from a actual running die that I made is more relivant then a simple objective and I'm sorry for the formatting can't seem to format it the same way as its in the document. :(

This whole thing fits on a single page. :)

What do you think ?? :confused: Its my first time applying with a resume to a job so I'd like to know if its good or not before I go and submit it to the companies I want to look into. :)

:thanx: For your time in reading this. :thanx:

Dimitri

Hi Dimitri,

Way to go and congrats on a job well done at school! :applause: :applause:

My first thoughts at reviewing your resume is this -

You look like a great student! But how does that translate into an employee?

Did you have any part time jobs before you went to college. I would list them, providing you can show some stability.

As an example - my teenage son wants to major in theater in college, with a minor in education. He has a part time job at Dunkin' Doughnuts. He has been there almost a year - and will most likely stay there till he graduates high school. When he goes out to the real world - this "stability" won't mean anything for stage work - but if he opts for his secondary plan - he will show that he can be a stable and reliable employee.

Wes Bucey can give you some great advice in this area. I am sure he will pop in and give you some great info.

Best of luck to you!

Carol,

Firstly thank you for your reply. :thanx:

As for work experiance during highschool I really didn't work much at all during highschool. So I dont really got much to show thats why I didnt put it on my resume. :)

Dimitri

Truly, congrats to you!

1. I might shorten your grades section. Just give your composite GPA grade. For those that it matters, they'll know you did well. Also, I might link your academic awards into your academic section.

2. Like Carol suggested, you really need to expand your job section. What other jobs did you have? Did you ever get employee of the month? Did you operate your own lawn business? Did you ever have responsibility in a High School/Summer job? Ever supervise anybody?

3. In the Technical skills section, it probably needs some brush-up. Starting each with "Set up" gets a bit distracting. Consider taking a couple and combining. For the two that are most valuable to a potential employer-elaborate with quantifiable reasons why you are the right hire.

4. Your resume reads a bit like you are a programmed shop-robot.:) How good are your programming skills? Are you Office capable? Do you have multi-task skills in another area? Did the president/ Dean ever commend your work? I realize there are differences of opinion on this one, but maybe consider putting some hobbies on there, to show you have a life outside the shop.

NOTE: There may be some inconsistencies in our advice from everyone here, as resumes are a subjective item. That's OK; everyone will be right in a way. Just don't ever put down anything untrue. Have a resume you feel good about, and you'll be fine.

Start looking over the other posts on job searching. There are some absolutely invaluable stuff there.

If you would like, PM me and I will be more than happy to work with you on your resume.

Congratulations! :applause:

Some suggestions:

Tool and Die Program. Received honors for term 1 (GPA 3.58), 2 (GPA 3.71), and 3 (GPA 3.88). Max GPA attainable is 4.0. Received a mark of A+ in Shop for 4th term. (Have not recived all the marks for 4th semester as of today)

Might be better as a table:

First Term GPA:
Second...
Third...

Also, you refer to the divisions as "terms" and "semesters." Better to stick to one or the other.
Built a progressive stamping die and the die set for it as the senior project. Awards:Any Ontario College - Mechanical Technician - Tool and Die Excellence Award.Selected by the Tool and Die professors at the college as a group.
Any Ontario College – (Insert Teachers Name) Award.Selected by one of 2 Tool and Die 2nd year shop teachers at the college which the award is named after.

Rather than the explanations above, it might be better to tell how many people were given those awards: "I was one of x to receive the award." (Unless there were lots of them given out.)
Technical Skills: Operated Set up (no hyphen) and Operation of conventional Milling Machines and Engine Lathes.Operation of Surface Grinders and Cylindrical Grinders.Set up and Operation of Seki 28 Ton Hydraulic press.Set up, Programming and Operation of HAAS and Fadal CNC milling machines (Three-axis machines, with and without tool changers).Set up, Programming and Operation of Angie sink EDM and Sodick wire EDM machines.Software knowledge includes Autodesk Inventor 10 & 11, MasterCAM X and manual G-Code programming.Work History: Shop Assistant/Teacher AssistantJanuary 2007 to April 2007.
Any Ontario College.Performed maintenance on machines and built tooling and other equipment as requested by Shop Teachers instructors. As well as I also trained mechanical engineering students in safe operation use of the machines and taught them general shop practice.Performed for a variable amount of time per week, for a total of 191 hours in 14 weeks.
Not necessary; let them ask you about it.
Tool Crib AttendantOctober 2006 to December 2006.
Any Ontario CollegeResponsible for maintaining inventory and tooling, and the collection/distribution of tooling. with students.Performed for 8 hours a week for a total of 64 hours (8 weeks).Dimitri

Brad,

Thank you for your reply. :thanx:

Well my programming skills are rusty I havn't done it in a while, me and my programming team did win the Provencial programming competition a few years back. :) I'm not office capable I'd go nuts if I sat infront of a desk typing all day long. :tg:

Only supervisory role I've done before teaching Engineering kids how to run machines in the shop is some small amount of voleenteering at a elementry school. Got a pen for doing that. :)

My grades section will be simply be after next week I hope. :cool:

Graduated with Honors (1st term GPA 3.58), (2nd term GPA 3.71), (3rd term GPA 3.88) and (4th term GPA 3.XX). Max GPA attainable is 4.0.

As for Hobbies that wont work my hobies are "questionable" according to many (Fishing, Hunting, Camping, etc).

I'll condese the Technical skills though in that case thanks. :)

Jim Wynne,

Thank you for the reply. :thanx:

I'll incoperate thouse suggestions into my resume thanks.

As for the Awards only one person get the award per graduating class, and I got 2 of a possible 3 awards, the 3rd one I'm illegable for because I'm not a forgin student. So I think I did good for myself. :cool:

Dimitri

I think Jim Wynne was gentler than normal in pointing out the opportunities for improvement in the resume, especially in tightening the prose and pointing out spelling errors.

The plain fact is you only get one chance to make a good first impression and the last impression you want to make in applying for a job in the skilled trades is a lack of attention to detail and careless, shoddy work, exemplified by poor spelling and meandering prose.

That said, given your stated goal of getting an apprenticeship, you probably should be concentrating on the cover letter which explains why YOU would be a good candidate for an employer to invest time and money in taking you on as an apprentice. Don't make someone "guess" what you want and can offer - tell them flat out. This is NOT a time for subtlety. No employer is a mind reader.

In other threads started by folks looking for work, I have emphasized the value of reading through these threads about the basic skills necessary in any job hunt. They are long threads, but contain lots of excellent information:
Thinking about a New Job for New Year? (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=19619)
http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=19619
Resume and cover letter - How good are yours? (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=10169)
http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=10169
The Job Hunt - Care and feeding of references (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=19094)
http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=19094
Tips to get past the "gatekeeper" when job hunting (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=9325)
http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=9325

Wes Bucey,

Thank you for your reply. :thanx:

Wes Bucey, if Jim was easyer then he normally is when it comes to mistakes I got to thank him agian then as he was really helpful, English isn't my best subject. So Jim thanks again :thanx:

I have read though alot of thouse threads already. I got alot of good tips, actually it was reading through thouse threads that made me decide to ask for tips on this forum. This is the first time I have went to look for a actual job. So its alittle new to me and I think the tips I've read here have been better then the tips my highschool/college job consillers taught us. :cool:

I'm going to be looking into "mom and pop shops" smaller in size, I dont think any of them is over 50 employees if that much. I plan on stoping by and visiting the shops in person at the 2nd half of next week to talk to the owner or shop forman and personally hand them my resume. At smaller companies there is more flexibility in what I can be doing then in a larger one, ofcourse at a smaller company there is a smaller pay check at the end of the day but thats ok as right now in my life learning the trade is alot more important. So there will be no "Gatekeeper". :)

My plan so far is to bring my profolio which inculdes a copy of my resume, a copy of my references if requested (as of now 2 of my college teachers the one who was my boss when working at the college this last term and the other was my 2nd year shop teacher), a listing of tooling that I own (I'm told it can be helpful as alot of companies when hiring apprentices and Tool and Die makers in general will ask about it as they have requirements on what tooling they require their employee's to own which is the tooling they do not provide), a photocopy of my awards, a copy of my marks (if they request to see them only), my drill point gage (I'm told its common to be asked to sharpen a drill), my 0-1" micrometer (incase they ask to see how good I can measure), and my safety glasses. :)

Dress will be basiclly what I normally wear. I wear nice looking shirts (not dress shirts but still good buttoned shirts) and I wear properly fitting jeans at my waist so I look "acceptable" to any girl's parents that I've met (which has to count for something). I just got a hair cut like I always cut it short and "neat". Going to polish my steel-toed boots with polish to look good (I got to admit I do not like wearing other types of shoes I'm too used to steel toes havn't worn anything else in years). :)

I'll get working on a cover letter though. :D

By the way I got this final terms marks today I got a 3.78 this term! Party time! :cool:

Dimitri