What is wrong with my resume?

Question

I have been looking for a job for the last year and I got 5 interviews and no job offers...It has to be my resume. What is wrong with it? Here it is:

EDUCATION
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• MBA (Masters in Business Administration with Marketing Concentration)
July 2004, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama
• BA (Architecture)
December 2001, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

COMPUTER SKILLS
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• AutoCAD , AutoCAD 3D CAD Design, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2010,MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Outlook Express, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator


EXPERIENCE
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Retail Sales Representative (Sony Alpha Holiday Event) October 2010- December 2010
MarketStar, Oklahoma City, OK

• Educated and trained store personnel on client products and programs, and applied expert product knowledge
• Completed assigned reporting functions
• Represented Sony Alpha DSLR cameras and provided technical support to customers regarding the use of the products

Mathematics Teacher (Talented and Gifted) August 2008- December 2008
Fuller Middle School, Little Rock, AR
• Taught Algebra, Pre-algebra and basic Mathematics to Talented and Gifted students.
• Utilized discussion-based lessons that are centered on real world situations in order to promote a deeper understanding of the concepts.
• Created and administered weekly quizzes and monthly tests to track student progress.
• Offered after-school tutoring to help struggling students improve their critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Incorporated various technologies in the classroom such as TI-83 Plus, Digital Image Projector and computer software.

Financial Advisor, Certified Tax Professional December 2005-April 2008
H&R Block, Kaiserslautern, Germany

• Utilized knowledge of federal, state, and local tax codes and duplications to prepare tax returns
• Performed analytical assessment of complex tax returns for individuals or small businesses and used all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.

Department Manager September 2004- March 2005
TJ Maxx, Fort Walton Beach, FL
• Experienced creating financial plans and meeting budgets
• Created promotional concepts
• Purchased and maintained inventory for a $12M company
Graduate Assistant & Tutoring Center Assistant Supervisor November 2001- July 2004
University of North Alabama, Academic Resource Center & Computer Lab.

• Updated and maintained the tutor and student worker database using Microsoft Access.
• Operated Faculty and Student Tutoring Program and conducted training for tutors.
• Maintained and updated 27 PCs DVD players, CD writers and 5 iMacs daily.
• Recruited , supervised tutors and directed tutor and student tutoring sessions .
• Utilized internet to post job ads and coordinated job descriptions for the department.
• Coordinated payroll and generated monthly reports regarding student requests and evaluations. as well as weekly time sheets.
• Assigned suitable tutors to each student.
• Advertised the Academic Resource Center services by creating posters and posting information on its webpage.
• Worked hand in hand with the Disability Support Services department to help students achieve academic success.

AWARDS AND HONORS
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• Dean’s List, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, University of North Alabama
• Alpha Theta Chi Business Honor’s Society, Fall 2003, University of North Alabama
• Honor’s Business Society, Fall 2002, University of North Alabama
• Academic Scholarship from the University of North Alabama

Answer 1

Your resume appears to be competitively constructed. Depending on the position that you applied for, contemplating on if I would call you for an interview would be dependent on how your qualifications stack up against the other applicants -- but in general, your resume looks good.



The problem may rest with employers, who increasingly and systematically appear to be discriminating against the unemployed, because they happen to be 'unemployed'.



In my view, the primary reason for this phenomenon is that employers desire to keep the well qualified unemployed as long as there are equally as qualified employed applicants available to fill their needs. The reason for this approach is simply, money! The longer the unemployed stay unemployed the less money they are willing to accept for even an entry level position. Thus then, collaboratively they can then drive down applicant wage expectations and weaken a prospective applicants ability to negotiate.



The end result is then, the current employed professional population will continue to enjoy job security until the unemployment rate begins to drop. Once the unemployment rate begins to drop, employers will then begin to hire the 'long term unemployed' at much reduced starting salaries while also replacing their higher paid professionals from this long term unemployed pool. Employers will have then succeeded at maintaining a very low wage structure and overall labor costs by way of capitalizing on the recession at the expense of and on the backs of the American worker.



http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Are-companies-excluding-apf-2320934930.html?x=0&.v=4&.pf=career-work&mod=pf-career-work



http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110217/ts_yblog_thelookout/help-wanted-jobless-need-not-apply



Good Luck with your job search, and Roll Tide!

Answer 2

The content of your resume seems quite informational. The only thing I don't like is the style you use. 1. The "Experience" part ,I think, is too much, I suugest you make it more concise.

2. Add some personal information, like your name, age, degree, homeland, etc, on the top.

3. I wonder with what software you made this resume, WORD? PHOTOSHOP? If you use photoshop, it's quite well, after printing, the resume will be wonderful.

But if you directly print you resume from WORD, it seems amateurish. It has been my personal experience when I was seeking a job, after I printed my resume as a PDF file, it looks much better. And more interview comes. Believe it or not? It's up to you anyway. This free software can convert WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT to PDF files perfectly. Have a try.

http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/ppt-pdf-converter/



Above I mainly talked about your resume. Of course you have to perform well in the interview. That's another topic. But the most important thing for you is to get more interview first. Make you resume nicer and show it with a different face.



Good Luck for your job!

Answer 3

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the content, provided that you have done all of those things you claim and you have the proof of them.



What you need to do, is place your CV into a better format. Use Microsoft Office (Word) and format your CV.



See this link for example formats



http://www.cvtips.com/resumes-and-cvs/cv-example.html