First off, thanks for taking the time to review my resume and give your criticisms. I also have a bunch of resume-related questions if anyone can provide some insight.
After graduating from university, I decided to become an actuary, so I have no actuarial experience from internships or otherwise. Also, my cumulative GPA after graduating is a 2.6 and my major GPA is hardly better at a 2.8. I believe I shouldn't be listing my GPA, but I wanted confirmation of that. My education section looks really plain though because of this and I was wondering what I can do to make it not look so bad. Should I add in that I made dean's list (once)? I'm just unsure on how to make it look less weak.
For my skills sections, I am currently taking the TIA technical skills course, and I was wondering if I should mention it. Since I have not fully completed the course yet, I didn't know whether I should mention it or not, or even how I would go about mentioning it.
For my work experience section, I realize that none of my previous jobs are definitely not actuarial related, but I listed them because I figured that they might be kind of relevant. For example, I worked almost all through college and even worked two jobs at the same time for a month. My hostessing job was the most recent so that's why I put it down. I worked at my Old Navy job for almost 2 years and I wanted to put it down to show that I can stay at a job for a long period of time. My receptionist job at the dentistry dealt a lot with me calling insurance companies and updating patients' insurances on our records so I thought it might be kind of relevant? I don't know. If any of these feel like a stretch, please let me know.
For the actuarial progress section, I have one VEE requirement completed, but since I only recently passed my second exam and the results are not officially out yet, I cannot add it to my records yet. Should I still list the VEE though?
For the objective, I didn't have an objective section for some of the jobs I've applied to and I wasn't sure if I needed one but I have added it in recently.
Lastly, I have two resumes which are identical but I have different addresses on each because my permanent address is different from my temporary address. Should I just have one resume with both addresses or continuing to send out the resume with the address that is closest to the job's area that I'm applying to? I heard that most companies would like their candidates to be located near the job so I'm not sure what to do about that. I am fine with working in either location. Obviously I am at one of the locations at the moment, but can fairly easily relocate to the other. (the locations are kind of across the country from each other though - west coast and midwest)
Sorry if there are so many questions, but I really want to get this right.
After graduating from university, I decided to become an actuary, so I have no actuarial experience from internships or otherwise. Also, my cumulative GPA after graduating is a 2.6 and my major GPA is hardly better at a 2.8. I believe I shouldn't be listing my GPA, but I wanted confirmation of that. My education section looks really plain though because of this and I was wondering what I can do to make it not look so bad. Should I add in that I made dean's list (once)? I'm just unsure on how to make it look less weak.
For my skills sections, I am currently taking the TIA technical skills course, and I was wondering if I should mention it. Since I have not fully completed the course yet, I didn't know whether I should mention it or not, or even how I would go about mentioning it.
For my work experience section, I realize that none of my previous jobs are definitely not actuarial related, but I listed them because I figured that they might be kind of relevant. For example, I worked almost all through college and even worked two jobs at the same time for a month. My hostessing job was the most recent so that's why I put it down. I worked at my Old Navy job for almost 2 years and I wanted to put it down to show that I can stay at a job for a long period of time. My receptionist job at the dentistry dealt a lot with me calling insurance companies and updating patients' insurances on our records so I thought it might be kind of relevant? I don't know. If any of these feel like a stretch, please let me know.
For the actuarial progress section, I have one VEE requirement completed, but since I only recently passed my second exam and the results are not officially out yet, I cannot add it to my records yet. Should I still list the VEE though?
For the objective, I didn't have an objective section for some of the jobs I've applied to and I wasn't sure if I needed one but I have added it in recently.
Lastly, I have two resumes which are identical but I have different addresses on each because my permanent address is different from my temporary address. Should I just have one resume with both addresses or continuing to send out the resume with the address that is closest to the job's area that I'm applying to? I heard that most companies would like their candidates to be located near the job so I'm not sure what to do about that. I am fine with working in either location. Obviously I am at one of the locations at the moment, but can fairly easily relocate to the other. (the locations are kind of across the country from each other though - west coast and midwest)
Sorry if there are so many questions, but I really want to get this right.
Entry-level resume critique and questions
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