How should I change my resume — chemistry major?
How should I change my resume — chemistry major?
I’m about two years out of school and I’ve had two jobs in the last year and a half. I want to spruce up my resume to make it more attractive to employers and to market myself. What should I do or change. Personal information is taken out of course. This fits in about one page.
————————
————-SKILLS————-
•Familiar and experienced with working in accordance to cGMP and GDP.
•Strong lab background, experienced with environment and equipment.
•Skilled with Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Microsoft PowerPoint, Macromedia Flash, Adobe PageMaker and comparable programs.
————-EXPERIENCE————-
Pharmaceutical Company
Quality Control Lab Technician (November 2007-October 2008)
•Worked in quality control for a major pharmaceutical company.
• Sampled and logged in hard goods and raw materials for lab analysis.
•Tested hard goods samples for conformance to specifications, including barcode verification, color matching, and FTIR testing.
•Tested raw material samples including FTIR analysis, identification testing, and thin layer chromatography.
•Tested finished product samples for inhalation devices, including leakage testing, suspension appearance and valve delivery.
•Prepared solutions for assays including HPLC mobile phase and pH testing.
•Revised and converted official worksheets for the lab control center. Designed a more efficient conversion method and trained others.
Cosmetic Company
Quality Assistant (Summer 2007, temporary placement)
•Operated mostly in the analytical lab involved in quality assurance of natural cosmetic products.
•Documented incoming rinse water samples. Determined water purity by testing for visual clarity and peracetic acid levels.
•Collected data on raw materials through FTIR analysis.
•Prepared product samples for HPLC analysis using wet chemistry procedures and centrifuge.
•Collected and analyzed data and organized trended information into visual presentations.
•Audited product batch reports to ensure accordance to Good Documentation Practices (GDP). Organized and indexed SOPs.
UNIVERSITY School of Biological Sciences
Research Assistant (Spring/Summer 2003)
•Involved in researching the parallel fiber length variations of rat cerebellum.
•Examined specimen slides under microscope to identify parallel fibers and determine and record fiber lengths.
•Traced light projected microscopic images to record fiber morphology.
UNIVERSITY School of Biological Sciences
Lab Assistant (Winter/Spring 2002)
•Ordered and set up of laboratory equipment and supplies, especially computer related equipment such scanners and printers.
•Cleaned and maintained laboratory equipment, worked with autoclave
•Labeled and organized chemical reagents and created a digital inventory
————-EDUCATION————-
UNIVERSITY
B.A. in Chemistry (2006)
Best answer:
One thing that you should always have in your resume is how you improved or advance part of the company. Think of what you have done that no one else did and how it helped the companies you worked for become better. Even if it is a small thing that you did or if it only affected one part of the company still mention it. Employers know that anyone with your education level and skill level can do what you have listed on here…they want to see what you have done and can do in the future to help and improve their company. Telling them that will set you apart from other prospective employees and will give you an edge over everyone else :)
Tags: change, chemistry, major, resume., should
Under Forum
2 Comments for How should I change my resume — chemistry major?
1. R.F. | April 18th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
Are you planning to apply to chemistry-related jobs? If so, put your Education first, then Experience, and Skills at the end.
Since you are just out of college, you will want to showcase your education.
Your work experience is impressive with a lot of different duties. Employers will want to see what you’ve done.
Finally, your skills don’t have much related to chemistry, so that shouldn’t be the first thing they see.
Also, for your Experience, structure it like this:
(
Same for your Education. List your degree first:
2. Ichigo B | April 18th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
First of all, I would change the ordering of your topics. Most people recommend this order: 1. education (include GPA if >3.5) 2. experiences 3. skills (as a summary and lingering thought for reader)
Next, I would try to add more quantitation to your job descriptions. For example, “Tested over 100 raw material samples using FTIR analysis, identification testing, and thin layer chromatography.”
Also, try to make what you have done seem important to the company/research lab. For example: “efficiently cleaned and maintained delicate laboratory equipment used by 30+ labmates.” Or “maintained order and efficiency of lab by Labeling and organizing chemical reagents as well as creating a digital inventory.” This way, employers can see that you can contribute to their companies.
Hope this helps to start!
Leave a Comment for How should I change my resume — chemistry major?
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed