Question:
Was updating my resume & cover letter template --- was wondering what ya'll
thought about slapping the A+ after names, and where and when, etc.
I have A+ mentioned in a sentence in cover letter, mentioned in resume in
sentence format, and i have the graphic at the bottom, courtesy of someone
in here ...
Should I put anything after my name in cover letter? And what about Top of
resume, where my address is and stuff?
If so - what format should I use?
( obviously I dont wanna over do it - but then again, I dont wanna not put
it somewhere where it should be!)
Answer:
-DO NOT put the A+ graphic in your resume or cover letter,
many recruiters will trash it - their opinion "it's cheesy".
Place the certification in a special certification section
(if you have more than one IT cert) or in your education
section.
-This depends on where your resume is going (and you should have
different resumes tweaked for every application). For most, a section
in the resume entitled "Certifications" with your various
certifications will do. Larger companies and recruiters will scan
paper resumes, and you should have an electronic version available at
all times, and those should not have logos.
As an aside, a growing trend in resumes is to have no cover letter
since most are being sent electronically. This means your resume has
to have all the things your cover letter used to carry. While a resume
used to be just a list of where you worked or went to school and when,
now it has to have the projects you worked on, what you provided to
the companies you worked for and what you can bring to the table for
the new position. The resume has to tell the prospective employer why
they should hire you.
