A resume is a brief summary of your abilities, education, experience, and skills. Its main task is to convince prospective employers to contact you. Your goal is to structure your resumé so that the person reading it is intrigued and impressed enough to want to talk to you. A carefully prepared resume can be a tangible asset to job seeking - poorly prepared, it can be a serious liability.
A resume has one purpose : To get you hired!
Below, please find a sample resume in text and .pdf format to help you get started.
SAMPLE RESUME
9 Bayleaves Terrace
Oakville, Ontario L6M 4P8
905.432.1862 – ashearer@hotmail.com
3 Lions Foods Brampton, Ontario
Maintenance and Engineering Manager June 1999 – present
• Designed modifications to cartoners and sealers to increase their capacity and facilitate new product development.
• Reviewed design for new production line to ensure that it met Company’s specifications and local Codes.
• Installed and commissioned new production equipment ($4Mn) and trained operators and mechanics.
• Developed and implemented a computerized maintenance management program for plant facility and equipment.
• Prepared and managed maintenance budget.
Martinos Foods, Scarborough, Ontario
Engineering Manager November 1990 – June 1995
• Managed plant maintenance department with responsibilities for preventive and repair maintenance as well as capital projects, such as equipment procurement and installation.
• Prepared and managed capital and maintenance budgets.
• Determined spare parts stock levels.
• Designed and managed plant capacity expansion projects and plant maintenance.
• Made layout changes to improve material flow and determined the physical resource requirements for the expansion.
Manchester Plastics North York, Ontario
Project Engineer February 1988 – November 1990
• Responsibilities include cost analysis of existing and proposed facilities, major capital projects, and cost reduction initiatives, involving thermoforming and injection molding machines.
• Responsibilities included supervising outside contractors and in-house trades; purchasing equipment for various size installation and modifications; designing systems to improve and optimize existing equipment. Projects ranged from $25,000 to $1,000,000.
• Prepared and managed capital and maintenance budgets.
• Assure quality production to the parts to meet quality standards
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Industrial Engineering B. Eng.
September 1983 – February 1988
Henry Grady High School, Burlington, Ontario
Graduated 1983
SKILLS
Computer Literature - Windows 2000 and XP, Microsoft Office, AutoCAD 2000, Microsoft Visio, MP2, ProWorx NXT, RS Logix 500, Visual Basic
REFERENCES
Personal and Professional References Available Upon Request
Sample Resume in .pdf format
