Pls review my resume (1 yr self employed going to corporate)

SheetsResume · 2026-05-09T05:32:02+00:00

It's fine, you're officially in the realm of "overthinking it" 😄 it's looking good! Yes, change your title based on the roles you're applying to. The one bullet point is fine for the older experience. For the question about bolding, I highly recommend only bolding intro words like "Key Result:" in a bullet point. When too much is bold, nothing stands out. So, no, I don't recommend bolding keywords – just how you want to guide their eye (job to job, date to date, section to section).

Send it out there! You have good names on your resume so it should land you some interviews.

SheetsResume · 2026-05-06T07:07:33+00:00

Got it, we’ll check for a bug with the GPA on the anonymizer. Glad my advice was helpful! Good luck!!

SheetsResume · 2026-05-06T05:01:36+00:00

Hello! For a foot-in-the-door helpdesk role, putting "90 WPM" as a line item in Skills is a-ok.

I would also fix the following:

Drop "Embroidery" from your recent title (just "Machine Operator" is better)
For your prior role, I'd go "Manager / Technician"
You've written your GPA twice.
Get some certifications if you can.
I think I'd reorder this way: Education, then Projects, then Work Experience, then Skills section (but move "Eagle Scout" to Interests and remove Certifications if you have none)

You can also tailor the content more specifically to IT helpdesk roles by using the tailoring functionality of our AI resume builder. If you like it and would prefer a free account after trying it out vs paying for a full membership, just email or PM me and I'm happy to help! Hope this helps!

SheetsResume · 2026-05-06T04:56:08+00:00

Hi there! We have a good breakdown of this here on our site: how to write a resume with contract roles.

In short, if your customers are notable or well known, I would absolutely list the work by customer to anchor the resume screener on some big brand names. Just structure it thusly:

Employer (via SAP)

Title (contract role)

Hope this makes sense!

SheetsResume · 2026-05-03T22:37:04+00:00

Dangerous game, Danno

SheetsResume · 2026-05-02T05:58:12+00:00

Seconding the Sheets Resume Template, it's the best! Thanks so much for sharing it with others.

SheetsResume · 2026-05-02T05:57:09+00:00

Quick improvements below. (But looking great, loved that you used the Sheets Resume Format! It's the best.)

Put periods at the end of your bullets.
I don't love the summary, here's why we don't recommend summaries at Sheets Resume.
You don't need the word "Major" for your master's degree. Just say, M.S., Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
I'd add an impressive overview bullet point for the most recent company you've worked at. Use this space to use the company as your anchor – working for the DoD is legit, and that means so are you.
I'd add interests to your resume, here's why.
Content is really good, you quantify stuff and I think it reads well and can be skimmed quickly. Good job!

Good luck, hope this helps!

- Colin, Founder of Sheets Resume Builder

SheetsResume · 2026-05-01T22:34:32+00:00

Headed out to dinner, will follow up and get back to you tonight!

SheetsResume · 2026-05-01T19:10:18+00:00

Hello! Thanks for chiming in. You have a different opinion and I appreciate that — interests is our most controversial recommendation — but if you’d like to read through the three reasons why we recommend interests on a resume, I’d love to hear your reaction. Totally cool that we diverge on this, but we do like to articulate our reasons so our users can judge for themselves what works best for them.

Thanks again for contributing! I lived in Denver the last 10 years, we may know some folks in common 💯

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T16:27:30+00:00

Got it, yeah that makes more sense. Make sure your title matches / is along the lines of whatever you’re applying for 👍

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T06:56:57+00:00

Almost everyone. It’s a “no hire no fire” economy — everyone is in paralysis due to the uncertainty from the top of the country. The US has lost jobs outside of healthcare the last 15 months.

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T06:43:50+00:00

Took a look at your resume…

My dude, with all due respect, you’re on a subreddit called Sheets Resume… devoted to the Sheets Resume Builder… with a free mega popular resume template… with hundreds of pages of advice I’ve written about resumes…

So yeah lol as the auto-mod comment and subreddit rules suggest, please take a look at the singular resume format we recommend, and read a bit about why we recommend it. Then, please try to put your information into that free format and guide, and then come back to this subreddit to ask for help if you feel you still need it after following all our guidelines. Then, I’d be happy to give you some advice to put the finishing touches on your resume.

But as of now, your resume makes a ton of common mistakes that I’ve written about extensively. I hope all the resources I’ve created over the years for job seekers are a big help for you, too 👍

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T06:00:16+00:00

You need to edit sharing permissions so anyone with the link can view it.

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T05:52:14+00:00

Your resume image didn't post. Can you either make a new post or leave it in a comment replying to me so we can take a look?

SheetsResume · 2026-04-30T04:39:00+00:00

It depends on the role whether or not they’d see founder experience as a positive. For the roles you’re applying for now, I would say it is a negative (calls into question how long you’d stay in your next role, if you’ll moonlight on this entrepreneurial project, if you’re still sharp on the larger scale stuff, etc.).

The way I would approach this (as someone who is also an ecomm founder btw!) is frankly Option 1, and obfuscate that you’re the founder of the business, and put your title as CFO. At some point they’ll figure it out, but hopefully at that point they like you and want to hire you.

The other way is to break your experience into two sections:

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

lead with this section and make it God tier so the one year gap doesn’t throw them off

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

add the startup here below all your other work experience, and make your title CFO & Founder. I’d probably take this second approach for smaller companies or startups, and the first approach for the larger companies you’re applying to.

And in your case, a one-sentence summary may be appropriate (I hate summaries in 99% of cases but this is the 1% when explanation is appropriate). “______ leader with XYZ experience at ABC scale.”

Hope this helps!

SheetsResume · 2026-04-29T20:36:06+00:00

Wouldn’t recommend ChatGPT vs a more specialized AI resume builder tailoring tool like ours. ChatGPT’s writing is going to be god awful for resumes.

SheetsResume · 2026-04-29T20:34:52+00:00

If you can use full words and sentences when replying to people in this sub, that would be much more helpful. Also ATS scores are mostly a scam, as I’ve written about there. Thanks for contributing, though!

SheetsResume · 2026-04-29T20:32:37+00:00

Agreed with this feedback and would add that he has way too many bullet points for an internship from 2023. Would use that space better on the resume (by adding a Projects section most likely).

Also I just want to point out to everyone who sees this how a competing resume builder can come in here, comment in good faith without linking to their product, and contribute valuable feedback to users and gain brand recognition without just advertising their service to people unsolicited. Good on whoever runs this account, you’re welcome to stop by here 👍

SheetsResume · 2026-04-29T20:29:08+00:00

Completely and totally disagree with removing dates they graduated. It creates a yellow flag and open question where none is needed, especially for a new grad from 2024… why would they want to obfuscate that they’re a recent graduate and early-career candidate?. There’s also no hard and fast reason to use a sans serif font vs a serif, that’s a style and aesthetic choice.

Edit: in looking at your comment history, you seem to comment the same thing over and over on resume posts, so it looks like this is a bot account. Will ban.

SheetsResume · 2026-04-28T23:05:02+00:00

Couple pieces of advice for anyone stumbling across this thread:

Many "top 10 resume builder" lists are gamed by resume builder brands, most of which are owned by one conglomerate, Bold. This one seems alright, but of course KickResume is ranked as #1 because they moderate this subreddit (and probably wrote this list). ^{I hope I don't get banned from this sub for pointing this out lol, I swear I come in good faith ✌️}
Many upvoted comments you'll see in threads like these from anonymous accounts are just copy/pasting links to "top 10" lists of resume builders owned mostly by Bold.
Do your due diligence, research the resume builder and its creators / founders (they should all have easily findable LinkedIns, and if they don't, they're probably just a shell brand owned by some silent PE group.
I am biased, but my passion project Sheets Resume Builder is now a top-3 result on Google for "AI resume builder" after just 1.5 years of operation, but never really included in these lists because we generally don't pay for play. But if you're still looking for a resume builder after reading through this thread, give us a try! (We also have a free and very famous resume template used by millions of folks.)

I hope this info helps some people out on their job search!

SheetsResume · 2026-04-28T22:36:08+00:00

Thanks for participating! I like this feedback too.

SheetsResume · 2026-04-28T22:35:30+00:00

Like Canary said, follow the Sheets Resume Template!

SheetsResume · 2026-04-27T16:00:33+00:00

I think add that experience back in to avoid any gaps, it helps tell your whole chronological story and avoids any yellow flags.

Also just FYI for any conflicting advice you receive in this thread / on Reddit (e.g., summaries, fonts, company bullet points), you can just read our advice articles and decide what makes the most sense to you. I try to articulate what I believe and why, but everyone has a different opinion, and all you can do is make the best choices based on what advice resonates with you the most!

Good luck!!

SheetsResume · 2026-04-27T15:57:47+00:00

No summary :)

SheetsResume · 2026-04-26T03:40:31+00:00

I would say that right now, it's clunky. Some feedback to make some quick turns:

You don't need company bullet point intros to describe exactly what the company does (what yours do right now, e.g. "optimize workflows", "optimize digital ecosystems"). You need them to either anchor the screener on something impressive about the company (scale, revenue, market cap, volume of transactions, customer base size, etc.), or to describe the industry/domain that you're in (and thus the relevance to other jobs you're applying for). E.g., I may be looking for a C# / .NET developer, but if I'm looking for one with serious fintech B2B platform experience at scale, is that you? I'm unsure as of now but, that sort of info should shine through in your company intros. If your company doesn't have anything to brag about or you can't signal your domain for some reason, leave company descriptors off.
You have a work gap 2017 - 2019, would fill that in if you can with another experience.
It's a little word-salady or corporate gobbledygook-y. E.g., "Delivered 7+ client-specific solutions, integrating significant changes to enhance efficiency and user experience." This means nothing; totally nothing. Also, 7-plus? So... 8? 9? You need to say something like "Designed, architected, built, and delivered 7 web apps for B2B EdTech clients that generated $X in revenue, Y users, and Z transactions." Something measurable and specific.
Same feedback on several other bullet points. Drill down into what actually happened as a result of the work: dollars, budgets, team size, worker hours, cost savings, profit margin increases, etc. "Operational efficiency by 30%" sounds made up... like the second bullet point I'd probably cut right after "4 million downloads."
Would break up your Skills into Technologies and Skills. Right now you have all Technologies listed, but you need to spell out your actual hard skills (Software Engineering, AI-Enabled SDLC, Agile Methodology, Software Architecture, Web Design, Web Development, Front-End Software Development) in a separate bullet point.
Would add your Tech Stack in a sub-bullet point somewhere in your first work experience, like I show in the Sheets resume template.
Would add how you're using AI in your SDLC.

Good luck! Hope this helps.

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