Reply To: Just another trainee looking for his first break

Thanks for the reply raysheilds. I’m not very savy with forums or any other form of on-line comms……guess you could say I’m a little behind the internet power curve. I was thinking that employers would appreciate the fact that I was loyal to my employer spending so many years there. My resume reflects that ,along with all of the certifications that I received from the ROV school. Should I focus more on the electrical experience that I received from the military and Law Enforcement schools that I attended to become a Bomb Technician on the bomb squad? My resume was condensed from three pages to one page by the instructors at the school. Their opinion about resumes is that it needs to be short and sweet because employers don’t have time to flip through three pages . Thanks

Two pages is fine, it doesnt have to be one page. See the FAQs (link on the left hand side in the FAQs)on How To Layout Your CV.

They will not consider your loyalty. They will consider your technical ability. You are being asked to operate and maintain up to millions of $$sworth of equipment, you have to be technically competent to do this.

As I said, it has been quite some time since you did these qualifications, so they may not think they are relevant anymore.