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[Programmers]

I posted a link to it before, but it was broken. I've sorted all that now, and give it a redesign while I was at it.

My Portfolio

Any opinions, feedback, constructive critasism would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Tom.

[Matheus]

2 things: your website is too plain, you need like a background and some image, maybe icons at your homepage. give it life:
and your slogan is a copy of pixel 2 life one. think about something else

[greg]

Although the design isn't jaw-dropping, there's nothing wrong about it, so I don't have much to say on it.

The content, however, could use some improvement. For instance, you keep starting every paragraph in your portfolio with, "Here is..." It's pointless and repetitive; get rid of it.

Also, your resume could use a lot of improvement. Just from a glance:

To be honest, nobody cares about your high school grades. Employers won't say, "Oh, he received a 'C' in cooking! He's the perfect candidate!" Speaking of which... Why is your cooking grade on your design resume?

No offense, but your grades aren't that good to begin with, so I don't understand why you'd want to include them in your resume. Get rid of the grades and classes... Just saying which high school you went to and which diploma you received (if anything other than a usual diploma) is enough.

The job descriptions are far too long. They should be a few sentences, max. They should be to the point and in third person, there should be no "I" in there.

Also, you should only include relevant experience! Why would anybody looking for a designer care about the fact that you worked at a food bar? They don't; so don't include it.

Same goes for your hobbies and interests... Make it short and to the point. Yours is like reading a biography book. Just list your hobbies and interests, seperated by keywords. That's it. Don't write an autobiography.

You should also include a section titled "Skills." This is where you write what you're familiar with (XHTML, MySQL databases, etc.) and any languages you're fluent in (other than English).

And finally, the contact info should be at the very top of a resume, not at the very bottom.

Try to find out if your school offers resume-writing workshops or classes--most schools do. It's really helpful, and you'll need it down the line.

Edited by greg, 22 September 2006 - 12:22 PM.

[Illinifan91]

its alrgiht a little basic though. make it a little brighter and more colorfull.

[d2Squared]

I like the simple design. The resume is a bit too long man, as greg said, who cares? lol.

[Programmers]

Thanks everyone.

That was some superb advice Greg, thank you. I'm going to sort that out right now. Thanks again. =) I appreciate it.

[cigraphics]

nice design good job

[Programmers]

Thank you. =D

[GCORE]

Not a biggy,
But on your "Portfolio" sections make the pictures links aswell as the titles of the catagories and items.

Viewers are like moths, they'll click on the bright things, especially if they're images.

It's not exactly going to deter people from not finding a way to that section, but it does make life a lot easier and takes out the hassle!

- Adam

[Programmers]

Ace advice. Thanks, I'll sort that.