Hi Felix,

It was an absolute pleasure speaking with you today.

I have reviewed your resume and although it is very good, I can suggest a few tweaking that will make it look even better! I have the following suggestions regarding updating your resume, if I may, which I believe will help make it stand out and make it more marketable.

First, please add in a section at the end of each work assignment titled “technical environment”, and list out the databases, operating systems, software, etc., basically ALL technical tools that you have used at each work assignment. (This “technical environment” section should be after the bullet points on your resume that you would write under EACH position title to describe your responsibilities.) Also, please get rid of the “Objective” section – it is considered sort of obsolete now.

Second, add a "use of time" section, where you will give me a rough, big break down of the percentages of time of what you did at each job.

Third, please add sections like project scope, budget, team size, major accomplishments etc. under each role to paint a detailed picture if you have those details. Do NOT worry about the length of the resume. We can always cut it short when necessary.  

Fourth, please write both month and year to indicate the duration of each employment.

Fifth, always use bullet points to describe your major responsibilities,  and always start the bullet points with action verbs. Also, do not use active voice, for example, don’t write: “I actively configured networks” OR “I performed all aspects of planning” OR “I participated as…”. Instead, write these: “successfully configured over 50 networks….” OR “planned, strategized, and executed xyz…” OR “participated in the….” – these are just basic examples.

Action verbs: I am sure you have many action verbs in mind that you would like to use when updating your resume. If you want some variety on that, please feel free to visit:  http://career.opcd.wfu.edu/files/2011/05/Action-Verbs-for-Resumes.pdf and https://www.themuse.com/advice/185-powerful-verbs-that-will-make-your-resume-awesome.

Tense: Use present tense for current position, and past tense for all the previous roles. I think you’ve followed this throughout the resume, but please double check for any unnoticed mistakes.

Talk in numbers: Try to quantify your accomplishments as much as you can. For example, a) how much budget you’ve handled – which shows you’ve been entrusted with major financial responsibilities, also, b) if you’ve helped save money, or c) you’ve reduced the time of any process that used to take way more time before you took the project in your hand etc.

I have attached a few sample resumes to explain what kind of format I am talking about.  These are not DBA resumes, but I am sure you’ll get the idea.