I too worked for a small company that got bought by a big company. You really have to focus on the two most important points of your resume: here’s what I can do for you and here’s how I can prove it. For the what you can do part focus on projects. Talk about what you’ve done that’s really impressive. Focus on the stuff you really liked. If you’re excited you’ll make other people excited.

Talking about the companies where you’ve worked is how you prove it. It lends credibility to your claims. I would skip mentioning promotions, just talk about your last job title and your accomplishments.

As for switching and coming back to a company I would just be honest. The fact that your previous company wanted you back is a recommendation for you. It means someone worked with you and wanted to do more of it.

The consulting is a different matter. Selling yourself as a consultant is really different from selling yourself as an employee. You the consult are selling a productized version of you. The sell is “hire me and you’ll get good professional service that is easier than hiring someone.” For that a resume is probably the wrong document. There I would use a sales approach and just talk about what you can do for someone. The other companies you’ve worked for are clients and references. Sell them on how you can help.

I wouldn’t suggest this for coders, which I’m assuming you are because of all my SlashDot traffic recently, but graphic designers get really creative with their resumes. You should check out the The Steve Stevenson Challenge. This is a “contest” where 10 different graphic designers created a resume for the same fictional person. The last one actually does use a timeline.

I hope this helps and good luck.

Seriously, I seem to have no choice but to group things by employer, which puts the titles at a second level… and less prominent. Thoughts?

Jon

Gentium is also lack a accompanying sans and I didn’t trust myself to pick a good font match. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a typography snob.

http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium

• Including your URL in the resume is a great idea, but you should make it look like a link.
• I would make your contact area left aligned and ragged right. It is easier to read.
• Watch out for custom fonts. Not everyone has Beteckna and the @font-face tags isn’t supported in all browsers.
• For a web page I would put some type of border around the resume. On a large screen there is a lot of white space. You could use a stylesheet just for print to take the border away.
• Your line spacing in the sidebar doesn’t quite match the spacing of your main paragraphs.

I hope this helps.

The experience line is lined up with the grid for the document in accordance with vertical rhythm. At least, I think it is. I’ll check it out.

A couple comments and a question.

C1) I think there’s too much space between “G” and “r” in your name in the heading, especially when compared to the space before. The “G” should be clearly associated to the “r”, not the preceding “k”.

C2) I think you should add more vertical space before “EXPERIENCE”, just like with the other two small-caps section headlines. You can steal the space from the footer.

Q: How come your resume does not mention any academic work or degrees? Do you think it’s not required with your experience?

I’ve also heard the advice about leaving off the references line. I kept it in because I had the space and for the old world charm of it.