1337haxor

Hey,
Going to be looking for my first real job soon. When I mean real job I mean a job where I didnt get because I knew the boss or a job where I worked for myself.
Anyways, I don't have anyone to really look over my cover letter and resume. I have shown my friends and they all say is "its good", but they are about the same age as me so I doubt they have much managerial skills to weed out potential employees.

Feel free to bad mouth, bash, & criticise anything that is out of place or wrong.


COVER LETTER
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Dear Madam or Sir:

I am interested in working with [some research lab] in a part-time position until early September of this year. I am currently a full-time student at [well known technical university in the area] majoring in information systems and working to obtain a minor in biology and business. I am looking for a computer support field technician type position that will allow me to better expand my skills and experience. As my resume indicates, I do have experience with supporting, in person, users in an office setting. With my interest in biology, I am very comfortable and enthusiastic in a research laboratory environment. Because of my combined interest, I feel equipped to make a contribution to your organization.

I hope you will give my resume careful consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
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RESUME
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Education

[some university]
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Anticipated Graduation - June 2008
Cumulative GPA: 3.76

Experience

[some small business that deals with sales of chemicals]
IT Manager November 2002 to January 2004
• Planned, deployed and managed office network, VPN and file server
• Deployed category 3 & 5 cabling for office network and telephones
• Installed PBX for office telephone system
• Setup and maintenance of content as well as website and email server equipment
• Provided support in computer use and troubleshooting

[some ecommerce site I started up]
Principle Owner August 2002 to May 2003
• Importer and reseller of light emitting diodes (LED)
• Operated personal server for website
• Marketed and sold LED's over e-commerce website

Computer Skills

• Hardware Platforms: PC, Macintosh, Apple Xserve, Sun/Cobalt RaQ
• Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional and Advanced Server, FreeBSD UNIX, Mac OS X Server, Mac OS X, Sun/Cobalt RaQ Linux
• Networking Hardware: Networking and Telephone wiring, Rack/cabinet mount equipment and servers, Sonicwall firewalls
• Networking Software: DNS, NAT, DHCP, NFS, SSH, Apache, VNC, IIS, VPN

Relevant Coursework

Information Systems Lab I: Office XP Introduction Information Systems I & II
Computer Programming A: C++ Foundations in Software: Java
Human-Computer Interaction Information Evaluation, Organization & Use
Introduction to Analysis II: Calculus

Additional Information

• [some ivy league school] Summer Program, June 2004-August 2004
• Member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, March 2004-Present
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If there is anything I should add, take out or change, please let me know.

Thanks a billion!
Robert