Just as a general observation, unless you have done so already, re-save the resume as a new Word file. This way, all editing information and the potential for related oopses will removed.

Thanks for the tip. I recall reading that someplace as well at some point. Done.

I guess I never realized that http://www.animelinks.com was your site. I have been there many times.

It used to be, yes. Here’s a screenshot from when we closed it down:

Yeah I used the Way Back Machine to look at it through the years. http://www.archive.org
Same with casualotaku.com.

Good luck Les!  I too am in your shoes...well kinda.  I’m job hunting in the IT secter but unlike you I have little experience as I’m just finishing school.  So here’s good luck to us both!

Some points that I thought I might mention about your resume.

It seems that your achievements is mixed up with your hobbies. Your achievements should go to your objectives. Also, perhaps this is just a style issue but is it wise to start off the objective section with “I wish.” Perhaps a more assertive and to the point statement of “To secure ...”

Also it seems that your resume is a block of words. Perhaps your could use a table for the qualifications part. Two simple column with the left hand side column being more narrow and a simple few word summary and the right hand column the expansion:
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|XP, Linux | 13 years experience ...|
|Unix, etc |
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You could also bold the left hand column. It makes it easier to read as people often read from left to right.

Having said that, you should not take what I say too seriously as my experience in looking for job I believe is quite different from most people.

Hmm. I’ve run the resume past a lot of people here at work that do interviews on a regular basis and it’s the result of their collective input. But thanks for criticizing it publicly. I’m sure that’ll help my job search.

Why so plain? Spice it up a bit by changing the font to Georgia instead of the default Times new Roman.

Actually, I didn’t use Times New Roman. I used Garamond. If you don’t have Garamond on your system, though, then it’ll default to Times New Roman.

Ooops sorry. You could delete my post if you want to!