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Resume Format - Example of Skills Section for a Software Engineer
Resume Format - Skills Section

by Laura Schneider
for About.com

When you format your resume, it is important to keep it well organized. Keeping the resume format well organized will increase the interest your resume generates. Following is an example of a well organized skills section of a resume I reviewed recently. This particular candidate is a senior software engineer.

Technical Expertise:

Languages: C# .NET, C/C++, Java, Python, PERL

SQL/Databases: ANSI SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle 9i/10g, Sybase ASE, MySQL

Mobile Platforms: Windows Mobile 5.5, Microsoft .NET CF 2.0, Palm OS 5, J2M BlackBerry (RIM)

Desktop Platforms: Windows XP 32/64 Professional

Server-Side Platforms: Solaris 10 UNIX, Red Hat Linux

Java-Frameworks: J2EE Web Stack, JSP/Servlets, EJB, Struts, Java RMI

Web-Programming Front-End: Client-Side JavaScript, Ajax, JSP, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, GWT, DOM

Software-IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Eclipse

Financial Software: Murex, Calypso

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