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Stylistically, I would make your contact info occupy 1 or 2 lines max, makes it much neater in my opinion. Not too keen on left align in profile, either.

fore fill = fulfil!
Unbold "2nd place"

I also think you need to break up the work place / job bit. i.e. not bold, bold.
 
Thanks very much for your input mate :)

Done what you suggested (including fulfil :p sorry xD ))

With the alignment do you mean maybe make it centrally aligned just for that section?
Cheers!
 
OK, lets roll. Bold are my comments:

Personal Profile


Having recently remove 'recently' .. makes it seem like you have little experience in industrycompleted my HND in Technical Support I know thatremove 'I know that I have a sufficientchange 'sufficient' to 'good' knowledge base and a desire to learn more about the IT field 'IT field is not specific enoughwhich will allow me to fulfil contine fulfilling my aim of becoming a network administrator.
I have proven myself to be a committed, hard working and highly motivated individual I am proven to be a ... otherwise sounds like you've just put those values on to yourself....
Furthermore my excellent organisational and communication skills combine well with my pro active attitude and attention to detail, along with my proven ability to learn new skills and develop existing skills This sentence is too long. Reword, so you can put a full stop after 'detail'.

Key Skills


Worked with Windows operating system, XP, Vista & Windows 7 for many years. How many? Also reads badly. XP IS a Windows operating system, so why have you listed them as two different things?


2 Years Windows Server 2003 Experience.


Currently studying towards my MCITP: Server Administrator and MCITP: Desktop Support Technician 7 certifications. When completing? expected result (hint: you are expecting to get top marks)


Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite including 2007 and 2010 At interview they'll ask you about some of the differences between the two probably. Do you know how to answer?


Proficient with Networking, Hardware setups and Maintenance in varying levels Get rid of 'in varying levels' as it effectively destroys the whole sentence. I'm probably sufficient at communicating with dolphins 'in varying levels'.


Intermediate knowledge of VB .Net


Familiar with Linux distributions and scripting Hope you can answer technical questions on it then! :)

Work History


Arthur McKay, Loanhead Jan 2011 - Feb 2011
Voluntary Work Experience Get rid of the word voluntary .. if they don't ask, they don't need to know. Saying 'you had to work for free' is effectively putting yourself down
During the work placement get rid of the word 'placement'. If they don't ask, they don't need to know I got to experience add 'working in line 1, 2 and 3 support, working with a multi site business. My placement was spent supporting the employees with any technical issues, backing up the company servers via a tape system and working with an online based support desk system.



Sea.fari Adventures Forth, North Berwick Aug 2008 - Sep 2010
Shore Manager
Duties included the supplying of customers with kit, touting touting? Isn't this the art of trying to force a sale on someone thats not really interested? Eugh! remove it, maintaining the security of customers to and from the boat, liaising with the skipper and management and organising private trips for customers. Did you even SEE a computer during your time there -- if you did .. THATS what you should be writing about (with significant exageration)
This was a seasonal post only Get rid of this sentence - it does nothing to big you up so whats the point in it being here?

Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick Feb 2009 - Jul 2009
Voluntary Work Experience Get rid of word volunteer
I volunteered to work on the computer side of the company Due to my IT capabilities I was chosen to work within the IT department. During my time at the centre I helped install remote web cameras on the coastal islands for visitors to see the wildlife Get rid of 'for visitors to see the wildlife. Who cares why you did it .. they just want to know that you can, and did, do it. Instead use the space to write about what an amazing success YOUR part of the project wasalong with maintaining the streaming web site video feeds How did it go? Perfectly yea? Well say so, including the fact you spent extra hours ENSURING the project was a success!. The Scottish Seabird Centre is a world class remote viewing tourist attraction. Who cares? Delete sentence
Education & Training


Jewel and Esk College, Edinburgh Jul 2011
HND Technical Support - Gaining an A grade in my End of Year Project Just change this to 'Grade: A'

Jewel and Esk College, Edinburgh Jul 2010
HNC Computing - Gaining an A grade in my End of Year Exam I'd just write 'Grade: A'

Additional Information


Interests & Hobbies
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with friends, going to the cinema, online gaming in which I host and maintain multiple gaming server typo. serverS and playing golf.
I also enjoy testing and troubleshooting new ideas on my own multi platform home network which I have built. Put the network stuff first - its most relevent

Driving Licence: Full / UK Clean? If so .. write that fact

Other Relevant Information
I Achieved 2nd place in the World Skills UK 2011 Microsoft IT Technician Competition Scottish Heat. Excellent. So good maybe should be further up the CV (somewhere)

I have excellent communication and problem solving skills, time management and working to deadlines within a working environment.

References


Available upon request


With all your work history -- go on about ANYTHING you did with IT. Less about 'visitors looked at wild birds' - more about 'Used the customer ordering system to facilitate and organise IT trading' (in other words .. used the cash register on occasion
 
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Woah that's an amazing amount of detail you've put in there Brit.

All of the points you have made make perfect sence and I will get to make them correct.
I looks forward to seeing you communicate with dolphins :p

Thanks very much mate :)
 
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