First of all I'd just like to thank everyone for their suggestions and will now address all of them, I've updated my Resume and put it as a PDF file.
It's a great start! Personally, I would look for a different format. I'm not really a huge fan of it, but that could just be me :). The bars are a bit clunky and the date ranges don't align with them.
Also, I would suggest adding either a link or a QR code to your LinkedIn page and remove the "Objective" section. Those really aren't a thing anymore from my understanding.
I wish you best in your career search!
Several people mentioned they didn't like the look of my headings and suggested a plain version, so after some thought I switched back to a plain text centered, bolded and bigger than the surrounding text.
I've never considered adding my LinkedIn URL directly to my Resume, I assumed if any of the company's were interested they would just Google me. Since I've added an artificial middle name it's easy to search me up.
Looks pretty good! I agree with APBio that the objective section doesn't add any real value. Definitely leave that off if you'll be submitting a cover letter as well.
The bars break up the sections but they don't look modern enough to justify the waste of ink it would take to print this. I would just center the section names. Also I didn't see a GPA listed. I know that GPA is not a perfect indicator of future performance but many recruiters will want to see that and if you don't have it listed they'll just throw it out. I only mention that because it looks like you haven't been out of Uni all that long.
Also why did you put bullet points under the Part-time security guard? Certainly your job responsibilities increased when you became full time, mention that! For your security guard descriptions it sounds like you're filtering the information to only include what you think the reader will care about. That's a fair assumption but give one actual bullet about what you did. Did you work days, nights? HOW did you help customers and coworkers? Were you the one who always knew the way around the shop? Did you prevent any break-ins or thefts? Surely something of note happened. Find a way to describe those things in just a few short sentences!
I'm afraid my GPA was nothing particular special being 3.2, if you think it wise I'll include it but seeing as it's not particularly high I don't think it's the best of ideas.
I worked nights, but I'm a construction night guard now so if anything my responsibility decreased actually.
From what the construction workers tell me, I'm unusually alert for long periods of time but I'm not sure how to list that to be honest.
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Good luck!
I haven't checked it out before, but I'll make sure to do so.
A few minor things -
The education section lists most recent first then older. The experience lists oldest first then most recent. I would start with the most recent.
Play up Quickbooks experience, in the US, this is a very common software that tons of companies use. Don't say "did" journal entries. You either posted, composed, created, or booked them. Did you create financial statements using the info in QB?
I agree with others that the black bars aren't a great look.
I've changed the order.
Changed the wording of my Quickbook experience
I am a controller with 20 years of experience and have reviewed lots of entry level accounting resumes. I agree with everything above.
you don't need your street address on your resume. Listing your Toronto, ON lets me know if you are a local candidate or not.
Drop the objective unless it really adds value. I will know you are looking for an accounting internship if you have applied to a job posting for one.
How did you get quickbooks experience? Is this from a class or a job?
It looks like you completed 2 programs at Seneca? I would list the school first once and the 2 degrees next then the bullet points. GPA for each program would help if it was good-great.
Similar with the work experience. Just list IGI once with dates from Aug-2013 to present. If you were doing the same work the whole time I would not care about full time or part time, especially if its not work related to the position advertised.
Cover letter looks well written.
Good luck. If you are looking to add more skills I would suggest learning some SQL coding or excel macros. Being an accountant that does not rely on IT to create a report or who can deal with lots of data is a great differentiator.
I got my Quickbooks experience from personal experimentation actually. We did a project that was around 40 hours of work on Sage Simple Accounting, and one of the things my professor suggested was that we try using the experience we got from the project to try other Accounting software. I messed around with Quickbooks and found it to be fairly similar with most of the things I learned applying to both. I list Quickbooks because it's a lot more well known.
I'd love to learn some more skills so thank for mentioning SQL coding, as I'd love to learn some programing I'm happy to have a direct field to work on.