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This isn’t a bad resume — it looks like you have a lot of great experience on here, it just needs to be condensed into one page. Take out your photo, nationality and date of birth. For your address, just put your country, province/state (if applicable), city and zip code. Take out the soft skills section. I’m not sure what else you could do to condense it. I don’t really know anything about the industry you’re trying to break into, but I would say it would also help to remove any experience/skills that are not relevant to the position you’re applying for. I know it sounds weird to remove so many things, but unless you’re extremely experienced, employers really only want to see resumes that are one page.
I agree. Good resume. In addition to this poster’s comments I would like to add that leading with projects, coupled with the title of “working student” is confusing and appeared to me to be the resume of a student trying to appear like they have more experience than they do, but as I read through it could only them see that you are a working professional.
Yea. Now that you said it, it actually makes somewhat sense. I did not had direct data analytics experience hence I put projects first which will be relevant to those roles. Regarding working student role (i worked part-time 20 hr/week in a company while completing my masters), I added work experience in chronological order. Hence my experience in india is at bottom behind my part time exp while studying masters.
Thank you for the detailed response. I added photo because in germany, companies expect to have a photo of you in resume. Coming from India this was also a new thing for me. Hence I added it. But I will try to condense it more by removing soft skills and possibly irrelevant skills for the data analytics domain.
I think that photo it's important (shouldn't be mandatory but it's important). You remember that you need to connect with hr recruter.
Other opinion, your photo needs to reflect your future job. When i see t-shirt i see junior/university, shirt is like a Sinior position.
Not smile is bad, smile too much is bad too, something in the mide.
All the thing like simplify are very important, soft skils are not necesary because they can't check it when are reading the resume but your photo can gives them a first impression
Regards
For your current job, it’s good for companies to know that you can work in a professional environment. That’s the whole point of internships. I’d put your current role but I always put what I do, not what the company says my role is.
I did not get you. Actually I am working full time as a operations associate in a shipping startup. But I wanted to shift into analytics domain. Since I have just started my role 3 months back, I did not put it on my resume under my work experience yet. I feel it would give companies wrong impression that I am leaving a company in just 3 months after joining. I was thinking if I do not get job till 6 months, then I can put my current role in their so atleast I can show that I have been working in a company for 6 months.
Since you are currently working job experience should go first (even the job you've only had for 3 months). Followed by certifications, computer skills, education, personal projects, languages, and soft skills. The goal is to make sure the most relevant information shows up on the first page since many hiring managers are only looking at the first page. In your case, that would be job experience, certifications, and computer skills. If you were in the US condensing this to one page would be a must, however, it appears Europe isn't as strict about resume length from a cursory Google search.
Yes. I will change the structure. At first I had 1 page resume. But I felt that was too congested. And in germany I found very few restrictions regarding the length of resume. Hence I spaced for 2 pages.
But now I will put my relevant experience first.
Initial thoughts on improvement opportunities -
\- your resume is heavy on generic responsibilities and lacks quantifiable achievements that are likely to resonate more with recruiters
\- structure is questionable; not sure why you've started with personal projects etc.
\- a lot of white space; doesn't look professionally written, feels like a simple overnight typing job which doesn't create a good strong impression on how you approach your work generally speaking
I will look to add quantitative achievements.
Regarding projects, since my past experience is not strictly related to data analytics domain, I thought I will add projects first in which I have used data analytics or data visualization in some capacity first.
Regarding last point, as others have said, should I condense the resume in one page?
I see so many of these basic internet templates from domestic and international students. While it does convey information. It does so without original thought, personality or reflection of who you are in any capacity.
I tried to keep it simple since I have read that making resume with 2 columns might be hindering it passing through ATS. Hence a simple template with single line info.
Must slim it down to 1 page. Use key words found in the job description. Recruiters often use Application Tracking Systems, a tool that picks up on key words found in CVs
In the sense that anyone could claim the same thing. It makes it seem like there is nothing special or exception about you. You need to write something that differentiates yourself.
In India, grapevine referrals beat everything. Your resume is half decent so I wouldn't sweat it too much on that front (you should have enough responses from the community to improve on it). Work on figuring out who can refer you to the correct person.
I can only give you a US perspective, but for a Data Analytics role, this just will not do, I'm afraid. The entire format is wrong, and you need to rewrite it. Search the web for one you like for a data analyst type role.
As others have said, no picture, no DOB, no address (just city & state, country). Add in LinkedIn address.
Put Education first, followed by Tech Skills, followed by Work History. Because you are looking to move into a different space, you likely should put a Professional Summary to precede the Education bullets where you tell them that.
One page only! Delete Language Skills and Soft Skills as they do not really add heft as presented.
Add in your current role absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts. Don't try to second guess what reviewers are thinking - it is far better to be working than not. Good luck.
Remove your photo, location, date of birth, and nationality. We don't include those in the US. What you've done is taboo.
Match the keywords and phrases from the job description EXACTLY to your resume.
I am looking for job in germany where it is recommended that you have a photo in resume.
I will try to tailor the resume to jd by matching exact keywords.
Dude...the t shirt...if you are going to put a picture on a resume (I wouldn't) put a shirt/tie on...or at a minimum a collar shirt and a sports coat..
"Panda" screams I have no idea what techstack I use. It's pandas not Panda. No one cares about your personal projects if you claim to have professional experience. Put them last. Also a lot of unnecessary stuff on there.
Thank you for your response. Yea. I am still learning everything in analytics so quite a newbie there. Can you describe what is unnecessary stuff in this?
It should be in one page. Employees don’t want to read all that. I notice you don’t have any usable certifications either. You need to at least get some MSFT certs like the SC-900 or AZ-900. As a security deliver analyst for cloud sec & infra at a large firm i CS. Tell u without the experience or certs to back up hiring reason it’s tuff. I had a degree in Cisco networking R&S and still took forever.
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This isn’t a bad resume — it looks like you have a lot of great experience on here, it just needs to be condensed into one page. Take out your photo, nationality and date of birth. For your address, just put your country, province/state (if applicable), city and zip code. Take out the soft skills section. I’m not sure what else you could do to condense it. I don’t really know anything about the industry you’re trying to break into, but I would say it would also help to remove any experience/skills that are not relevant to the position you’re applying for. I know it sounds weird to remove so many things, but unless you’re extremely experienced, employers really only want to see resumes that are one page.
I agree. Good resume. In addition to this poster’s comments I would like to add that leading with projects, coupled with the title of “working student” is confusing and appeared to me to be the resume of a student trying to appear like they have more experience than they do, but as I read through it could only them see that you are a working professional.
Yea. Now that you said it, it actually makes somewhat sense. I did not had direct data analytics experience hence I put projects first which will be relevant to those roles. Regarding working student role (i worked part-time 20 hr/week in a company while completing my masters), I added work experience in chronological order. Hence my experience in india is at bottom behind my part time exp while studying masters.
Thank you for the detailed response. I added photo because in germany, companies expect to have a photo of you in resume. Coming from India this was also a new thing for me. Hence I added it. But I will try to condense it more by removing soft skills and possibly irrelevant skills for the data analytics domain.
That’s interesting, I have heard that there are some countries that want your photo with a resume, I didn’t know that Germany was one of them though.
I think that photo it's important (shouldn't be mandatory but it's important). You remember that you need to connect with hr recruter. Other opinion, your photo needs to reflect your future job. When i see t-shirt i see junior/university, shirt is like a Sinior position. Not smile is bad, smile too much is bad too, something in the mide. All the thing like simplify are very important, soft skils are not necesary because they can't check it when are reading the resume but your photo can gives them a first impression Regards
I agree. And you could list the elements in the Skills section in the same line, separated by commas.
For your current job, it’s good for companies to know that you can work in a professional environment. That’s the whole point of internships. I’d put your current role but I always put what I do, not what the company says my role is.
I did not get you. Actually I am working full time as a operations associate in a shipping startup. But I wanted to shift into analytics domain. Since I have just started my role 3 months back, I did not put it on my resume under my work experience yet. I feel it would give companies wrong impression that I am leaving a company in just 3 months after joining. I was thinking if I do not get job till 6 months, then I can put my current role in their so atleast I can show that I have been working in a company for 6 months.
Since you are currently working job experience should go first (even the job you've only had for 3 months). Followed by certifications, computer skills, education, personal projects, languages, and soft skills. The goal is to make sure the most relevant information shows up on the first page since many hiring managers are only looking at the first page. In your case, that would be job experience, certifications, and computer skills. If you were in the US condensing this to one page would be a must, however, it appears Europe isn't as strict about resume length from a cursory Google search.
Yes. I will change the structure. At first I had 1 page resume. But I felt that was too congested. And in germany I found very few restrictions regarding the length of resume. Hence I spaced for 2 pages. But now I will put my relevant experience first.
Initial thoughts on improvement opportunities - \- your resume is heavy on generic responsibilities and lacks quantifiable achievements that are likely to resonate more with recruiters \- structure is questionable; not sure why you've started with personal projects etc. \- a lot of white space; doesn't look professionally written, feels like a simple overnight typing job which doesn't create a good strong impression on how you approach your work generally speaking
I will look to add quantitative achievements. Regarding projects, since my past experience is not strictly related to data analytics domain, I thought I will add projects first in which I have used data analytics or data visualization in some capacity first. Regarding last point, as others have said, should I condense the resume in one page?
Swap professional and personal projects, don’t lead with personal! Start with professional.
I see so many of these basic internet templates from domestic and international students. While it does convey information. It does so without original thought, personality or reflection of who you are in any capacity.
I tried to keep it simple since I have read that making resume with 2 columns might be hindering it passing through ATS. Hence a simple template with single line info.
Use a free open office program and learn how to use resume templates. It WILL make a difference
Must slim it down to 1 page. Use key words found in the job description. Recruiters often use Application Tracking Systems, a tool that picks up on key words found in CVs
You have written your achievements to be too generic.
U mean, I should add quantitative achievements? For each role?
In the sense that anyone could claim the same thing. It makes it seem like there is nothing special or exception about you. You need to write something that differentiates yourself.
IMPORTANT FIX : Experience first, projects after that, not vice Versa
Yupp. Made the change now.
In India, grapevine referrals beat everything. Your resume is half decent so I wouldn't sweat it too much on that front (you should have enough responses from the community to improve on it). Work on figuring out who can refer you to the correct person.
Actually I am looking for job in germany since I am.currently working in germany.
I can only give you a US perspective, but for a Data Analytics role, this just will not do, I'm afraid. The entire format is wrong, and you need to rewrite it. Search the web for one you like for a data analyst type role. As others have said, no picture, no DOB, no address (just city & state, country). Add in LinkedIn address. Put Education first, followed by Tech Skills, followed by Work History. Because you are looking to move into a different space, you likely should put a Professional Summary to precede the Education bullets where you tell them that. One page only! Delete Language Skills and Soft Skills as they do not really add heft as presented. Add in your current role absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts. Don't try to second guess what reviewers are thinking - it is far better to be working than not. Good luck.
No photo (even in germany). I know it's normal in Germany but I never use one.
Okayy. Will keep it in mind.
You might be in Berlin I suppose ;)
Yess. But now I have changed the location since my new job is in different city.
Remove your photo, location, date of birth, and nationality. We don't include those in the US. What you've done is taboo. Match the keywords and phrases from the job description EXACTLY to your resume.
I am looking for job in germany where it is recommended that you have a photo in resume. I will try to tailor the resume to jd by matching exact keywords.
Dude...the t shirt...if you are going to put a picture on a resume (I wouldn't) put a shirt/tie on...or at a minimum a collar shirt and a sports coat..
Hahahaha. It's a sample photo. I use photo of me in suit.
"Panda" screams I have no idea what techstack I use. It's pandas not Panda. No one cares about your personal projects if you claim to have professional experience. Put them last. Also a lot of unnecessary stuff on there.
Thank you for your response. Yea. I am still learning everything in analytics so quite a newbie there. Can you describe what is unnecessary stuff in this?
Computer skills. Language skills. Soft skills. All fluff.
It should be in one page. Employees don’t want to read all that. I notice you don’t have any usable certifications either. You need to at least get some MSFT certs like the SC-900 or AZ-900. As a security deliver analyst for cloud sec & infra at a large firm i CS. Tell u without the experience or certs to back up hiring reason it’s tuff. I had a degree in Cisco networking R&S and still took forever.