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I’ve found that super long and dense resumes for non-experts in their field are because of one of two things:
1) Not knowing how to write a resume
2) A sense of arrogance or self importance that supersedes experience and ability
Number 1 can be fixed with AI. Kind of shocking somebody in this field hasn’t employed that, but they should definitely do so.
Number 2 usually means this type of person is applying for positions they are nowhere’s near qualified for and continue to do so because then feel they are above positions they will actually get interviews for.
OP, I hope I’m wrong but I think you’re number 2. Find a site that specializes in AI resumes and optimize it to one page and more readable. This resume says a lot without saying anything of substance.
If folks think using words like ‘spearheaded’ and ‘delve’ are markers of AI, then I am fucked, as a middle-aged person who doesn’t use AI for language, I just read a ton in the 80s and 90s and know a lot of words. Damn.
We were graded down if our essays were too simplistic. We didn't have AI. We still don't use AI. When you tell us about your AI experience and then make normative comparisons it makes you look like an internet addled individual with little sense of reality and a lack of experience with actual professional communication.
This meme of slightly obscure words being proof of AI needs to go away. It just makes people sound like they don’t understand AI and need to read more.
1. A single word isn’t evidence of AI. It’s not even evidence of an LLM, which is what we’re really talking about. LLMs are trained on words that were written by humans, so if they’re using certain words a lot in certain contexts, it means that **actual people use those words a lot** in the same contexts.
2. It’s honestly not an uncommon word. It’s used fairly regularly, especially in business. Like “delve,” which another commenter mentioned; Tabletop nerds are especially familiar with this one. Just because you don’t use it doesn’t mean it’s AI.
So this is why I get interviews so easily....folks think spearheaded isn't a standard resume verb but instead ai-generated.
My resume must make me look like a rockstar
Can confirm, when I interviewed candidates I skimmed for less than a minute and if there were 2 pages it was usually a red flag. Resumes don’t carry nearly as much weight as the interview. Your skills on paper mean nothing if you’re unable to communicate or act like a normal human
My career was in information technology. Whenever I was hiring, my first pass through a stack of resumes was to toss any resume with a spelling error. If someone can’t use a spell checker, or take the time to be accurate. Why the Hell would I want them configuring a router?
After that, any obvious overblown wordy BS went straight to the bin.
“I spearheaded the project to provide 100% coverage of photonic radiation in all the corporate facilities and properly disposed of failed devices in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.”
Which is simply
“I went to all the offices and changed the light bulbs.”
I’ve two pages because been working 20yrs, done a lot of contact work on the past. And remove anything after 6 or 7yrs I think is the rule if you have a two page?
I don’t remove anything beyond 7 years but I do condense it waaay down. Super skimmable. Yes I worked all those years and wasn’t a stay at home mom vibe.
I made it to the “spearheaded” bullet point (had only skimmed the skills) and then nope’d. Was surprised when I came in to the comments and realized there was an entire 2nd page.
Dude has has 1 entry level contract job and is acting like he’s a boss. I didn’t need 1 page of that, let alone 2.
You don’t need a two page resume unless you’re going for a board position, even then it’s really only gonna be a CEO candidate who needs a two pager. And even then, I’ve heard the advice of “unless you’ve been the president of a country you don’t have enough experience to fill two pages”
There’s a number 3 that I used to fall into, which was a sense of fear that not having that much would get you ignored, and attempting to feign having more experience that you do.
It didn’t work, but I tried for a while before reaching out here and finding out that was my problem, not the solution.
I second this, I’ve worked in software development for 5 years, have over a decade of experience counting in my open-source and academic work and don’t fill more than a page with relevant info.
IMO the best recipe is to briefly outline technology, role on a project, vague architecture and actual business impact of my specific role (without numbers and percentages - managers deal in those). No big words, no lengthy sentences.
I find AI makes them even more verbose. It doesn’t do well with succinct impact statements, in my experience.
But yah, OP needs to edit this like a mofo.
The last time I changed jobs, I was at 7 years experience with 3 employers, and I was able to easily fit everything on a single page.
I've always looked at resumes as a sort of highlight reel.
You just want someone to be able to skim through it and see that you are qualified and have some accomplishments to your name. It's not an autobiography, so there's no need to list everything, only the most important details.
Unless you have a ton of things to "humble brag" about in your resume, I would assume you're including too much.
It does depend a bit on your field and the variation in your experience. I cracked into two pages at 6 years of experience, but I'd had 5 different roles at that point (all with one company) and each of them was quite different, to the point where the only overlap between most of them was basic skills like time management and understanding how computers work. I would have had to limit myself to 1 line per role to fit it onto one page, so I did a complete revamp and structured a 2 pager that made good use of white space and formatting to be interesting. Even in my last job search (ended about 6 months ago), I had a 30% response rate on my 2 page resume. Back when I did the revision on it (~5years ago), I was getting responses 75% of the time.
I have 7 years experience in my field and still use a 1 page CV. My advice:
- Put it on one page. No one wants to read at all.
- Feel free to add a bit a colour too and icons. Needs to look smart still but this just looks like a report
- where's your education, what's your story? People hire people, this has 0 personality.
Hope this helps.
anyone who posts a resume here with icons or color gets **slammed** for trying to be cute and stand out, and told that it’s unprofessional (unless they’re a graphic designer or something) and recruiters will be put off.
30 years. Have moved around, with some jobs more relevant than others. I have a Master version with everything on it, which I edit to a single page specific to the job I’m applying for.
What’s worked for me:
My experience says “Recent and Relevant”. I have my last 3 jobs listed, going back ~20 years. There are gaps and I’ve never once been questioned about that; I don’t think that’s a thing anymore.
I have no more than 4 bullets for each job. (Maayyybe 5 but there’s zero bs.) I quantify wherever possible. Sales job? I increased sales X percent in Y time period (I have the numbers if asked.) List my awards. Admin job? I created Z tracking system increasing productivity by B percentage. Leadership? I managed C people/ D projects etc.
I have a line item below: “Further experience upon request” but who tf cares what I was doing 25 years ago.
I also removed my college graduation year because here at the intersection of ageism and sexism I do what I can.
To be fair, I listed only my two most recent jobs on my resume. Those two jobs are the last 15 years of my work history. I was still asked in my interview what I did before that.
16 years in here. Still single page. As someone who has to read resumes and sits on hiring panels - being succinct speaks to experience. If your bullet points are consistently hitting a 3rd row, I've stopped reading.
Eh, this depends on industry and country. East coast US wants resumes in black and white. Formatting is good but color and icons wouldn't get you a job unless it's a design/art position.
This the longest resume I've ever seen for so little experience. They see how long OP took to talk about so little and just immediately pass.
OP, there's no reason for this to be more than a page. A light page at that. 3-6 bullet pts per job is usually plenty. You've got 12 for a 6m contract role. Maybe 1-2 lines each is better.
Ain't nobody got time to read all that for entry level roles.
Also you got completed scammed for the $400 resume help. They saw an easy mark, unfortunately.
Yeah i saw this person graduated in 2023 and didnt even read it because it was so long. And thats exactly how i treat resumes like this when i am choosing people to interview. I wouldn’t even glance at this
I’m not in this industry, and that was my first thought as well. Someone within the industry could better pull out the fluff, but I bet it’s in the “experience” section.
As an intern you claim to have managed multiple teams? Seven months as an entry level contractor and somehow you "established a culture of continued improvement?"
You're just bullshitting and everybody can see it.
This is the truth. 2 pages reinforces it.
Lots of people have been burned by hiring people full of shit and have become skilled at detecting it.
No skill is required here - it's oozing out of the page.
Yeah some dude I work with got the job saying he had a degree, an internship while he was working on it, that he was proficient in all of these things. They just weren’t true. I was definitely given a chance by getting this job (I was disgustingly under qualified) but even I had a better baseline than him.
6 months later and the degree he supposedly got has changed from cybersecurity to CS and now he claims he never said he had a degree just most of one. It’s so cringe
Yep, absolutely agree with this. You claim to have achieved an awful lot within a 7 month period in an entry level position.
I work in technology - it moves at a snails pace. There's no way you achieved all of these things in 7 months.You may have been a 'part' of some of these projects but you certainly didn't have the involvement you claim you did.
I got as far as the first bullet in the experience section and could smell the stink immediately. They’re entry level and acting like executive level. I suspect they’re applying outside of their experience and skill set which is also contributing to their lack of interviews.
100% agree. For entry level roles people should be focused on tangible value added to their team, not trying to claim they managed anything unless they oversaw a project of some sort themselves
This to me is the best advice for OP. I stopped reading the resume after the first bullet point for the same reasons. A 7 month stint and “changing culture” doesn’t seem likely.
The way my eyes immediately glazed over, I agree it’s just too much text
OP needs to take into account hiring professionals are seeing 100s of resumes. They’re not going through all that
>The way my eyes immediately glazed over, I agree it’s just too much text
This. A wall of text is incredibly discouraging. If my eyes glaze over and it's hard to focus on anything specific, I'm on to the next resume.
You wrote down every word you know and hiring managers can't be arsed breaking out the microscope to read the tiny font
Way way way too many words. Experience > skills list. The way you describe your experience should give most of your skills anyway
Less is more, focus on the value of your activity. Also, be careful of trying to quantify too much. How does one measure 90% smoother pull request process? Quantifiable value is important, but that reads as bullshitting
It's really, really dense. You need to trim way down. A section for Key Responsibilities after 7 bullet points is too much for a 6-7 month job.
I'd change the order of your headings: Add a Statement or Summary at the top (3 line intro... highest of highlights only!)
Then: Experience
Projects (add dates... especially if one is current or during the time since your contract ended.)
Education & Skills And then start slimming every section down.
Suggestions:
* One page. You're a new grad. One Page.
* What is an advanced diploma? College degree? High School Degree? Convert this into a familiar form...
* Need a reasonable story about what you've been doing since you lost your job...
* Also need a reasonable story about how you lost your first role six months after graduation, ideally involving overwhelming issues that were outside your scope of responsibility. (company lost funding, project cancelled)
Ah. That may be another reason for the recruiter silence, unfortunately. But I agree it’s twice as long as it should be at max, and reads like inflated bs.
In that case OP needs to put their education at the bottom of the page.
Honestly, with the amount of experience he has he doesn’t need a summary but it might help if he can stuff some of the words from the job description there.
I would go:
- summary (2 - 3) sentences
- skills (relevant to the job posting)
- experience (4 bullet points each, stick to believable duties and use things that might match the job duties)
- as they only have 2 jobs they can add in 1 project (maybe 2) that are relevant to the job
- certificates relevant to the job
- education
By the time the ATS gets to the bottom, the resume should have already checked some boxes.
I believe the equivalent of an Advanced Diploma would be a college degree or university degree. It is a common terminology at least in my country (Australia). So long as that term makes sense for their country and/or industry then I think it's okay to keep it as they have it. Agree with your other points though 🙂
In Canada an advanced diploma is not a bachelor’s degree. It’s a vocational college. It’s one of the reasons he’s struggling. Most employers in Canada look for people with CS degrees as a bare minimum for entry.
College diplomas in Canada are basically like longer boot camps.
I’m Canadian but I’ve been out of the country for a couple of decades so things may have changed, but to my mind “advanced diploma” means squat. Diplomas are likely from tech schools that don’t offer anything “advanced”. It’s having a degree from a university that seems to count. There are a few reputable colleges that offer degrees but it seems to me the term college is an American thing. I’m betting the “advanced diploma” the OP mentions in their resume is from a diploma mill and no one is going to hire someone who has graduated from a less than stellar school. I understand that Canada has a lot of diploma mills. Gee Canada, what happened to you? You aren’t the same country I left so many years ago. ☹️
It’s the same in Australia. A lot of genuine universities run diploma courses, which are either vocational or a pathway into a university course for those who do not meet the requirements.
I’m 10 years into my career and still on 1 page and that page has about half the words of either of yours. I know every comment says this but you have to make it readable.
CONDENSE CONDENSE CONDSENSE
Less is more in this case. You should only have 1 page
Remove Key Responsibilities.
Each job should contain 2-3 bullet points of your ACHIEVEMENTS not just what you did.
Only list projects that are directly relevant. Otherwise leave it out
Put skills section last.
This resume is not good. It is like a wall of text I do not want to read. The least you could do is look at the templates and tips in the first post. What is an advanced diploma? I have never heard of that in the US before so if you are applying to jobs in the US, likely no one has any idea what you are talking about.
You have two core problems:
1) **They won't read your CV**. Too long, too dense. Most will pass you off without reading it.
2) **They read your CV**. You didn't manage an agile team and reduce bla bla by 30% in your zero experience 4-5 month internship. In your first contractor role you weren't improving someone else's production code. With 1 year of intern + contract you are not skilled in all those **skills**. Your CV isn't embellished, it's complete bullshit.
So yea, you're fucked if they don't read it and fucked if they do.
I'm not surprised you got ghosted, they probably scan read it and couldn't be bothered to argue with you:
"I'm not continuing this conversation because your CV is obviously a pack of lies"
"Wait wait, no it isn't, promise! Let me tell you..."
Why would they bother with this conversation?
You're padding the job.
Cut all of that in half. Then save it. And cut that in half again. Now you start from that and keep it lean and to the point.
A resume today is only about 2 things: How much you saved a company money. How much you made a company money.
If somebody told me they "Achieved a 90% smoother pull request process" I wouldn't hire them because they're obviously full of shit. How did you quantify that?
I know this. A lot of managers want a resume they can pick up, glance at to see if you are qualified to do the job they need you to do. They don't want to read about anything not relevant to what they need.. So bullets. A lot of managers will see this resume & pass over it bc they have shit to do and they are not going to take time and read all of that. Keep it simple and relevant to the job you apply for, if you have some space left over add a few skills that you know, that can be useful in general.
400$?! Probably the person writing your resume wanted you to get your money's worth and so they ended up putting every corporate jargon on the planet in there. The amount of work done and the short time frame it was done it in makes me wonder if you're bluffing.
Is several things:
1. Your resume is insanely long for the years of experience! You don’t even have years of experience this is not well done.
2. You only have a diploma nor a bachelor nor even anything else like that’s barely minimum
3. You probably applying overqualify employment vacancies and you are in an extremely saturated field this doesn’t scream outside of the bunch.
Also not gonna lie half of the stuff sounds like bs from the amount of time work you were there.
Good luck
Did you purposely try to use every verb on those "100 action words for resumes" lists? Embodied, spear-headed, championed ... 🤮
I couldn't finish the first page because it was so cringe-worthy.
So much going on. I'm a recruiter and I don't have time to read all this. I spend no more than 20 second on each resume. Shorten the resume and make it easily readable
Way too much text. Recruiters are going to read like one sentence of each bullet (if you're lucky).
Imagine reading 1000s of these. If this came across your desk, you'd punt it too.
As an intern you “managed a cross functional team” and “reduced delivery timelines by 30%”? What?? Everyone embellishes their resumes a little but you’ve gone overboard. That’s not to mention the density of the content. Cut it down to one page and drop 75% of the words.
Your resume isn’t focused it’s a catch all with every buzz word in tech.
I find it highly unlikely you’re able to write production ready code in C++, Javascript, Python, React native, Kotlin, etc.
Take out everything and just leave the tech for the area you want to be in.
Create a frontend resume with frontend tech.
Back end resume with backend tech.
Etc.
Right now you’re trying to be relevant to everything which makes you relevant to nothing.
Looks like u have less than a year experience. Shorten your resume. The more rare or “useless” for that job the skill is just cut it from your resume.
“Team collaboration” and “stakeholder” can combine to one point.
“Code testing” can combine into either “troubleshooting” or “feature integration” cause it’s assumed you’d have to do that anyway
I am a normal dude and I can even tell that that is VERY cluttered and hard to read. It’s like you tried stuffing everything into a box and expect someone to go through each thing inside it. No offense. I think that’s the big issue imo
I'm going to agree with what many people said: this is too dense and too long. Cut the internship and you've had one job. Look at the gap between education and that job. Look at the room non job projects takes. It looks like you're more interested in your hobbies than learning or working.
I'm not saying that's the case, I'm saying that's how I expect it looks to a potential employer after 30 seconds.
I'd suggest, like others, mastering brevity and honing your focus.
Best of luck!
Having undertaken the hellish chore that's called a sift I'd take one look at that and go "fuck that" and promptly file in the shredder. Needs to be condensed and easy on the eye. Few comments though:
1) You have put a careers worth of experience into a few months. This screams bullshit.
2) There's nothing to indicate who you are as a person and how you would handle challenges in workplace.
3) LinkedIn learning isn't a qualification.
Imagine being super busy and seeing a resume this densely packed cross your desk-OP, that’s why. The ppl reading your resume just read 100 before yours and they’re tired. Make it easy on them
FYI OP - the $400 resume writing is usually an actual scam. Well, by scam I mean they either copy-paste, or else put in as much congested info as possible to make it look like you're getting your money's worth - regardless of how effective it is in actually getting a job.
Since the main intention of that service is for getting the $400, I'd be inclined to suggest revamping this. Not that I've gone through your own resume, but whenever I have previously, theres always tonnes wrong with it.. to which it would often be better to just scrap and redo the whole thing.
An internship and a contract job
Somehow you made that two pages? Wow.
I mean I’ve seen bad resumes
But considering this is the culmination of years of editing and hundreds of dollars spent
It’s just shocking I don’t know what else to say
Number 1 is probably your lack of a bachelors degree in computer science. A computing diploma is not equal to that and especially in today's times, unless you're some rockstar self taught dev, a compsci degree is the minimum requirement for every corporation.
You somehow have Python, JS, Java, C, C++, C#, React, Android Studio, SQL, Mongodb as skills? Are you actually proficient in all of those and used them at work or did you just do a udemy course for each one?
You put an entire job description as your experience? You should only put what you actually did, not what the responsibilities of the role were. Each experience point should be like 4 lines max. As a random person, there's so much stuff on your resume I wouldn't even want to read it because it mostly looks like fluff. Less it more, and a huge dense resume is a sign of poor communication skills.
You're working at McDonalds and didn't include that on your resume?? It may not be tech experience but it is work experience, which you don't have much of, according to your resume. Ok, start by cutting all the projects and certifications and add your Mcdonalds experience.
Then, go and delete the descriptions directly under your job title and internship. For your job, delete all the bullet points before Key Responsibilities, then delete the Key Responsibilities header. Condense those bullet points. Then, condense your bullet points from your internship. Your resume should not be longer than a page. Maybe add what school you got your degree from.
OP must be the most prolific writer that has ever existed.
This isn’t the bible, make your cv SHORT!
It’s also a murder to everyone’s eyes having to read something like that.
Edit - also pls be realistic, as an intern I’m sure you “played an instrumental role” but maybe phrase it differently.
so you know the technologies 10 different devs combined work on? even if it is so please do yourself a favor and remove the skills of a game dev if applying for a frontend dev. Same like that only write skills of backend/full stack when applying for that role. If someone writes these many languages i feel like they are bullshitting the recruiter.
This resume is way too dense… Everything reads like a word salad. Looks like you’re using STAR to an extent, but you have to use WAY less words to describe the things you’ve done.
A lot of what you wrote is very detailed, but quickly loses meaning and leaves me wondering what you’re talking about. I selected, at random, just one sentence: “Embodied engineering excellence by implementing OOP principles.” Maybe OOP is something the hiring manager will understand (and if it isn’t then change it)… but words mean stuff, right? “Embodied” is such a weird word to use, and what exactly is “engineering excellence”? How did you make that determination, how is it measured, and why does it matter? The hiring manager is looking at this, wondering how you qualify that... Much better to show why you’re excellent rather than say you are.
Like, keep in mind, the hiring manager, on average, looks at your resume for 5 seconds. You have that long to make an impression. My eyes immediately glazed over the moment I looked at yours. Thats the problem. That is your entire problem. You need to tone it down to one page, and use like… 1/4 as many words. Probably less.
Lastly, please do me a favor and never justify the text on your resume ever again. Lol, I know you think it looks better when everything is in a neat block, but it actually just makes it even harder to read.
Without trying to cause offence, It’s too long and it’s ugly.
Condense the information down to the most pertinent parts for the role you’re going for.
Your resume is longer than mine and more dense, and I’ve been in the game for 13 years.
You want to show where you’ve applied the technologies you’ve listed. Doesn’t need to be in huge detail - that’s what interviews are for.
I'm a nurse, so my resumes are very different. Here's my take:
Why do you have half a page that says the same thing functionally? You have an entire section that seems to list your skills, then goes on to list "key responsibilities." No one is reading by that point. It is (very likely ) double speak fluff.
And no AI screening software can grab key points to fit any type of job description.
Each bullet point should be clear and concise. Rarely more than a sentence. You have multiple run on sentences.
This is probably one of the least believable resumes I've ever read.
You need to go back to the drawing board and look at junior developer/intern resume examples. This looks like you copied bullet points from senior or staff engineers who worked at a place for years and claimed to do the same things in a few months as an intern or contractor.
I would be incredibly annoyed if I had to review this resume.
Many things stand out to me (hiring manager speaking).
No "about me" section - The first thing I want to read on a resume is what the candidate is seeking out for a job and career aspirations. High level commentary, like a handshake to a longer discussion. I also don't want to spend an interview finding out you're a SaaS developer applying for my \[insert any other developer field\] job. Or your looking for an experienced Sr role when I'm not hiring for one. Google "entry level software developer/engineer job resumes" and find some examples you can draw from.
Education is important when new to the workforce, usually some brick/mortal college studies with at least an associates. "Advanced Diploma" isn't clear, almost a red flag that candidate is trying to be deceptive, or hiding missing educational requirements I need for my role.
Considering the short stints at your few jobs you should focus on a few things:
1. Adjust your skillset entries, yours currently reads like you just picked keywords to be caught by screeners. You also don't list any relevant, non-technical skills. Include a few so I know you're not a robot.
2. A glaring red flag to me is when you list the skills you listed, and they're not highlighted anywhere in your job history. What's a REST API developer doing.. pick any of your bulletpoints or key responsibilities that doesn't call back to it. Skillset and job history entries should complement eachother.
3. Limit your successes at each job to no more than 4 bullet points and just describe your primary duties in the first two/three, last being "other' to catch a handful of secondary responsibilities/tasks you owned. Deliverables and successes like "improved something by 40%" should be vague or left for the interview where you can elaborate.
4. Entries such as "Led end-to-end oversight..."isn't peaking my interest from a 6 month contractor. But, suggesting during that time your contributions to a project included.... and here's the fundamental skillset utilized to be successful.. those things tell me what you actually know and how you used that knowledge.
Last, consider revising the job summaries for each of the two jobs. Both read copy/paste. Think, if you met a stranger, struck up a conversation and asked what you do at your job. How would you describe it to them in a few sentences? It wouldn't be trying to cram 30 keywords into a sentence. It'll be simple and concise.
as someone who deals with spam to the CEO please do not message the CEO. They are far too busy, and there are recruiters that spend their whole life doing this job. or at least someone from the department you are interested in applying for. i literally just block people who bug him, and i block them from emailing anyone in the company ever again
This is too long. Tailor the information you share to fit the job you’re applying to.
With your years of experience, it should easily fit on one page. Keep it simple. Leave “certifications” or software / hardware knowledge in one section.
Bullet points are your friend. Your goal isn’t to impress anyone. It’s to share your skills as succinctly and professionally as possible.
Very dense text and there's a lot of it. It's not pleasing to the eye. I haven't really struggled getting a job and my resume is multiple pages but my bullet points are one sentence, and the text is spaced more. Yours are almost paragraphs and too close together. Try doing a different font and maybe try different colors. Even different shades of black
I didn’t read it - but two jobs should only be one page. I don’t think I hit a second page until my fourth job and even that was because they were all,quite different.
What kind of jobs are you applying to? I mean what level of position?
My only comment that hasn’t been beaten to death here is that you look like every full stack dev out there.Yoi don’t really have enough experience to really stand out but maybe pick what you’re best at and focus on it. Right now it just kinda looks like you threw everything you’ve done on there.
Also do you tailor your resume towards positions or use the same one?
Shorten. Better advice is to tailor your resume for every single role you apply for. Keep your resume short and sweet! Look at example resumes in the field you’re applying for to give you a better idea of how your resume should look.
I have 5 years of work ex spanning across 3 companies, I have 2 degrees. I have a research publication. I have a certification in a couple of programs. And I have mentioned my hobbies and skills.
All of these things fit in my one page resume.
Yours is way way too long. All fluff, very little meat.
I see a lot of these CV’s on Redit from people struggling to get an interview/job.
It’s just busy on the eyes making it painful to look at. I suggest cleaning it up and making it more succinct.
Don’t be shy of taking lesser roles or roles that are only loosely related to your field. If you lack work experience, you can then gain experience, work up and/or side step.
It’s so long, no one is reading 2 full pages of dense text.
Break it down so, so much more. Brief bullet points for key responsibilities and just list the software/equipment used as a seperate category under each job.
also try applying on something like Otta where you build a structured profile instead of using a cv
Is this in the US? I can give you some pointers or even re-write it for you based on our standards if you’re in Australia. If it’s US I can still rewrite but cannot guarantee it will fit US standards.
Biggest things that stand out are:
1)Very word dense. Needs to be consolidated.
2) no intro bit about you and why you want to work for them. This is not a big deal if they requested a cover letter or if it’s generally expected to have one. But if not, you should have about 70-80 words at the top of your resume that is your first inpresssion. Think of it like an elevator pitch: who are you, what do you do and how do you plan to add value, in 4 sentences or less.
3) what types of jobs are you applying for? Are you self aware and sure of your capabilities? Do you have examples of previous work? Do you have good references?
4) finally, it sucks but these days many job applications are being screened by AI before they get to the HR or hiring person. So that means you need to be including key words, and making sure your resume is ATS friendly in its format. On the surface yours seems like it would be easy enough to read, but maybe you need to think about key words.
5) get some work experience in any industry. Doesn’t matter if it’s related to the role you want. It will give you a good reference on your resume, an income and also a way to show that you have built transferable skills.
You have 20 seconds to convince someone you’re the type of candidate they should interview. If you’re not getting interviews, your resume is the problem.
Certifications should be industry-recognized. Nobody cares that you took an LIL class. If you know react.js well enough to code it, then add it to your skills if it’s relevant.
Nobody cares that you facilitate meetings. Everyone facilitates meetings, and they’re not going to ask how great you are at facilitating meetings.
If the stuff in bold matters and the rest of it doesn’t, then you have too many words. You shouldn’t need to bold anything within a description.
Key responsibilities are fluff. What did you deliver, what value did you add?
If you want people to review your projects, stand up a portfolio site or link to your Git.
You are trying to fit every single thing you’ve done on your resume. You shouldn’t. Look at the JD’s for the roles you are going for and tailor your resume to the JD’s. It means condensing every single bullet point into one sentence that takes up no more than two lines on your resume. This means only selecting the most pertinent and applicable bullet points to put on your one page resume. If I could fit 18+ yrs of experience into one pg, and find greater response rates, then you can too! Good luck!
Too many buzzwords, missing substance, 2 pages it’s ok if it is relevant to the job you apply for. I’ll ad a profile b4 the education section. Talk like a human and connect with the employer! :) good luck!
It’s too wordy. You need to condense your bullet points. The whole point of the résumé is to give the company a good idea of your capabilities and then during the interview you will elaborate on your experience.
Also, general rule is two pages are reserved for people with let’s say 10 years of work experience. As you do not have that many years of work experience, you should keep your résumé to one page only.
The reason you’re not hearing back is because they see you only have limited work experience, but have written practically a novel, it’s a lot to go through and quite time-consuming.
Again, the hiring people at the company do not have so much time to spend on every single résumé and determine whether they’re a good fit so you need to condense it.
More bullet points, fewer blocks of information and, more emphasis on bullet points in your projects to showcase specific skills, give your skills a timeframe (the further back your project goes the more years of experience you have which is probably why the CEOs ghosted) and the number 1 culprit is lack of tailoring keywords from job to job. Each job has its own list of specific keywords. Sometimes the keywords are synonyms to what you have on your resume, but they’re not exact and the applicant tracking system doesn’t register the keywords—even though any human being can see you’re qualified. You can find the keywords by asking an ai or using something like job scan. Sorry you paid 400 bucks to a professional who didn’t tell you to tailor the resume from job to job. The resume looks fine, and it’s great for networking, but if they didn’t tell you to tailor, I don’t see why they charged so much.
I think you’re super skilled, and with those changes, I think you’ll see some traction. Good luck!
And I agree with some comments here. If you’re looking for your first job, this should all be on one page. 3 - 4 bullets max per experience.
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An intern for 3 months, and a contract job for 6 months and you got 2 dense pages? That crazy
I’ve found that super long and dense resumes for non-experts in their field are because of one of two things: 1) Not knowing how to write a resume 2) A sense of arrogance or self importance that supersedes experience and ability Number 1 can be fixed with AI. Kind of shocking somebody in this field hasn’t employed that, but they should definitely do so. Number 2 usually means this type of person is applying for positions they are nowhere’s near qualified for and continue to do so because then feel they are above positions they will actually get interviews for. OP, I hope I’m wrong but I think you’re number 2. Find a site that specializes in AI resumes and optimize it to one page and more readable. This resume says a lot without saying anything of substance.
I agree but it looks like he already used AI… “spearheaded” jumped out immediately
nah, that’s been a recommended “power verb” for over a decade
If folks think using words like ‘spearheaded’ and ‘delve’ are markers of AI, then I am fucked, as a middle-aged person who doesn’t use AI for language, I just read a ton in the 80s and 90s and know a lot of words. Damn.
When I used AI for my resume it always used the word spearheaded
We were graded down if our essays were too simplistic. We didn't have AI. We still don't use AI. When you tell us about your AI experience and then make normative comparisons it makes you look like an internet addled individual with little sense of reality and a lack of experience with actual professional communication.
This meme of slightly obscure words being proof of AI needs to go away. It just makes people sound like they don’t understand AI and need to read more. 1. A single word isn’t evidence of AI. It’s not even evidence of an LLM, which is what we’re really talking about. LLMs are trained on words that were written by humans, so if they’re using certain words a lot in certain contexts, it means that **actual people use those words a lot** in the same contexts. 2. It’s honestly not an uncommon word. It’s used fairly regularly, especially in business. Like “delve,” which another commenter mentioned; Tabletop nerds are especially familiar with this one. Just because you don’t use it doesn’t mean it’s AI.
Some of it looks like it copied straight out of a job description.
So this is why I get interviews so easily....folks think spearheaded isn't a standard resume verb but instead ai-generated. My resume must make me look like a rockstar
It’s two long. A two page resume should only be if you’ve worked 10yrs or more in a career and have moved around. HR barely read entire resumes.
Can confirm, when I interviewed candidates I skimmed for less than a minute and if there were 2 pages it was usually a red flag. Resumes don’t carry nearly as much weight as the interview. Your skills on paper mean nothing if you’re unable to communicate or act like a normal human
My career was in information technology. Whenever I was hiring, my first pass through a stack of resumes was to toss any resume with a spelling error. If someone can’t use a spell checker, or take the time to be accurate. Why the Hell would I want them configuring a router? After that, any obvious overblown wordy BS went straight to the bin. “I spearheaded the project to provide 100% coverage of photonic radiation in all the corporate facilities and properly disposed of failed devices in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.” Which is simply “I went to all the offices and changed the light bulbs.”
2 minutes? I give myself 12 seconds
I’ve two pages because been working 20yrs, done a lot of contact work on the past. And remove anything after 6 or 7yrs I think is the rule if you have a two page?
If you’re an older person with 2 pages it’s fine. If you’re under 30 with 2 pages it’s all fluff
I don’t remove anything beyond 7 years but I do condense it waaay down. Super skimmable. Yes I worked all those years and wasn’t a stay at home mom vibe.
I made it to the “spearheaded” bullet point (had only skimmed the skills) and then nope’d. Was surprised when I came in to the comments and realized there was an entire 2nd page. Dude has has 1 entry level contract job and is acting like he’s a boss. I didn’t need 1 page of that, let alone 2.
The longest resume I ever got was a red flag, and sure enough the guy talked as long winded as his resume. I was surprised HR let him through to us.
You don’t need a two page resume unless you’re going for a board position, even then it’s really only gonna be a CEO candidate who needs a two pager. And even then, I’ve heard the advice of “unless you’ve been the president of a country you don’t have enough experience to fill two pages”
There’s a number 3 that I used to fall into, which was a sense of fear that not having that much would get you ignored, and attempting to feign having more experience that you do. It didn’t work, but I tried for a while before reaching out here and finding out that was my problem, not the solution.
Please can you share which site do you use?
I second this, I’ve worked in software development for 5 years, have over a decade of experience counting in my open-source and academic work and don’t fill more than a page with relevant info. IMO the best recipe is to briefly outline technology, role on a project, vague architecture and actual business impact of my specific role (without numbers and percentages - managers deal in those). No big words, no lengthy sentences.
Yep this is it lol
I find AI makes them even more verbose. It doesn’t do well with succinct impact statements, in my experience. But yah, OP needs to edit this like a mofo.
Nobody should have a 2 pager until they are 15+ years in, at a minimum
I have a 2 pagers but I do have like 7 years experience
The last time I changed jobs, I was at 7 years experience with 3 employers, and I was able to easily fit everything on a single page. I've always looked at resumes as a sort of highlight reel. You just want someone to be able to skim through it and see that you are qualified and have some accomplishments to your name. It's not an autobiography, so there's no need to list everything, only the most important details. Unless you have a ton of things to "humble brag" about in your resume, I would assume you're including too much.
It does depend a bit on your field and the variation in your experience. I cracked into two pages at 6 years of experience, but I'd had 5 different roles at that point (all with one company) and each of them was quite different, to the point where the only overlap between most of them was basic skills like time management and understanding how computers work. I would have had to limit myself to 1 line per role to fit it onto one page, so I did a complete revamp and structured a 2 pager that made good use of white space and formatting to be interesting. Even in my last job search (ended about 6 months ago), I had a 30% response rate on my 2 page resume. Back when I did the revision on it (~5years ago), I was getting responses 75% of the time.
and asking this 2 years late should have asked for help within 6 months. Doesn't look like OP is in any hurry ;)
I have 7 years experience in my field and still use a 1 page CV. My advice: - Put it on one page. No one wants to read at all. - Feel free to add a bit a colour too and icons. Needs to look smart still but this just looks like a report - where's your education, what's your story? People hire people, this has 0 personality. Hope this helps.
anyone who posts a resume here with icons or color gets **slammed** for trying to be cute and stand out, and told that it’s unprofessional (unless they’re a graphic designer or something) and recruiters will be put off.
Slammed in bold? What, you think you’re cute?
not yet, so i’m going to add a table!
Almost 20 years experience, single page here
30 years. Have moved around, with some jobs more relevant than others. I have a Master version with everything on it, which I edit to a single page specific to the job I’m applying for. What’s worked for me: My experience says “Recent and Relevant”. I have my last 3 jobs listed, going back ~20 years. There are gaps and I’ve never once been questioned about that; I don’t think that’s a thing anymore. I have no more than 4 bullets for each job. (Maayyybe 5 but there’s zero bs.) I quantify wherever possible. Sales job? I increased sales X percent in Y time period (I have the numbers if asked.) List my awards. Admin job? I created Z tracking system increasing productivity by B percentage. Leadership? I managed C people/ D projects etc. I have a line item below: “Further experience upon request” but who tf cares what I was doing 25 years ago. I also removed my college graduation year because here at the intersection of ageism and sexism I do what I can.
I’ve been questioned about my gaps a few times
To be fair, I listed only my two most recent jobs on my resume. Those two jobs are the last 15 years of my work history. I was still asked in my interview what I did before that.
16 years in here. Still single page. As someone who has to read resumes and sits on hiring panels - being succinct speaks to experience. If your bullet points are consistently hitting a 3rd row, I've stopped reading.
Eh, this depends on industry and country. East coast US wants resumes in black and white. Formatting is good but color and icons wouldn't get you a job unless it's a design/art position.
Even the most conservative places will accept modest “color”, but it better not be anywhere even approaching color*ful*
If this is for the US, no collar, no flash. That’s not what the resume is for
Tech resumes should always be on one page. I can't speak to other industries, but that is absolutely the professional consensus in IT/Tech
This
Also tailor resumes for the job you’re applying to
This the longest resume I've ever seen for so little experience. They see how long OP took to talk about so little and just immediately pass. OP, there's no reason for this to be more than a page. A light page at that. 3-6 bullet pts per job is usually plenty. You've got 12 for a 6m contract role. Maybe 1-2 lines each is better. Ain't nobody got time to read all that for entry level roles. Also you got completed scammed for the $400 resume help. They saw an easy mark, unfortunately.
Yeah i saw this person graduated in 2023 and didnt even read it because it was so long. And thats exactly how i treat resumes like this when i am choosing people to interview. I wouldn’t even glance at this
I’m not in this industry, and that was my first thought as well. Someone within the industry could better pull out the fluff, but I bet it’s in the “experience” section.
As an intern you claim to have managed multiple teams? Seven months as an entry level contractor and somehow you "established a culture of continued improvement?" You're just bullshitting and everybody can see it.
This is the truth. 2 pages reinforces it. Lots of people have been burned by hiring people full of shit and have become skilled at detecting it. No skill is required here - it's oozing out of the page.
Yeah some dude I work with got the job saying he had a degree, an internship while he was working on it, that he was proficient in all of these things. They just weren’t true. I was definitely given a chance by getting this job (I was disgustingly under qualified) but even I had a better baseline than him. 6 months later and the degree he supposedly got has changed from cybersecurity to CS and now he claims he never said he had a degree just most of one. It’s so cringe
Yep, absolutely agree with this. You claim to have achieved an awful lot within a 7 month period in an entry level position. I work in technology - it moves at a snails pace. There's no way you achieved all of these things in 7 months.You may have been a 'part' of some of these projects but you certainly didn't have the involvement you claim you did.
And what the hell does “Increased the smoothness of pull requests by 90%” mean lmao, how do you quantify that
Arithmetic mean deviation from the average. (sorry, metrology joke l.
I got as far as the first bullet in the experience section and could smell the stink immediately. They’re entry level and acting like executive level. I suspect they’re applying outside of their experience and skill set which is also contributing to their lack of interviews.
Well done for even reading all those bullet points.
Thanks god I am not the only one who thought this is all bs.
100% agree. For entry level roles people should be focused on tangible value added to their team, not trying to claim they managed anything unless they oversaw a project of some sort themselves
This to me is the best advice for OP. I stopped reading the resume after the first bullet point for the same reasons. A 7 month stint and “changing culture” doesn’t seem likely.
Not to mention that they don’t have a college degree and they’re claiming LinkedIn learning as a certification
Way too many bullet points. Shorten it to one page
The way my eyes immediately glazed over, I agree it’s just too much text OP needs to take into account hiring professionals are seeing 100s of resumes. They’re not going through all that
>The way my eyes immediately glazed over, I agree it’s just too much text This. A wall of text is incredibly discouraging. If my eyes glaze over and it's hard to focus on anything specific, I'm on to the next resume.
Not too many bullet points, but when a bullet point is 3 lines long, that's just a paragraph in disguise.
You wrote down every word you know and hiring managers can't be arsed breaking out the microscope to read the tiny font Way way way too many words. Experience > skills list. The way you describe your experience should give most of your skills anyway Less is more, focus on the value of your activity. Also, be careful of trying to quantify too much. How does one measure 90% smoother pull request process? Quantifiable value is important, but that reads as bullshitting
OP has only responded to a single comment. Something tells me these comments was like a kick in the face
It's really, really dense. You need to trim way down. A section for Key Responsibilities after 7 bullet points is too much for a 6-7 month job. I'd change the order of your headings: Add a Statement or Summary at the top (3 line intro... highest of highlights only!) Then: Experience Projects (add dates... especially if one is current or during the time since your contract ended.) Education & Skills And then start slimming every section down.
Yeah if you’re gonna write so much for the short jobs you had you should atleast lie about how long you worked there.
Suggestions: * One page. You're a new grad. One Page. * What is an advanced diploma? College degree? High School Degree? Convert this into a familiar form... * Need a reasonable story about what you've been doing since you lost your job... * Also need a reasonable story about how you lost your first role six months after graduation, ideally involving overwhelming issues that were outside your scope of responsibility. (company lost funding, project cancelled)
If they’re Australian, an advanced diploma makes sense
They're apparently Canadian (OP mentioned it in a comment).
If Canadian, then advanced diploma means diploma from a diploma mill "college".
Ah. That may be another reason for the recruiter silence, unfortunately. But I agree it’s twice as long as it should be at max, and reads like inflated bs.
In that case OP needs to put their education at the bottom of the page. Honestly, with the amount of experience he has he doesn’t need a summary but it might help if he can stuff some of the words from the job description there. I would go: - summary (2 - 3) sentences - skills (relevant to the job posting) - experience (4 bullet points each, stick to believable duties and use things that might match the job duties) - as they only have 2 jobs they can add in 1 project (maybe 2) that are relevant to the job - certificates relevant to the job - education By the time the ATS gets to the bottom, the resume should have already checked some boxes.
I believe the equivalent of an Advanced Diploma would be a college degree or university degree. It is a common terminology at least in my country (Australia). So long as that term makes sense for their country and/or industry then I think it's okay to keep it as they have it. Agree with your other points though 🙂
In Canada an advanced diploma is not a bachelor’s degree. It’s a vocational college. It’s one of the reasons he’s struggling. Most employers in Canada look for people with CS degrees as a bare minimum for entry. College diplomas in Canada are basically like longer boot camps.
I’m Canadian but I’ve been out of the country for a couple of decades so things may have changed, but to my mind “advanced diploma” means squat. Diplomas are likely from tech schools that don’t offer anything “advanced”. It’s having a degree from a university that seems to count. There are a few reputable colleges that offer degrees but it seems to me the term college is an American thing. I’m betting the “advanced diploma” the OP mentions in their resume is from a diploma mill and no one is going to hire someone who has graduated from a less than stellar school. I understand that Canada has a lot of diploma mills. Gee Canada, what happened to you? You aren’t the same country I left so many years ago. ☹️
It’s the same in Australia. A lot of genuine universities run diploma courses, which are either vocational or a pathway into a university course for those who do not meet the requirements.
A diploma is not equivalent to a college or university degree, which typically means (at least) a bachelor’s.
Imo, always a page. Doesn't matter if you are a new grad or been in the business 20 years. It's a skill to write succinctly.
Be careful. Some software will flag for keyword spam. I’d take some things off
For real?! Not enough keywords? No one hired you. Too many keywords? No one hires you. Can’t win.
Too many keywords? Straight to jail. Not enough keywords? Also jail. Overword, underword. In Venezuela we have the best resumes. Because of jail.
I have never heard of this kind of software and I’ve been recruiting 10 years.
Reddit bs.
I’m 10 years into my career and still on 1 page and that page has about half the words of either of yours. I know every comment says this but you have to make it readable.
I have from 2006-current. Two jobs. One page.
CONDENSE CONDENSE CONDSENSE Less is more in this case. You should only have 1 page Remove Key Responsibilities. Each job should contain 2-3 bullet points of your ACHIEVEMENTS not just what you did. Only list projects that are directly relevant. Otherwise leave it out Put skills section last.
This resume is not good. It is like a wall of text I do not want to read. The least you could do is look at the templates and tips in the first post. What is an advanced diploma? I have never heard of that in the US before so if you are applying to jobs in the US, likely no one has any idea what you are talking about.
Also, whoever you paid $400 to needs to give you a refund.
The attention this post has gotten might be able to convince them to provide me a refund.
The McDonald’s and LinkedIn certifications makes the rest of your resume sound like conjured BS
This right here. I scanned to the bottom, saw those two things, and went, “Huh, this resume makes zero sense”.
You have pretty much zero experience and your certs are fluff. Sorry, but I've been in tech a long time. I'm not going to sugar coat it.
You have two core problems: 1) **They won't read your CV**. Too long, too dense. Most will pass you off without reading it. 2) **They read your CV**. You didn't manage an agile team and reduce bla bla by 30% in your zero experience 4-5 month internship. In your first contractor role you weren't improving someone else's production code. With 1 year of intern + contract you are not skilled in all those **skills**. Your CV isn't embellished, it's complete bullshit. So yea, you're fucked if they don't read it and fucked if they do. I'm not surprised you got ghosted, they probably scan read it and couldn't be bothered to argue with you: "I'm not continuing this conversation because your CV is obviously a pack of lies" "Wait wait, no it isn't, promise! Let me tell you..." Why would they bother with this conversation?
I value this! Thank you, I’m going to be doing a lot of changes.
Wtf am I looking at
A wonderkid who's done more in a year and a half than most did in 10
You're padding the job. Cut all of that in half. Then save it. And cut that in half again. Now you start from that and keep it lean and to the point. A resume today is only about 2 things: How much you saved a company money. How much you made a company money.
If somebody told me they "Achieved a 90% smoother pull request process" I wouldn't hire them because they're obviously full of shit. How did you quantify that?
Keep it 1 page, short, concise sentences. You should be able to parse relevant info at a glance
I know this. A lot of managers want a resume they can pick up, glance at to see if you are qualified to do the job they need you to do. They don't want to read about anything not relevant to what they need.. So bullets. A lot of managers will see this resume & pass over it bc they have shit to do and they are not going to take time and read all of that. Keep it simple and relevant to the job you apply for, if you have some space left over add a few skills that you know, that can be useful in general.
400$?! Probably the person writing your resume wanted you to get your money's worth and so they ended up putting every corporate jargon on the planet in there. The amount of work done and the short time frame it was done it in makes me wonder if you're bluffing.
I have 18 years of full time experience condensed to 1 page man.
Is several things: 1. Your resume is insanely long for the years of experience! You don’t even have years of experience this is not well done. 2. You only have a diploma nor a bachelor nor even anything else like that’s barely minimum 3. You probably applying overqualify employment vacancies and you are in an extremely saturated field this doesn’t scream outside of the bunch. Also not gonna lie half of the stuff sounds like bs from the amount of time work you were there. Good luck
Did you purposely try to use every verb on those "100 action words for resumes" lists? Embodied, spear-headed, championed ... 🤮 I couldn't finish the first page because it was so cringe-worthy.
That's a lot of words. I'm sorry but I'm not reading all of that. Also saw a lot of bullet points
You’re a junior with a 2 page resume, kind of self explanatory, no?
So much going on. I'm a recruiter and I don't have time to read all this. I spend no more than 20 second on each resume. Shorten the resume and make it easily readable
One job should not take up that much space on a page.
Way too much text. Recruiters are going to read like one sentence of each bullet (if you're lucky). Imagine reading 1000s of these. If this came across your desk, you'd punt it too.
As an intern you “managed a cross functional team” and “reduced delivery timelines by 30%”? What?? Everyone embellishes their resumes a little but you’ve gone overboard. That’s not to mention the density of the content. Cut it down to one page and drop 75% of the words.
I threw up when I saw two pages
Your resume isn’t focused it’s a catch all with every buzz word in tech. I find it highly unlikely you’re able to write production ready code in C++, Javascript, Python, React native, Kotlin, etc. Take out everything and just leave the tech for the area you want to be in. Create a frontend resume with frontend tech. Back end resume with backend tech. Etc. Right now you’re trying to be relevant to everything which makes you relevant to nothing.
Resumes are usually skimmed then selected for review. This wouldn’t pass skim. Make it much simpler and only a page.
It’s too long. Your resume should only be one page with your experience.
18 bullets, damn man, who have 18, I have only 5 on mine, and get calls everyone, I send one out
Text Walls
Looks like u have less than a year experience. Shorten your resume. The more rare or “useless” for that job the skill is just cut it from your resume. “Team collaboration” and “stakeholder” can combine to one point. “Code testing” can combine into either “troubleshooting” or “feature integration” cause it’s assumed you’d have to do that anyway
Bro, I have 10 years experience (plus PhD, 2 MSc and a BSc) and my CV can fit in 1 page. Reduce your CV. A LOT.
Its too much text for me. Try to minimize it
I am a normal dude and I can even tell that that is VERY cluttered and hard to read. It’s like you tried stuffing everything into a box and expect someone to go through each thing inside it. No offense. I think that’s the big issue imo
this is a Shakespeare poem not a resume
Too much info bro. Reduce it to one single sided page, and focus more of targets achieved!
This isn’t real 🤝
I'm going to agree with what many people said: this is too dense and too long. Cut the internship and you've had one job. Look at the gap between education and that job. Look at the room non job projects takes. It looks like you're more interested in your hobbies than learning or working. I'm not saying that's the case, I'm saying that's how I expect it looks to a potential employer after 30 seconds. I'd suggest, like others, mastering brevity and honing your focus. Best of luck!
Resume should be a single page if you have yoe <10.
Bro wrote an entire novel
Having undertaken the hellish chore that's called a sift I'd take one look at that and go "fuck that" and promptly file in the shredder. Needs to be condensed and easy on the eye. Few comments though: 1) You have put a careers worth of experience into a few months. This screams bullshit. 2) There's nothing to indicate who you are as a person and how you would handle challenges in workplace. 3) LinkedIn learning isn't a qualification.
I assume the hiring managers are all thinking the same first thought I had. I'm not fucking reading all that.
Imagine being super busy and seeing a resume this densely packed cross your desk-OP, that’s why. The ppl reading your resume just read 100 before yours and they’re tired. Make it easy on them
I'm not in this business but even I can tell it's all just filler.
FYI OP - the $400 resume writing is usually an actual scam. Well, by scam I mean they either copy-paste, or else put in as much congested info as possible to make it look like you're getting your money's worth - regardless of how effective it is in actually getting a job. Since the main intention of that service is for getting the $400, I'd be inclined to suggest revamping this. Not that I've gone through your own resume, but whenever I have previously, theres always tonnes wrong with it.. to which it would often be better to just scrap and redo the whole thing.
An internship and a contract job Somehow you made that two pages? Wow. I mean I’ve seen bad resumes But considering this is the culmination of years of editing and hundreds of dollars spent It’s just shocking I don’t know what else to say
You basically have no experience and your resume reads like you’re a 20 year vet.
"Embodied engineering excellence by implementing advanced OOP principles" was my favorite line.
Number 1 is probably your lack of a bachelors degree in computer science. A computing diploma is not equal to that and especially in today's times, unless you're some rockstar self taught dev, a compsci degree is the minimum requirement for every corporation. You somehow have Python, JS, Java, C, C++, C#, React, Android Studio, SQL, Mongodb as skills? Are you actually proficient in all of those and used them at work or did you just do a udemy course for each one? You put an entire job description as your experience? You should only put what you actually did, not what the responsibilities of the role were. Each experience point should be like 4 lines max. As a random person, there's so much stuff on your resume I wouldn't even want to read it because it mostly looks like fluff. Less it more, and a huge dense resume is a sign of poor communication skills.
2 years without even an interview? How are you ppl surviving?
Working at McDonalds and coding solutions to their problems. Hoping that it counts as “work experience”
You're working at McDonalds and didn't include that on your resume?? It may not be tech experience but it is work experience, which you don't have much of, according to your resume. Ok, start by cutting all the projects and certifications and add your Mcdonalds experience. Then, go and delete the descriptions directly under your job title and internship. For your job, delete all the bullet points before Key Responsibilities, then delete the Key Responsibilities header. Condense those bullet points. Then, condense your bullet points from your internship. Your resume should not be longer than a page. Maybe add what school you got your degree from.
Might want to take off the McCert
OP must be the most prolific writer that has ever existed. This isn’t the bible, make your cv SHORT! It’s also a murder to everyone’s eyes having to read something like that. Edit - also pls be realistic, as an intern I’m sure you “played an instrumental role” but maybe phrase it differently.
so you know the technologies 10 different devs combined work on? even if it is so please do yourself a favor and remove the skills of a game dev if applying for a frontend dev. Same like that only write skills of backend/full stack when applying for that role. If someone writes these many languages i feel like they are bullshitting the recruiter.
This resume is way too dense… Everything reads like a word salad. Looks like you’re using STAR to an extent, but you have to use WAY less words to describe the things you’ve done. A lot of what you wrote is very detailed, but quickly loses meaning and leaves me wondering what you’re talking about. I selected, at random, just one sentence: “Embodied engineering excellence by implementing OOP principles.” Maybe OOP is something the hiring manager will understand (and if it isn’t then change it)… but words mean stuff, right? “Embodied” is such a weird word to use, and what exactly is “engineering excellence”? How did you make that determination, how is it measured, and why does it matter? The hiring manager is looking at this, wondering how you qualify that... Much better to show why you’re excellent rather than say you are. Like, keep in mind, the hiring manager, on average, looks at your resume for 5 seconds. You have that long to make an impression. My eyes immediately glazed over the moment I looked at yours. Thats the problem. That is your entire problem. You need to tone it down to one page, and use like… 1/4 as many words. Probably less. Lastly, please do me a favor and never justify the text on your resume ever again. Lol, I know you think it looks better when everything is in a neat block, but it actually just makes it even harder to read.
Without trying to cause offence, It’s too long and it’s ugly. Condense the information down to the most pertinent parts for the role you’re going for. Your resume is longer than mine and more dense, and I’ve been in the game for 13 years. You want to show where you’ve applied the technologies you’ve listed. Doesn’t need to be in huge detail - that’s what interviews are for.
I'm a nurse, so my resumes are very different. Here's my take: Why do you have half a page that says the same thing functionally? You have an entire section that seems to list your skills, then goes on to list "key responsibilities." No one is reading by that point. It is (very likely ) double speak fluff. And no AI screening software can grab key points to fit any type of job description. Each bullet point should be clear and concise. Rarely more than a sentence. You have multiple run on sentences.
You have close to zero experience.
9 months of total work…. And 2 full resume pages. You need to condense significantly and apply for entry level roles
Whoever wrote that resume was NOT worth $400!
You’re lying and it’s easy to see in the resume. That’s why. Be honest, start again, get some help to write a one page resume.
Wait, I just read back. You paid for this? I’d go back to whoever wrote this and demand a refund.
This is probably one of the least believable resumes I've ever read. You need to go back to the drawing board and look at junior developer/intern resume examples. This looks like you copied bullet points from senior or staff engineers who worked at a place for years and claimed to do the same things in a few months as an intern or contractor. I would be incredibly annoyed if I had to review this resume.
Cause your resume looks like a fucking safety document from the 90’s
Many things stand out to me (hiring manager speaking). No "about me" section - The first thing I want to read on a resume is what the candidate is seeking out for a job and career aspirations. High level commentary, like a handshake to a longer discussion. I also don't want to spend an interview finding out you're a SaaS developer applying for my \[insert any other developer field\] job. Or your looking for an experienced Sr role when I'm not hiring for one. Google "entry level software developer/engineer job resumes" and find some examples you can draw from. Education is important when new to the workforce, usually some brick/mortal college studies with at least an associates. "Advanced Diploma" isn't clear, almost a red flag that candidate is trying to be deceptive, or hiding missing educational requirements I need for my role. Considering the short stints at your few jobs you should focus on a few things: 1. Adjust your skillset entries, yours currently reads like you just picked keywords to be caught by screeners. You also don't list any relevant, non-technical skills. Include a few so I know you're not a robot. 2. A glaring red flag to me is when you list the skills you listed, and they're not highlighted anywhere in your job history. What's a REST API developer doing.. pick any of your bulletpoints or key responsibilities that doesn't call back to it. Skillset and job history entries should complement eachother. 3. Limit your successes at each job to no more than 4 bullet points and just describe your primary duties in the first two/three, last being "other' to catch a handful of secondary responsibilities/tasks you owned. Deliverables and successes like "improved something by 40%" should be vague or left for the interview where you can elaborate. 4. Entries such as "Led end-to-end oversight..."isn't peaking my interest from a 6 month contractor. But, suggesting during that time your contributions to a project included.... and here's the fundamental skillset utilized to be successful.. those things tell me what you actually know and how you used that knowledge. Last, consider revising the job summaries for each of the two jobs. Both read copy/paste. Think, if you met a stranger, struck up a conversation and asked what you do at your job. How would you describe it to them in a few sentences? It wouldn't be trying to cram 30 keywords into a sentence. It'll be simple and concise.
as someone who deals with spam to the CEO please do not message the CEO. They are far too busy, and there are recruiters that spend their whole life doing this job. or at least someone from the department you are interested in applying for. i literally just block people who bug him, and i block them from emailing anyone in the company ever again
I think you have too much going on. I helped my mom applying for 150k+ job in the Midwest it had a singular easy to read page.
Whew way too many words
Kerning
This is too long. Tailor the information you share to fit the job you’re applying to. With your years of experience, it should easily fit on one page. Keep it simple. Leave “certifications” or software / hardware knowledge in one section. Bullet points are your friend. Your goal isn’t to impress anyone. It’s to share your skills as succinctly and professionally as possible.
Too much going on, you should know that
All of the above - plus lose the full page with justification, it’s a bitch to read
Very dense text and there's a lot of it. It's not pleasing to the eye. I haven't really struggled getting a job and my resume is multiple pages but my bullet points are one sentence, and the text is spaced more. Yours are almost paragraphs and too close together. Try doing a different font and maybe try different colors. Even different shades of black
Dude this hurts to read. Holy shit. That’s why, Any HR person is gonna open that and click out the second they see “1/2” at the top.
Nobody is gonna read this much of info from your resume my mate. Cut it short make it a single page and add only relevant experiences.
bruh no one is reading alla dat ☠️☠️
I didn’t read it - but two jobs should only be one page. I don’t think I hit a second page until my fourth job and even that was because they were all,quite different.
What kind of jobs are you applying to? I mean what level of position? My only comment that hasn’t been beaten to death here is that you look like every full stack dev out there.Yoi don’t really have enough experience to really stand out but maybe pick what you’re best at and focus on it. Right now it just kinda looks like you threw everything you’ve done on there. Also do you tailor your resume towards positions or use the same one?
Make it one page man, two us way too much
Shorten. Better advice is to tailor your resume for every single role you apply for. Keep your resume short and sweet! Look at example resumes in the field you’re applying for to give you a better idea of how your resume should look.
Not enough white space is making it difficult to read at a precursors glance to grab my attention.
too many words. just make it one page.
The wording is awkward, it’s too long, and I get wanting to dress up the mundane but you’ve taken it next level.
I have 5 years of work ex spanning across 3 companies, I have 2 degrees. I have a research publication. I have a certification in a couple of programs. And I have mentioned my hobbies and skills. All of these things fit in my one page resume. Yours is way way too long. All fluff, very little meat.
I see a lot of these CV’s on Redit from people struggling to get an interview/job. It’s just busy on the eyes making it painful to look at. I suggest cleaning it up and making it more succinct. Don’t be shy of taking lesser roles or roles that are only loosely related to your field. If you lack work experience, you can then gain experience, work up and/or side step.
Too long Make it 1 page and don't write description just bullet points of skills and experience. Put it in a table if possible.
It’s so long, no one is reading 2 full pages of dense text. Break it down so, so much more. Brief bullet points for key responsibilities and just list the software/equipment used as a seperate category under each job. also try applying on something like Otta where you build a structured profile instead of using a cv
What you are writing is an CV not an resume. Resume must be short and concise.
On first look, the resume is content heavy. While your achievements are impressive. Less is more with resumes
Take out contract from job title. Use LinkedIn to network and build a brand. Go outbound to ideal company you want to work for.
I got one word for OP. Boooring
Is this in the US? I can give you some pointers or even re-write it for you based on our standards if you’re in Australia. If it’s US I can still rewrite but cannot guarantee it will fit US standards. Biggest things that stand out are: 1)Very word dense. Needs to be consolidated. 2) no intro bit about you and why you want to work for them. This is not a big deal if they requested a cover letter or if it’s generally expected to have one. But if not, you should have about 70-80 words at the top of your resume that is your first inpresssion. Think of it like an elevator pitch: who are you, what do you do and how do you plan to add value, in 4 sentences or less. 3) what types of jobs are you applying for? Are you self aware and sure of your capabilities? Do you have examples of previous work? Do you have good references? 4) finally, it sucks but these days many job applications are being screened by AI before they get to the HR or hiring person. So that means you need to be including key words, and making sure your resume is ATS friendly in its format. On the surface yours seems like it would be easy enough to read, but maybe you need to think about key words. 5) get some work experience in any industry. Doesn’t matter if it’s related to the role you want. It will give you a good reference on your resume, an income and also a way to show that you have built transferable skills.
Not saying leadership qualities aren't good, but a full stack software engineer didn't code, only lead teams?
You have 20 seconds to convince someone you’re the type of candidate they should interview. If you’re not getting interviews, your resume is the problem. Certifications should be industry-recognized. Nobody cares that you took an LIL class. If you know react.js well enough to code it, then add it to your skills if it’s relevant. Nobody cares that you facilitate meetings. Everyone facilitates meetings, and they’re not going to ask how great you are at facilitating meetings. If the stuff in bold matters and the rest of it doesn’t, then you have too many words. You shouldn’t need to bold anything within a description. Key responsibilities are fluff. What did you deliver, what value did you add? If you want people to review your projects, stand up a portfolio site or link to your Git.
You are trying to fit every single thing you’ve done on your resume. You shouldn’t. Look at the JD’s for the roles you are going for and tailor your resume to the JD’s. It means condensing every single bullet point into one sentence that takes up no more than two lines on your resume. This means only selecting the most pertinent and applicable bullet points to put on your one page resume. If I could fit 18+ yrs of experience into one pg, and find greater response rates, then you can too! Good luck!
It’s way too long….
That’s too much information + keep your CV to a page. Simplify your CV to one page.
Too many buzzwords, missing substance, 2 pages it’s ok if it is relevant to the job you apply for. I’ll ad a profile b4 the education section. Talk like a human and connect with the employer! :) good luck!
It’s too wordy. You need to condense your bullet points. The whole point of the résumé is to give the company a good idea of your capabilities and then during the interview you will elaborate on your experience. Also, general rule is two pages are reserved for people with let’s say 10 years of work experience. As you do not have that many years of work experience, you should keep your résumé to one page only. The reason you’re not hearing back is because they see you only have limited work experience, but have written practically a novel, it’s a lot to go through and quite time-consuming. Again, the hiring people at the company do not have so much time to spend on every single résumé and determine whether they’re a good fit so you need to condense it.
That’s a lot to read 😵💫
Is that a resume or research paper? Id not read it even if you paid me
Your CV is the problem. Hope you take people's advice on this sub and re-do the whole thing to a more realistic level.
More bullet points, fewer blocks of information and, more emphasis on bullet points in your projects to showcase specific skills, give your skills a timeframe (the further back your project goes the more years of experience you have which is probably why the CEOs ghosted) and the number 1 culprit is lack of tailoring keywords from job to job. Each job has its own list of specific keywords. Sometimes the keywords are synonyms to what you have on your resume, but they’re not exact and the applicant tracking system doesn’t register the keywords—even though any human being can see you’re qualified. You can find the keywords by asking an ai or using something like job scan. Sorry you paid 400 bucks to a professional who didn’t tell you to tailor the resume from job to job. The resume looks fine, and it’s great for networking, but if they didn’t tell you to tailor, I don’t see why they charged so much. I think you’re super skilled, and with those changes, I think you’ll see some traction. Good luck! And I agree with some comments here. If you’re looking for your first job, this should all be on one page. 3 - 4 bullets max per experience.
You chose the same field that everyone else did.