I've spent _thousands_ of dollars having my resume professionally written & rewritten. None of them have scored more than 1-2 recruiter screens, despite damn near 1k applications submitted. After being out of work for months, there's no money to have a pro re-write it yet again. I'm out of ideas. How do I get this resume to penetrate the noise and get me n interview? Note: I have my own opinions about what doesn't work on this resume. I'm curious to see if you all point out the same things that I suspect may be a problem.
Are there any technologies you donβt know?
Plenty! The most recent professional rewrite I had done included virtually every technology that I have ever worked with, in any capacity, since 1995. That's one of the things I don't like, but I went with it.
Reduce your column bullet points and technologies section. It feels like you are regurgitating every buzz word of the last 20 years
I read this and think βuselessβ
That's good feedback! Can you elaborate?
I honestly thought it was satire at first. If youβre serious then man Iβd just remove all the buzz words and ask yourself what youβre actually good at. You donβt need to include 50 syntax languages. Just put what the industry wants and write something like βability to learn multiple syntax languages and technologiesβ
How do you spend 1000s on resume
By having it redone by different professionals, multiple times.
Geez. Hope things get better man
You have a scoping issue. You are not really a VP candidate Calling out 10 M budget is a mistake. It makes you sound naive I am not a VP yet and I have handled 100s of million in budget and billions in revenue So unless you are targeting really small companies where titles are inflated, no big tech is gonna take you as a VP. You sound more fit for a M2 role and thatβs if you interview well
Excellent feedback. My last VP job was at a shady company that wouldn't share financials with any of the VPs. I could only "prove" about 10 million, anything more than that would have been conjecture, so the resume writer just went with it. I was running an organization with a headcount of 100, I could probably make some educated guesses on budget. But if I get called out on that number, I have no way to back it up. I'm definitely open to suggestions here. You've hit on one of the issues that I've long been concerned about with this particular version of my resume.
Leave it out, 10 M is not impressive at VP levels anyway - it hurts you more than helping. You could better say you were running an org of 100 headcount than a dollar amount then. Even that may not be full VP scope. Usually 400-800 is where VPs in big tech start. Unless it was a specialized function or a niche domain
OMG!! 1000s and nobody told you with 20 YOE experience should be first? Who the hell interested in your education?
Exactly. Experience should be at the tip top here.
I was told that things were listed in a particular order for a reason, and I went with it. After all, these people are professionals at this thing, right?
Arent VPs usually headhunted ?
I did get headhundred back in 2020 and 2021, and I really regret not jumping ship. My problem is getting interviews right now, though. And currently, no, nobody is headhunting me.
You must be a React Native expert given that you listed it twice
Id remove the bloat (ms office, slack, etc). Keep removing stuff until you feel like every part is essential
How embarrassing! Let's just pretend I love it twice as much as any other framework.
Please put professional experience first. Recruiter eyes will glaze over at that fluff on top and insta deny you. They only look at resume for about 5 seconds so you need to immediately wow them with your relevant professional experience
That's good feedback, thank you.
Might duplicate some other comments but: A) Wall of text B) Move education to the bottom C) Way, way, way too much stuff in the Technologies section makes you look unfocused. Cut that to like two lines max of stuff you actually care about. D) Those bolded bulletpoints at the top are full of BS E) I don't see much of a story arc here. Where are promotions, etc? I think keeping your resume to 1 page is actually hurting you. You have 20 YOE. Show your progression.
This is good feedback, thank you! You've actually hit on a few things I was concerned about as well, But ultimately decided to go with what the professional resume writer told me to go with. Your promotion comment in particular stands out to me. That's one of the things I intend to change.
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Dude. You need to cut 70% of the word count here. I've AB tested resume formats for 2 years and helped 50 people land jobs in the last year. I'll DM you. These tips are a good starting point: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/briankpulliam_resumetips-techcareer-activity-7044451516048437248-bTkQ
Can I dm you?
Yeah sure