Like the title says. I have applied to 100+ jobs for different variations of: data analytics manager data engineering manager data science manager business intelligence manager Both manager and senior manager roles with zero luck. I have 4 years of analytics manager experience and have a portfolio with real world ML and software dev projects I implemented (notebooks & GitHub) However, I am getting zero traction. Referrals or not. Anyone having a similar experience? Resume attached: #data #dataanalytics #datascience
Have you reached out to folks in your network that you had positive relationships with at work? Asked for feedback on your resume from peer+ colleagues?
Yeah everyone says it’s a good resume, wouldn’t change a thing. I can’t exactly advertise I’m looking for a new job at my current place tho
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I’m not in your space, but some observations and feedback. I’m writing this bluntly don’t take it as criticism: 1) objective statement- add in # years experience and # years management experience. This is your executive summary. If a recruiter is scanning your resume in 10 seconds can they grasp your candidacy? I could not. 1a) get rid of everything starting with “An effective collaborator […]”; it’s too generic and you lose the reader. Maybe reserve this space for a tailored sentence or two addressing the role you are applying to. 2) Move education to the bottom unless you are fresh grad. 3) Experiences- O.K.; a bit hard to parse quickly though. Suggest moving highest impact bullets to the top. I’m assuming recovering 80M in inflationary costs & 100M in acquisition efficiencies are more significant than reducing costs by 600k/year. 3a) for a $Bn+ company, saving $1M isn’t very significant at manager level, especially not at senior manager level. Of course it’s appreciated but think scale. This currently reads like you’re doing local optimization. 4) Skills- reads like keyword stuffing as others have mentioned. This is a debatable section as some managers care about this, others do not. Regardless, your proficiency will come out during the interview. 4a) recommend peppering keywords into your experience section, and top keywords (from the req) into your objective statement as appropriate. Overall: if you stay in supply chain space I have a hard time imagining your resume being passed on. There’s a lot of industry context that a fellow professional will pick up on. Seems like you are a high potential, strong performer in your domain. Outside of supply chain, your resume reads like supply chain/ops. If you are applying to more general tech data engineering/data science/analytics, you might lose the recruiter and HM. As for manager/senior manager- seems you managed analysts previously, which I assume are IC2 or IC3 equivalents. If the roles you are applying to will be managing IC4+, you’ll need to come up with a strong story. This will not work in your favor with 7 yoe; competing candidates may have 15+ yoe. The hiring team may have reservations hiring you as a high potential candidate, versus hiring someone more seasoned, especially for senior manager roles. Tactically, you can experiment writing this resume 70% for the recruiter and 30% for the hiring manager. Sad as that is, if you can’t pass recruiter screening, the rest won’t matter. Make it easy for your recruiter to pattern match your resume to the req. Best of luck!
This was amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time. Really appreciate your feedback.
It seems that your experience is valuable in your company only, there isn’t much diversity in the skills and experience … ‘created a new department 4 analysts’ means very small and basic projects, for your context our support team only has 12 resources not including DE and architects … push the education part to the bottom of the resume … break the skills under each project to complete the picture and show what is fresh in your mind and what is not … and keep applying and applying. Wish you the best!
Thank you!
It's a tough market out there rn :/
Markets have been bad. Hiring teams have high expectations and lots of great talent to chose from.
It feels hard to read, the bullets are too wordy, it's easy to get lost in the words. Make the bullets more concise. Move the cost savings/benefit part to the first part of the sentence, instead of at the end of the third line of a sentence. For example, "$300K cost reduction by using machine learning..." This way if the recruiter is scanning, they see the benefits first.
Thanks for the feedback! Will be making this change
can you code? and are you willing to?
Yes. All of my work on my resume was made possible using python and JavaScript-react.
honestly your resume is a bit ponderous to read. I'd recommend improve the formatting, spacing and content. A resume writer could help with these. the market is super tough for managers so your experience is par for the course. To stand out, your resume needs to be 10x better.
Link your resume?
I will in a bit. Good point
In the meantime...what's your skillset?