Please roast my resume. Is it apple worthy? Just trying to see what I could improve. I'm horrible at selling myself and had to trim it down to fit in one page. TC 🥜
I think you can leave off putty and “batch scheduling”
Ok thanks will do. The position had batch scheduling as a requirement so I put it in the summary.
Staying at the same company for 9 years with no other professional experience is kind of a red flag
Why is it a red flag? Ive just gotten 4 promotions (fifth one incoming) and done a lot of internal rotations. Haven't felt the need to change companies until now.
I thought you were an intern based on this resume
First, state your objective/desire Your experience should summarize your work in bullets Skills, list. No running commentary No paragraphs Reduce noise by removing unnecessary words: - professional, isn't it all prefessional? - experienced, isn't this all of your experience? - successfully, would you quote failures? - you sure you want to list every skill under the sun you know? What are your niche skills? - it's a s/w engg. 's resume. How does this sound? "Successfully lead a team 6 software developers" over a concise "Lead a team of 6"
Thanks will go back and clear things up. I had trouble writing single sentences that would summarize the experience.
Question, I added some skills that I thought were unnecessary just because the job posting mentioned them. Should I not add them if the posting mentions them? Because they seem generic?
No please
I’m confused about your summary…why do you separate programming vs software engineering experience? You only have one employer so I guess you’re trying to say you had experience before the job? Also I think professionals recommend putting your skills in a separate section and having your summary be only 1 or two sentences. It shouldn’t be in the same block.
That's a good catch. It is confusing having it in the same sentence. I'm just trying to separate my professional software engineering experience from working at a company vs my initial experience programming personal projects in college. I had it separately initially with just my work experience at the top and skills at the end with no summary or objective. Was just trying to write a quick blurb at he beginning that tells the recruited everything they need to know. Trying to break into tech and I think I'm just overthinking stuff.
With your years of experience I think most places will care more about professional work anyway