I am looking for resume feedback; as the market is extremely competitive and I am hoping to get more traction by beefing up my resume. I applied for 70+ roles in the last 3-4 months and received only a handful of follow-ups, despite using internal referrals where possible. Would appreciate any feedback! #resume #PM ##resumereview #program manager #tech
Get rid of about me. Pretty vague and pointless unless you can say which domain you want to get into , how the target company helps and what you bring to the table. Custom for every job.
Dates go right aligned on page. Don't waste a line
As a prog mgr: ability to drive execution across a large team, meeting kpi, delivering on time are important. You've used adjectives like large and given names of different xfn groups. Try to quantify it and explain what you did specifically and how it helped the team
This stood out to me. OP - QUANTIFY your accomplishments. You did something, but what I need to know is the impact of what you did. If you can't quantify your impact, I care about it. Your about section: only use this if you're looking for a role that isn't part of your previous experience (so you can include the role you're seeking and the skills you bring) or you're using language to cater to the specific job you're applying to. Right now there isn't a point to it.
University of Washington University? The "one more thing" section is kind of cool, but it describes you 10 years ago at this point. Can you put some recent accomplishments there?
“Program-managed”, zero technical expertise shown (providing end users access to global drug trials info in 80 countries - you mean you put a web-site up on global internets?). “Let Business & IT stakeholders” to what, to oblivion? Your experience reads a lot like project coordination, not program management and definitely not technical. Projects deliver outputs, programs deliver outcomes. You will be struggling with job search because of this identity crisis. Either update it to demonstrate actual TPM impact or call it for what it is, project management. Both are valuable and have their buyers. Good luck and please don’t mind direct feedback, I am just tired af
They never said they are a T pm
Thank you, you are right. I got hung up on “my technical expertise”. Apologies. I am expecting outcomes from PgMs too
No impact statements
1. Dynamic doesn’t say much about what you can do. Get rid of it. 2. You don’t need to say seeking new opportunity if you are sending out resumes — they know you’re seeking new opportunities. Instead, use this section to highlight your top marketable skills. Write sentences, not buzz words. 3. You lack quantifiable data in your bullet points. How big were the budgets? How many people did you work with? Etc. 4. Give us something to understand why the projects you worked on mattered. Add impact statements. Many of your statements sound generic. 5. Instead of putting skills on a separate section, can you tell us examples of how you applied those skills to create value in your projects? 6. Less white space. Make this a 1-pager even if you have to reduce the margins. 7. Community & leadership items are old af and irrelevant. No hiring manager is going to impressed that you were a speaker at UW industry night (whatever that means) in a non-descript panel more than a decade ago. Even the Women of Distinction award sounds cool but it has no context on why it matters — waste of space. 8. What’s with the one more thing section? This is also irrelevant to hiring managers. Why would you want people to see you as someone who should be pitied when they read your resume?
Dm for Raytheon
Make it impactful by highlighting what business value you helped create in $$, what transformation you drove and what was the impact… lot of useless things here like 1990s resume
You lost me at "dynamic" Please don't write your resume like this.
write “autonomous”
Sanofi, good attempt at trolling. Scratch balls.