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pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:26 PM

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please give me suggestions, feedback, constructive criticism. Thank

📎 2022_bk_resume_for_review.pdf

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:27 PM

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It seems a bit long at the moment

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I think most entry level people have a page at most

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:27 PM

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yes, I felt it too. But I don't have any programming experience, I had to include my projects that would show case some skills.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:27 PM

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There’s a good google doc that has recommendations on resume format

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I think projects are a good idea!

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:28 PM

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thank you. I will look into google docs.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:28 PM

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I think your programming languages and skills are a bit big

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What I mean by that is that it takes up a lot of space, so many looking into shrinking the white space there

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:28 PM

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but none of them include industry experience

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:28 PM

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None of what

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:49 PM

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The programming language or skills I mentioned, I don't have any experience in the programming industry. It was just how long I have been familiar with. How comfortable I am using each of them.

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:49 PM

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awful layout ngl, look at pins in #339595755851612161 for other formats

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:50 PM

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https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1bkZxGOQ9eKhuY_vaRubwF-SM4blVtiyg4YKnl4kL6Rw/edit

Google Docs

Copy of CSCH_Standard Resume Advice

RESUME ADVICE (SWE/SDE) This doc is to address common issues that are seen in resumes all in one document. We highly recommend you read through this and make changes accordingly before posting your resume in the resume-review channel! These tips are ones gathered from recruiters and SDE’s at all ...

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:50 PM

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no summary, no “I want these jobs”

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:50 PM

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pliant folio The programming language or skills I mentioned, I don't have any experience in t...

yeah agree with what splash is saying

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i think the skills and stuff is fine to have

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:51 PM

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I have zero clue what your projects use or do

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:51 PM

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what i meant is like

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it occupies a huge part of your resume

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ideally it shoudl be like

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a quarter? or less of a page

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:51 PM

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I don’t think anyone cares about “intro to Java” from Microsoft if you have a grad school degree lol

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:51 PM

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got it.

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:52 PM

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Remove clerk job, remove staples

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:52 PM

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amber rose I have zero clue what your projects use or do

expand on your projects yeah

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xyz format

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:52 PM

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Move volunteer under work experience, but in front of community teaching make it Volunteer Community teaching

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:53 PM

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also

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:53 PM

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Remove skills altogether

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:53 PM

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this is probably me being nitpicky

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but why is your linkedin link bhavik-knight?

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is that just a placeholder

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for anonymity purposes

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or is that your actual linkedin profile

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:54 PM

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amber rose Remove clerk job, remove staples

it's my profile.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:54 PM

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okay

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i would make it your name

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if possible

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you can change it pretty easily

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:54 PM

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and the link too

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:55 PM

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it's been created long back. I don't know if I can change the name. I will have check

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:55 PM

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you definitely can

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:55 PM

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you can

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:55 PM

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not the email though

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:55 PM

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the email you may wanna just create a separate email for it

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with your name

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or your school email possibly if you still have it

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and you definitely can change it on linkedin

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if you go to your linked in profile

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in the top right it should say "edit public profile and url"

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:56 PM

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No don’t use school email for anything outside school (@rough barn )

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 8:56 PM

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I am checking linkedin. email I think I will have to stick for now. Because I have been using it for job hunts. I don't have access to school email anymore

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:57 PM

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amber rose No don’t use school email for anything outside school (<@343580315148877836> )

okay

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i personally use it

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:57 PM

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pliant folio I am checking linkedin. email I think I will have to stick for now. Because I ha...

That’s fine it’s an email

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:57 PM

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but i guess maybe i shouldnt lol

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:57 PM

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rough barn i personally use it

next year you won’t have access to it 💀💀

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:57 PM

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for my uni i think we get permanent access to it

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thoguh i should probably double check 💀

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 8:58 PM

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probably

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mine@doesn’t tho

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 8:59 PM

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yeah i think my school is different because we're a pretty big state school

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:02 PM

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so no summary and career objectives?

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:03 PM

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no

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:03 PM

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I read on linkedin that adding summary improve my resume. I hadn't had it before. I wasn't getting any calls. From my previous resume to this one, I have been getting more calls for screening from the company compared to none before.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:05 PM

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it may depend on the country

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for the us a summary is not necessary

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and i'm fairly certain it is also true for canada

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and the uk

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not sure about other places in the west

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:06 PM

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thanks.

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and what is about certificates

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?

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:07 PM

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i don't think a certificate is necessary if you have a bachelors and a post baccalaureate diploma

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i think they're nice to have if you don't have either of those

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but you do so not necessary

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at least in my opinon

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:08 PM

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I put them there because my degree is in Artificial Intelligence field, not Computer Science exactly, just a sub field. And my previous was Bachelor in Mechanical engineering. (not CS). That's why I put those certificates

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I understand what you're saying

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:08 PM

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Hmm

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:08 PM

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I have been trying to cut it down to 1 page. But I wasn't sure what to cut and what to keep

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:08 PM

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Personally I would still omit it

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:09 PM

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Because my previous resume was 1 page, and I hadn't got any calls with that.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:09 PM

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They seem like fairly elementary courses

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And your experience in those sections of computer science will hopefully be demonstrated through your projects

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are you a canadian citizen?

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:10 PM

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nope, international student on Post Grad Work permit

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:10 PM

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okay

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:11 PM

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rough barn And your experience in those sections of computer science will hopefully be demo...

I will expand a bit on my projects. What are they about.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:11 PM

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regardless i still think a 1 page resume is best

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especially if you don't have experience in cs

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:11 PM

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got it. 🙂

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Thanks so much.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:11 PM

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and expanding on your projects is a must

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no worries! fix up your resume and post it here again for more feedback

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:12 PM

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For expansion of project what should I include?

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:12 PM

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also if your university has a career advice center you may also wanna show your updated resume to them

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:12 PM

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pliant folio For expansion of project what should I include?

what you did, how you did it and if it's relevant, what was the impact of it

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you'll want multiple bullet points as well

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:14 PM

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I have shown them the career advice. They also asked me to remove summary. But the resume I have made with help of them hadn't get my any calls. For more than 2 months. So I just put more stuff programming languages and jobs I am looking for. I couldn't keep it under 1 page, so I was just using 2 page later. And I have been at least started getting some responses.

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:15 PM

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i meant the resume that you'll make after taking our inputs into account

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:15 PM

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rough barn what you did, how you did it and if it's relevant, what was the impact of it

The impact on the society it won't have I think any. Because all of them are just course work final projects. Just to apply the skills we learned during the term.

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:15 PM

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rough barn i meant the resume that you'll make after taking our inputs into account

Thanks. I will update it, using that google template and put it back.

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Any suggestion on the cover letters?

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:17 PM

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hmm

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i've never written one

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:17 PM

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Basically I am open to work in anything web-dev (frontend/backend), data-analytics, software dev, ml (which seems impossible at this moment)

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:17 PM

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wella ctually i think i did

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let me check

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:17 PM

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should I remove objectives as well.

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career objectives?

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:18 PM

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yes

pliant folio Jul 21, 2022, 9:20 PM

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Thank you so much @rough barn and @amber rose. I really appreciate it.

amber rose Jul 21, 2022, 9:24 PM

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anytime

rough barn Jul 21, 2022, 9:26 PM

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yeah np

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