#Awkward resume with no experience, need advice

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hardy saffron
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Switched majors late and didn't get to secure an internship before I graduated.

Graduated from vaguely big name school

Have been denied from companies in my city with referrals, and while knowing the hiring manager from events.

Desperately need help. Don't care for faang or the money, I just want experience.

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The only reason my current work is on there is to show I'm employable in a "high" role. I know that it is not relevant but don't have many other big projects to flush the space out

spring kayak
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education on the top

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technical skills on the bottom

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add concepts: things like DSA, web development, agile, whatever in technical skills

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also in some of ur bulletpoints u have words like began and what not

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just say u did it

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also ud have to ask other people but idk if ur tractor supply co experience should be there, while it does show u have actually worked before, its not really revelant to the tech industry

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i also have no experience so i just want hiring managers eyes to be looking at my projects

hardy saffron
spring kayak
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i also switched majors and had no internships, so itll be harder for people like us

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how long have u been applying for?

hardy saffron
spring kayak
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also are u applying for remote or in area

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i only recently started applying, but im focusing on in area jobs since theres less competition

pure current
spring kayak
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i think ive gotten enough advice that i can spread it around

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also my dad whos a 25 YOE software test engineer said my resume is a "8 or 9 out of 10"

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spring kayak
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yeah u just gotta keep shootin until something works out

pure current
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A giga Chad right there

spring kayak
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yeah he got laid off but hes in the interviewing process rn, during unemployment he sent like 3 applications every 2 weeks (that was the minimum req for the job help stuff he got) and is doing 2 interviews rn

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hoping i can get that sorta luck

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except im doing alot more applications

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but also hes experienced so he got that goin for him

hardy saffron
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Pretty much both, local companies are cool and we have some good stuff out here but have been denied from them also. One of them was the referral

spring kayak
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if u dont mind me asking where do u live

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cuz apperently california is hard af to get a job rn

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compared to other states

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hardy saffron
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Alabama, kinda in-between Huntsville and Birmingham

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spring kayak
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oh ok, u may wanna look at in person jobs in other places that give relocation assistance

pure current
spring kayak
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california, washington, new york, texas, and virginia have the most tech jobs

hardy saffron
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hardy saffron
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Her husband is a SWE and they've both said it's just ass right now. Outside of that I just need to practice leetcode stuff

spring kayak
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yeah give up on remote jobs

pure current
spring kayak
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remote has way too many applicans

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applicants

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hardy saffron
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I've asked them but their company wasn't hiring any atm, and they don't do interns

spring kayak
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i tried to get one of my best friends dad to give me a referral, he said the company he works for (which is very small) isnt hiring entry level

pure current
spring kayak
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which is true i looked at their website

spring kayak
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idk if its bc i only have like 3 connections or what

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or people just dont want messages

pure current
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So you're a junior technically

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So you could side step with that logic

spring kayak
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alot of recruits dont consider internships to really be YOE, like it helps but theres too many times that interns dont do shit

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spring kayak
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i barely use it

hardy saffron
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I'm hoping that Epic decides to hit me up again because I had another one of their recruiters ask me about applying and I told them about my previous application

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hardy saffron
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Epic Systems in Wisconsin

spring kayak
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nah the company epic

pure current
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Oh I was excited for a minute

spring kayak
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they spam so many job posts

pure current
pure current
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I see companies like Noir always hiring

spring kayak
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every time i open linkedin i see like 3 more epic posts, its cuz they put a post for every city, then say relocate to madison wisconsin

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they have posts with locations set to all the large towns near me

pure current
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Either they're email harvesting or making it seem like the company is growing

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Fake job posts

hardy saffron
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It sounds like an odd cult, they have meetings like 20 stores underground or something in a room built for every single employee

spring kayak
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apperently for those who work at epic its not very enjoyable either, heard while the pay and benefits are solid, they overwork u

pure current
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Of course

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It ain't always paradise

hardy saffron
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Truthfully I'd be OK with it, I can't express how badly I want experience - I really love coding fullstack, especially the API, but holy shit do I hate the OA stuff

spring kayak
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well obv no job is paradise

pure current
spring kayak
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yeah the only thing i really need on my linkedin is connections

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spring kayak
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yeah

pure current
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spring kayak
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yeah

pure current
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Alright good, so the thing for a good LinkedIn profile you need at least 500+ connections

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Because then they'll assume you're human because you have up to that amount

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Believe me I don't understand the logic but that's the game we have to play

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For my LinkedIn, I feel you should have 20% alumni or people from your school that also studied what your course, 45% of people in your field, 25% of people should be recruiters (ironically from my experience they'll accept the connection request but not answer your dms 😂), 5% should be people know personally, then the remaining 5 can be people unrelated to your tech field

pure current
spring kayak
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.5 to 2% is wild

pure current
spring kayak
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damn