I'd remove anything non-tech related since you already have technical experience
#CS Freshman Looking on points to refine what fat to trim from my resume
barren urchin
so like "Builder" and "Community Service"
if you want to keep the titles, put them all as one line under education, subsection "leadership/extracurricular" or smt
Put more frameworks into skills and more classes
also personal opinion, but I'd remove any political affiliation from the resume (this also goes for religion and maybe identity too). it doesn't matter which party it's supporting, but obviously statistically speaking, about half the recruiters support one side and the other half support the other side so ur opening urself up to unnecessary bias from half the applications you send
faint grail
Yeah I was given this advice as well and it will be a factor moving forward. I'm just not sure how to structure the role to offer enough insight without sacrificing the risk of being politically affiliated
barren urchin
i see, yeah i mean theres nothing wrong with it if its the company itself
like you worked directly for the party?
otherwise i just said it here bc you wrote "contracted to"
faint grail
Yes, currently on tour with them. I am not otherwise involved in the political space whatsoever
so I'm not sure how to structure
barren urchin
like just list [Big Company] and not the "contracted to" part?
faint grail
Got it
faint grail
if you want to keep the titles, put them all as one line under education, subsec...
So the Builder and Community service areas are one liners about the role? Or how exactly would this be implemented
barren urchin
So the Builder and Community service areas are one liners about the role? Or how...
as another line under Relevant Coursework
put one line for Awards
and one for Leadership
affiliated with uni
uh things from high school aren't as relevant
the FIBA thing is pretty impressive tho, maybe keep that one
last point about ur resume overall, metrics look good but try to include more explicit programming/software skills in your bullet points
faint grail
In terms of projects, should I trim down on the quantity?
Like i'm not delusional enough to think that most of them are past the very beginner and elementary phase
barren urchin
i think you have room for all 3
if you keep the Description and Key Features to one line per project
eh maybe rock paper scissors is not necessary
faint grail
got it. And for the most recent work experience entry is it okay to have 5 bullet points? I don't want to overdo it but there was a lot of substance in the role and I don't want to sell it short
barren urchin
got it. And for the most recent work experience entry is it okay to have 5 bulle...
yeah thats fine, i mean however much importance you want to place on it
when recruiters visually glance at your resume, they will kind of allocate the importance relative to the amount of space you dedicate to it
faint grail
So something like this
HUT / HUNGRI (FLOWBOAT), Waterloo, ON Oct 2023 – May 2024
Builder
Coordinated two teams of six students, delegating tasks and ensuring deliverables were completed 50% faster
Designed prototypes for a web application for healthy growing kits to inspire classrooms to take up gardening, sparking interest from local school boards (WRDSB) in adopting the service
Should be reduced to an entry like
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Engineering, Database Systems, Networking, Web Development
Awards: Foresters Financial Scholarship (2024-2025), U20 FIBA U18 European Basketball Champions (Bronze Medalist)
Leadership/Extracurricular: HackWestern (Developer), Flowboat (Builder), Western Tech For Social Impact (Developer & First Year Representative)
All near the top section where I already have relavent coursework
If i am understanding correctly?
