2024 Grad , still looking for tech job

[mild zephyr]

hi. graduated almost a year ago, and no luck finding a job. tips for improving my resume? my approach? anything would be helpful

[hazy pulsar]

way

to much

white space

@mild zephyr

you need to fill it in with projects

your points about your internship also

show no engineering significance

no technologies mentioned etc

[mild zephyr]

Engineered and launched a high-quality iOS mobile game using the Swift programming language and Xcode, leveraging frameworks like UIKit and Core Data to manage game state and user data. Collaborated with a team member and mentor to design and implement game assets using Figma.

Seamlessly integrated the mobile game into the company’s core application by developing robust API endpoints, which contributed to a 15% increase in user engagement and a 10% decrease in customer support inquiries.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize game mechanics and ensure a high-quality, stable release by conducting performance profiling and implementing iterative improvements based on user feedback.

is this better?

nope

[hazy pulsar]

much better but cross functional team

bullet is not helpful

for technical roles

[mild zephyr]

i mean as for projects , ive done a few here and there in different areas of tech, but like professionally none 🙁

sus how?

this resume was tailored to like cyber security jobs, not really software engineering/dev roles. to be fair i havent coded fr since the internship i listed. so ig

[hazy pulsar]

if your trying to go cybersec

then get certifications

if you want to do swe

you need to code more

[mild zephyr]

yeah i get that. im currently studying for Sec+. I'm just tryna see which career path is easier to get into rn. applied to hundreds of different tech jobs , but just got a few interviews and no offers. im not really sure what im doing wrong

[hazy pulsar]

ya the above is all true what @civic atlas said

but good to get the certification

cybersec is even worse than swe though no way to get ahead really

[mild zephyr]

: / gah damn. so should i just take up any opportunity for experience? volunter? unpaid internships? certs?

[hazy pulsar]

certs for cybersec for sure

[mild zephyr]

Any other recommendations or advice?