#no OAs. idk what else to change about it. please help

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native crater
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r u ng or intern

valid quarry
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so i need a new grad role

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starting next summer

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im doing a remote side gig type of thing

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while studying

native crater
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  • remove professional summary
  • u can remove courses - id suggest doing so, but if ur gonna have leftover space then keep it in ig
  • flesh out ur projs, leadership, exps more, aim for 3+ bullet points each
  • try adding in one more proj? idk
  • remove some metrics, overdoing it is j as bad as underdoing it. add in one bullet point or more that explains what you did. remember the bullet points should explain what you did, how u did it, and why it matters.
  • keep ur formatting consistent. all sentences should start with a capital letter and end with a period
  • if the bullet points must go further than one line, make it so it uses a good chunk of the second line, too, otherwise having only 1-3 words on the second line is a bad usage of space
  • others may disagree w/ me on this, but u can remove technologies used per internship/proj bc i feel ur alr communciating a good amount of it in ur bullet points
  • rename technical skills to skills, move it right below your education
  • id also suggest making the dates Month YYYY not MM/YYYY (improves readability esp for humans)
  • swap the position title and company name - it's difficult to follow what company u were at (which is the first piece of info recruiters look at, position is second)
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@valid quarry

valid quarry
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i didnt have professional summary initially, but I heard that HRs want a quick scan for fit and if you tailor it to the job description they might go like "oh he's a great fit" which can help. what do you think? i wanted to test that to sound less generic

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@native crater

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"emove some metrics, overdoing it is j as bad as underdoing it. add in one bullet point or more that explains what you did. remember the bullet points should explain what you did, how u did it, and why it matters."

could you provide an example? i thought im already doing it. it would really help if you could show what you mean

native crater
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one sec

native crater
valid quarry
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"others may disagree w/ me on this, but u can remove technologies used per internship/proj bc i feel ur alr communciating a good amount of it in ur bullet points"

thats something im testing too, i wanted to reduce buzzword clutter in bullet points to make it more readable for hrs while useful for ppl that are technical

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"rename technical skills to skills, move it right below your education"

is there a specific reason for that? isnt it lessimportant than experience? could you elaborate please

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id also suggest making the dates Month YYYY not MM/YYYY (improves readability esp for humans)

will do, thanks!

native crater
# valid quarry "emove some metrics, overdoing it is j as bad as underdoing it. add in one bulle...

for example, for software developer inter (returning), i can tell that you helped optimize smth but its hard for me to understand what exactly. now, u mention ATS, so im guessing its a system used to track applicants for a job position, but imagine if someone who was unaware about what ATS was or swe, they wld find it hard to understand.

ex.
APS Data Technologies
Software Developer Intern (Returning)

  • Implemented major changes to applicant tracking system (ATS) by improving scalability, candidate matching system, and reduced HR screening time.
  • Installed capability to handle 1000+ applicants a day, with a candidate matching algorithm accuracy of 85%, and reduced HR workload by 70%.
  • Built a Celery background processing system with Redis and PostgreSQL, resulting in 10x performance improvements.
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might be a shitty example, but shld give u an idea of what i meant

native crater
# valid quarry ----------------- "rename technical skills to skills, move it right below your ...

i mean ive heard conflicting info, some folks suggest skills being right below ur education, others say it shld be at the end. i agree w the former than the latter cuz imo it helps contextualize the appilcant ur looking at. if u know what their general skillset is from glance, it can help u understand their exps better. thats j what i think anw, wld be good to get other folks' opinions as well

valid quarry
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tried to implement your suggestions and give some background info in bullet points

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changed the dates too

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lmk what you think about i

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it

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lmao

native crater
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i still suggest getting rid of professional summary and expand ur projects/leadership

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make ur bullet points no bigger than 2 likes each

valid quarry
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im just gonna test it

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and go back if it doesnt help

native crater
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alr bro u have the advice, but generally speaking the professional summary is useless and takes up valuable space that u can use rather to expand upon ur proj and leadership bullet points cuz that’s looking hella bare rn

vocal hamlet
valid quarry
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so do hrs read your summary then

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and like all of them have it or no

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because i cant really understand why im getting rejected with my resume

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for some basic new grad roles

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like its aint no blockchain or quant

vocal hamlet
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It is truly just that competitive a market