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I'm trying to get hired as a junior front end developer. Suck at writing resumes. This is my worst one so far. Also I've been applying but no responses, I have

by ge96 10y ago

I'm trying to get hired as a junior front end developer. Suck at writing resumes. This is my worst one so far. Also I've been applying but no responses, I have a defeatist mentality and also I think I do accept that I don't meet the requirements. http://m.imgur.com/a/oCdvU http://m.imgur.com/a/oCdvU I have changed the format some as the bullets as titles doesn't make sense. Still I have to condense and overall my "achievements" are pretty basic. Probably will have to find another menial job. Oh well

alain94040 10y ago
That is a terrible resume :-( Why would you start with negative sentences about your projects? "not complete". "at best what I have...". "decided to abandon". The second page is much more promising. Instead of story-telling and editorializing "This was a basic job, and quick", focus on what techniques you used: - started from a broken Bootstrap prototype - rewrote email sending using package xyz etc. Show me that you know how to use a variety of technologies, packages and tools. Then I can judge whether I have a job for you.
- ge96 10y ago
  Right unfortunately I haven't used many tools. This one site was built with bootstrap and since I don't use/know bootstrap I wrote it from scratch the scrolling, menu, animations, etc... Yeah it is a work in progress.
Nimitz14 10y ago
In case you're not trolling, google for "example resumes".
- ge96 10y ago
  I did look at some. My previous resume see below: https://m.imgur.com/7FU3bew https://m.imgur.com/7FU3bew I was told lacked content so I gathered all my projects.
awad 10y ago
Hey, we've all been there! I'm more than happy to help you polish this up. Feel free to shoot me an email hn@awadsayeed.com
- ge96 10y ago
  Thanks I'll take you up on that.
NeutronBoy 10y ago
> Probably will have to find another menial job. Oh well Don't take this the wrong way, but you need to change the way you project yourself. Even just from this resume, you're talking yourself down. Who would you hire? "I wanted to keep track of who/what was visiting my websites. Turns out they were mostly crawlers for search engines. I keep track of IPs and URLs requested, I store them in a MySQL database using PHP" or "Wrote an application to process and analyse logfiles across a collection of websites, using a common web application stack. Stores requested IPs and URLs for future analysis. Identified the split of automated search engine crawlers and other bots vs human visitors. Tools and languages used include PHP and MySQL" Resumes are all about how you present what you've done. On that point - if you're applying for frontend developer positions, use your skills! Build a cool website to present your resume rather than a plain piece of paper. You'll probably still need the paper, but the first line of it can be "View my resume online at example.com".
- ge96 10y ago
  Thanks for your tips I do have a rough portfolio but it's just projects stacked on top of each other, images... thought about a language sorting thing you know click Javascript to view javascript files, etc... I see your point about the wording. I don't know, yeah I unfortunately am plagued with negativity Portfolio: https://www.cunninghamwebdd.com/portfolio/ https://www.cunninghamwebdd.com/portfolio/

by ge96 10y ago

alain94040 10y ago

That is a terrible resume :-( Why would you start with negative sentences about your projects? "not complete". "at best what I have...". "decided to abandon". The second page is much more promising. Instead of story-telling and editorializing "This was a basic job, and quick", focus on what techniques you used: - started from a broken Bootstrap prototype - rewrote email sending using package xyz etc. Show me that you know how to use a variety of technologies, packages and tools. Then I can judge whether I have a job for you.

ge96 10y ago
Right unfortunately I haven't used many tools. This one site was built with bootstrap and since I don't use/know bootstrap I wrote it from scratch the scrolling, menu, animations, etc... Yeah it is a work in progress.

Nimitz14 10y ago

In case you're not trolling, google for "example resumes".

ge96 10y ago
I did look at some. My previous resume see below: https://m.imgur.com/7FU3bew https://m.imgur.com/7FU3bew I was told lacked content so I gathered all my projects.

awad 10y ago

Hey, we've all been there! I'm more than happy to help you polish this up. Feel free to shoot me an email hn@awadsayeed.com

ge96 10y ago
Thanks I'll take you up on that.

NeutronBoy 10y ago

> Probably will have to find another menial job. Oh well Don't take this the wrong way, but you need to change the way you project yourself. Even just from this resume, you're talking yourself down. Who would you hire? "I wanted to keep track of who/what was visiting my websites. Turns out they were mostly crawlers for search engines. I keep track of IPs and URLs requested, I store them in a MySQL database using PHP" or "Wrote an application to process and analyse logfiles across a collection of websites, using a common web application stack. Stores requested IPs and URLs for future analysis. Identified the split of automated search engine crawlers and other bots vs human visitors. Tools and languages used include PHP and MySQL" Resumes are all about how you present what you've done. On that point - if you're applying for frontend developer positions, use your skills! Build a cool website to present your resume rather than a plain piece of paper. You'll probably still need the paper, but the first line of it can be "View my resume online at example.com".

ge96 10y ago
Thanks for your tips I do have a rough portfolio but it's just projects stacked on top of each other, images... thought about a language sorting thing you know click Javascript to view javascript files, etc... I see your point about the wording. I don't know, yeah I unfortunately am plagued with negativity Portfolio: https://www.cunninghamwebdd.com/portfolio/ https://www.cunninghamwebdd.com/portfolio/