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I've around +12 years of experience and my resume is one and half page. Half of that will be opensource contribution not related to any organization. If recruit

• baldfat 9y ago
  Yes and your showing that your older than the other applicants. I really struggle with today's system from HR. My wife wants to move back to her home state. I have over 25 years experience and I have sent out 40+ applications. Jobs I am perfect for, jobs I am under qualified for and entry level jobs. ZERO Phone Calls. I need to just put my application like I am straight out of school.
  • Isamu 9y ago
    Yeah, it is worth remembering that things are very different now, they get many times more applications for every job than used to be the case. It's like direct mail marketing - expect a very low response.
  • madamelic 9y ago
    Could you find some companies, learn about them, find some managers and cold email them personal emails? I've always done that and I have far less experience than you.
  • expertentipp 9y ago
    Similar situation, but 10 years younger, on the other side of the Atlantic, and the salaries are half of those American over here. It's not you and it's not ageism.
  • DavidWoof 9y ago
    Out of curiosity, what is your experience in?
    • baldfat 9y ago
      I am a generalist, but have had success in each of these areas. Education (But not a certified teacher) currently a STEm lab Coach for the past nine years, Systems Librarian and media creation (audio engineering and video editing). I also do a lot of statistical programming (R) for the company I work with for grants. So I try to just make each resume simple for each job.
  • jrs235 9y ago
    Is it obvious that you are currently not living locally? Many places shy away with dealing with non-local applicants for various, often silly, reasons: They don't want to offer/negotiate relocation expenses, don't want to deal with long distance interviews, don't have the setup/infra to give good long distance interviews, not willing to pay for travel for an in person interview, not willing to conduct only phone/video interviews, not willing to feel responsible for having an applicant pay their own expenses to travel for an interview. Many places are not willing to consider/interview someone with those moving parts because if they don't hire them, or things don't work out after hiring them then the company/manager will feel responsible and the applicant might bad mouth the employer. Granted bad mouthing an employer after a bad hire experience can and does happen, it doesn't often have as much weight and drama as when someone "moved across the country". It's easier for an applicant to shout "I flew across the country to interview and this company is/was a joke... they didn't hire me, and I had to pay to travel to the interview!" or "I was hired by this company and I 'moved across the country' for it and then they canned me for [stupid] reasons a, b, c, they are a joke! They 'ruined my life' Avoid them!". Unfortunately you need to move then look for a [local] job or conceal that you are not currently a local applicant at least until to are at an in person interview.
    • baldfat 9y ago
      My address is my In-Laws where I will be living when we move back.
  • DarrenZ 9y ago
    Leave out the bottom 10 years and leave out your degree years -- if you have one. My software development career began at age 28 (I'm now 45). My CV begins in 2001 and makes no mention of what I was doing from 1990-2001, and makes me appear about 35-37. When I turn up for interviews, nobody bats an eye, and all interview questions that touch on previous jobs talk about what I've been doing in the past 3 years.
    • DavidWoof 9y ago
      I did some A/B testing over the past couple of years with dropping the 90s from my resume, and I couldn't distinguish any difference in responses. Among those who got the shortened resume, nobody seemed to notice, although it's possible they noticed the age gap and just didn't mention it. Although if OP has sent out 40 applications and gotten no responses, ageism isn't the issue. There's something about his experience or resume that is turning people off.
      • baldfat 9y ago
        I am working off my CV I had professional done a few years ago. Maybe I need to put some money into someone else doing it for me again.
        • DavidWoof 9y ago
          I'm pretty ignorant of your field, so it's hard to say. As an example of my ignorance, I'm honestly surprised you could even find 40 places in a small city to apply for an uncertified Stem Lab Coach job. In terms of resumes and job search, though, software development is completely unlike every other field. I don't think anybody's advice here on "here's how my resume of 15 years of c++ is arranged" is going to help you at all. It's a completely different world. People complain about ageism in tech, but I suspect programming is actually one of the least ageist fields out there due to its underlying meritocratic nature.
          • cr0sh 9y ago
            > People complain about ageism in tech, but I suspect programming is actually one of the least ageist fields out there due to its underlying meritocratic nature. I'm turning 45 years old next year; I've been employed as a software engineer since I was 18. I've never had a problem getting a new job, whether by choice or because I had to due to a layoff or other scale back by a company. Part of the reason, I believe, is because I am always looking and working to improve my skills (my latest efforts have been in AI/ML and self-driving vehicle technology). I don't want to stagnate or otherwise get stuck in a rut, so to speak. That doesn't mean I don't worry, but I think I may be ok as long as I'm not trying to drop into an SV startup/unicorn or one of the "big players" like Facebook or Google, that tend to hire younger players. That doesn't mean I'd turn down the chance interview at such a place, but I'm not looking in that direction (plus, I'm pretty rooted here in the Phoenix area).
  • sailfast 9y ago
    I think the relevant parts of this article are the sales parts. "You can't just sign up for their mailing list" = "you can't just apply for jobs and expect a response. From this comment I assume you've put your resume in a giant pile 40 times. Unfortunately that's probably not going to get you the job you'd really want but you probably know this already (apologies in advance). In general, I'd always recommend engaging with potential employers at MeetUps, email / Twitter saying you like their business and want to put your skills to use, etc - something that differentiates you from the normal "applicant." You don't need to ask them for a job - just ask them for an informational interview / discussion and if you can help. If so, they'll refer you and you'll have at minimum an inside track to the application process. If not, you're still better off than you were before.
  • nogbit 9y ago
    40+ applications? How about picking the top 5 that you are the best culture fit for and most excited about. After that, create well written 100% custom cover letters and relevant resume. You will get a 100% response, this has worked for me in the past and is a win/win for you and the employer. In the long run it takes about the same amount of time. Now wear the employers hat...which one are you more likely to read and then engage with?
    • expertentipp 9y ago
      If one intensively looking for a job is investing time and effort in only couple of openings, however one thinks a perfect match they are, is in for a very sad dissapointment.
  • DoreenMichele 9y ago
    If you haven't yet, you might try getting some objective third party advice on your resume.
• jjgreen 9y ago
  Suggestions: spaces after commas, and use a proper en-dash instead of a hyphen for ranges ("2006–2009") and an em-dash for punctuation-dash ("expirer — Auto-magically delete ...")
  • giis 9y ago
    thanks for pointing out, I'll update the resume this weekend.
    • lancebeet 9y ago
      Then you might also want to consider that your spelling of your master's institution differs from the one used on their website as well as the usual spelling of the poet's name (Bharathidhasan vs Bharathidasan).
  • CamelCaseName 9y ago
    What is the difference between the two dashes?
    • hashmal 9y ago
      They don't have the same width (more or less visible depending on the font): the hyphen (-) is for joining, the emdash (–) is for separating. The difference in width create a different "rhythm" in text. Yes, it's subtle, as it's usually the case for typography.
    • AnimalMuppet 9y ago
      Length (or width, if you think in terms of width and height). An en-dash is the width of a capital N; an em-dash is the width of a capital M. (Hence the names.)
    • astura 9y ago
      They have different lengths and purposes. There's the hyphen (-) you are used to then there's the en dash (–) and the em dash (—). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash >An em dash (or an en dash) denotes a break in a sentence or to set off parenthetical statements. >The en dash (but not the em dash) indicates spans or differentiation, where it may be considered to replace "and" or "to" (but not "to" in the phrase "from … to …") >The em dash (but not the en dash) is also used to set off the sources of quotes
• JulianRaphael 9y ago
  Great resume in general. However, you don't list a single quantifiable achievement in your work experience. You state what you did, but in no way provide data to describe the impact of what you did. If you'd include that, your resume would be outstanding.
• underwater 9y ago
  As a bit of surface level feedback, taking care to correctly capitalise the names of the tools you use is a quick win for legitimacy. sqlite becomes SQLite, etc. I can’t count the number of people I’ve seen with “mySQL” and “Javascript” on their resumes. Correcting your use of punctuation wouldn’t hurt either.