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A bit basic, but I agree with the sentiment Where I disagree, is with Jake resume(1) - that has to be one of the worst formatted resumes I've seen for tech(sor
by mech422 6y ago
A bit basic, but I agree with the sentiment
Where I disagree, is with Jake resume(1) - that has to be one of the worst formatted resumes I've seen for tech(sorry Jake!). Just the fact that the tech skills are at the very bottom, makes it a non-starter for me.
Personally, I like:
1. Tell me what skills you have (skills)
2. Show me how you've used them (accomplishments)
3. Everything else..
TBH, if you did well with 1 & 2, that's gonna be about 75% of my decision to interview you or not..
1 https://github.com/jakeryang/resume https://github.com/jakeryang/resume
- mantazer 6y agoThanks for the feedback. Aside from your formatting feedback, what else could I improve to make the post less basic?
- mech422 6y agoA resume is a basically a marketing doc, so get the 'hooks' out early and easy to see. "Better: “Designed and implemented a self-service internal tool for clients to onboard onto CompanyName’s customer relationship management system, reducing client onboarding time by 85% (14 hrs to 2 hrs)“ Even Better: “85%(1)Reduction in client onboarding time achieved by designing and implementing a self-service tool(2) for CompanyName’s(3) (4)customer relationship management system“ Best?: "85% reduction in client onboarding time, achived by design and implemention of self-service tool" 1)85% looks better then 12 hours. Reader may assume it went from 100 to 15... 2.) Not sure how you have an 'internal' customer facing tool? But the important part was it was customer facing production code. 3.) You may not be able to mention company name - depends on your contracts/ndas/etc. 4.)This is all redundant. You already said it was a client on-boarding system - leave some details to talk about at the interview