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I don't understand though, why would you assume I'm shotgunning my applications? I feel like from my projects it's clear that I've been working on a career swit

I don't understand though, why would you assume I'm shotgunning my applications? I feel like from my projects it's clear that I've been working on a career switch. But yes perhaps I can be more explicit. Also, it's a bit hard to take resume advice since everyone has such varying opinions... But I do feel like you may be onto something about the detail in my job description, I'm just not sure what I would put in place of that... Regardless, thank you for the reply!

yuppie_scum 5y ago
I would make that assumption because your education and career experience have nothing to do with the job posting. (Granted, I have not done a lot of entry level hiring.) As a hiring manager I basically begin by reading any personal statement then I go straight to career experience then formal education. By that point I have probably decided whether to proceed or not. You also need to understand that you are probably not making it past a lot of internal HR recruiters/first round screens because they only care about formal education credentials and career experience, plus keywords (certain programming languages etc) It was not clear to me from your projects that you were making a switch. Frankly I tend to gloss over sections like that on initial pass, I didn’t even notice it to be frank.
- Karsteski 5y ago
  Yea I understand that a lot of hiring is based on formalism rather than ability. It's why I try to get my resume in front of devs or technical people higher up in a company. I will add a personal statement, what you've said makes sense. Perhaps then it doesn't make much sense to apply through job portals unless they are also looking for someone with chemistry knowledge? I'm wondering if my time can be spent in a wiser manner. I've done a lot of LinkedIn messaging through adding connections, but I should probably just get premium for direct messages at this point...
  - yuppie_scum 5y ago
    Job portals are more likely to get to hiring managers than LinkedIn. They will generally go into the Jazz hiring system queue or whatever. I would just get annoyed if someone randomly hit me up on LinkedIn. Not that I check it.
    - Karsteski 5y ago
      What would you recommend for someone in my position? I'm thinking to focus entirely on startups, internships and chem/biotech companies that need software devs.

yuppie_scum 5y ago

I would make that assumption because your education and career experience have nothing to do with the job posting. (Granted, I have not done a lot of entry level hiring.) As a hiring manager I basically begin by reading any personal statement then I go straight to career experience then formal education. By that point I have probably decided whether to proceed or not. You also need to understand that you are probably not making it past a lot of internal HR recruiters/first round screens because they only care about formal education credentials and career experience, plus keywords (certain programming languages etc) It was not clear to me from your projects that you were making a switch. Frankly I tend to gloss over sections like that on initial pass, I didn’t even notice it to be frank.

Karsteski 5y ago
Yea I understand that a lot of hiring is based on formalism rather than ability. It's why I try to get my resume in front of devs or technical people higher up in a company. I will add a personal statement, what you've said makes sense. Perhaps then it doesn't make much sense to apply through job portals unless they are also looking for someone with chemistry knowledge? I'm wondering if my time can be spent in a wiser manner. I've done a lot of LinkedIn messaging through adding connections, but I should probably just get premium for direct messages at this point...
- yuppie_scum 5y ago
  Job portals are more likely to get to hiring managers than LinkedIn. They will generally go into the Jazz hiring system queue or whatever. I would just get annoyed if someone randomly hit me up on LinkedIn. Not that I check it.
  - Karsteski 5y ago
    What would you recommend for someone in my position? I'm thinking to focus entirely on startups, internships and chem/biotech companies that need software devs.