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Most resumes only get looked at for 6 seconds before they end up in the discard pile. You want to fix your resume so that that quick glance is enough to make y
by ZainRiz 5y ago
Most resumes only get looked at for 6 seconds before they end up in the discard pile.
You want to fix your resume so that that quick glance is enough to make you look interesting.
That means:
- Having a summary section at the top that highlights somethings special about you (which shows you'll be a valuable employee). Anything that shows initiative or curiosity is a big win here.
- The work/project experience sections should call out projects that you've worked on. The online title describing what it does is what matters. No one will look at your code. No one will click on your links (unless they find you really intriguing). They'll make a judgement based on the text and what they assume you actually did on each project, so simple is fine.
So what does this mean for projects? Work on the stuff you find most interesting. Whatever scratches your itch
- warrenm 5y agoIn addition to "curiosity" or "initiative", I want to see how you measurably saved money/time with something you did - like "implemented and maintained Ansible environment to cut system build times from 4 days to 10 minutes" or "implemented and maintained XYZ product, cutting intrusion response time from 'never' to under 1 hour"
- legerdemain 5y agoHonestly, if there aren't at least 5-6 (non-leading) zeros after your "saved the company $" bullet point, I stop looking at your resume. Always be able to quantify exactly how much value you and your code is bringing to your employers!
- warrenm 5y agoI'm good with any measurable indicator of "savings" or "productivity improvement" Whether in time or money