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Frankly that is a pretty thoughtless response. Even if your anecdote were broadly applicable, it still doesn't logically follow that an employer giving lots of

Frankly that is a pretty thoughtless response. Even if your anecdote were broadly applicable, it still doesn't logically follow that an employer giving lots of interviews somehow translates on the applicant side into "a better resume would get you interviews". In fact, the hiring process has become incredibly dysfunctional. The best conceivable resume is still unlikely even to be read by a human hiring manager when it's just one of literally thousands of others for the same role.

tayo42 11mo ago
I'll disagree, it's important to know the extent of what the bad market is. No replies in months means something else is up. The job market is bad but people are still getting jobs and interviews. Months of silence is not normal Ive also been on the applicant side and got interviews and call backs, also a handful of recruiters reaching out to me
- mixmastamyk 11mo ago
  I invite you to try to get a mainstream developer interview right now. Cold, without network. For example, I put an ad here, and replied to five others. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 No replies or enquiries.
  - tayo42 11mo ago
    I did a couple months ago. i did like 4 of them. you want me to screenshot my interview schedules or something? I'm not one of these "use your network people", im to introverted for that. I cold apply through companies sites. I never had anyone reach out on these who's hiring things though. Also HN whos hiring has been a dead end for me on my job searches. Is that resume the one your uploading onto websites and job portals? Unsolicited feedback OK or am i going to get hammered with downvotes? lol Get rid of the cute formatting. Pictures, icons, "fun" section. Recruiters get 1000s of applications per job. It needs to be easily parseable by software and easy at a glance to see who you are. The top third is a sky diver. keep it to only 1 page. Your also not using a professional tone on your resume.
    - mixmastamyk 11mo ago
      The skydiver is me, and parses fine. I could remove all personality, but would that really help? I was successful with this resume five years ago, not now. Actually one person was quite excited about it recently, but he worked for a company that had zero money for developers. :-/ So, please put your money where your mouth is and get in touch for one of those SRE jobs, which I could certainly do with one hand behind my back. Am highly motivated.
      - tayo42 11mo ago
        Your trying to get a job as a linux admin or coder? Not a skydiver? > and parses fine. I tried to go to your github and copy and paste kept picking up weird characters until i gave up. You have images all over where there should be text. Three of your companies are images. You have links embedded. > I could remove all personality, but would that really help? IMO yes, because i think its hurting you. Your not even getting call backs. Resumes need to be efficient to look at and judge for a 25 year old recruiter that doesn't know CS. Your competing with people who can put "Meta 2021-2025" in big bold letters up front. You have a giant image, then another 1/3 page of icons. This isn't 5 years ago where hiring pipelines didn't have people in them and hiring managers were actively recruiting and trying to find people. I had one recruiter tell me they had to pull the job listing down after a day or 2 because there were to many applicants. No one has time for your personality and quirks. Go to google docs, pick a resume template, write your accomplishments in detail, have some llm shorten it for you using business language. Put your personality on your blog
        mixmastamyk 11mo ago
        > Your trying to get a job as a linux admin or coder? Not a skydiver? Someone who parachutes in to save the day, no matter the problem. One thing I've done multiple times is rescue broken systems built by B-players or worse. > tried to go to your github and copy and paste Huh? It's a link, you click it. > Three of your companies are images. You have links embedded. Those are the very oldest, just to show a wide range of experience. Before you said you wanted it shorter, now you want it longer with more detail. Please pick one. > This isn't 5 years ago where hiring pipelines didn't have people in them I'm not sure what this means. Feels a lot more automated today with everyone using an ATS. > remove personality... I'm not sure about this, but worth thinking about. The conventional wisdom for a long time is to show some personality to stand out, (and apologies) given by folks who know the difference between "your" and "you're" and understand links. I'm on the fence with this one. My resume is meant to appeal to hiring managers, not recruiters it's true. Could see that being an issue, but recruiters have not been visible in the places I've been applying.

tayo42 11mo ago

I'll disagree, it's important to know the extent of what the bad market is. No replies in months means something else is up. The job market is bad but people are still getting jobs and interviews. Months of silence is not normal Ive also been on the applicant side and got interviews and call backs, also a handful of recruiters reaching out to me

mixmastamyk 11mo ago
I invite you to try to get a mainstream developer interview right now. Cold, without network. For example, I put an ad here, and replied to five others. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45801184 No replies or enquiries.
- tayo42 11mo ago
  I did a couple months ago. i did like 4 of them. you want me to screenshot my interview schedules or something? I'm not one of these "use your network people", im to introverted for that. I cold apply through companies sites. I never had anyone reach out on these who's hiring things though. Also HN whos hiring has been a dead end for me on my job searches. Is that resume the one your uploading onto websites and job portals? Unsolicited feedback OK or am i going to get hammered with downvotes? lol Get rid of the cute formatting. Pictures, icons, "fun" section. Recruiters get 1000s of applications per job. It needs to be easily parseable by software and easy at a glance to see who you are. The top third is a sky diver. keep it to only 1 page. Your also not using a professional tone on your resume.
  - mixmastamyk 11mo ago
    The skydiver is me, and parses fine. I could remove all personality, but would that really help? I was successful with this resume five years ago, not now. Actually one person was quite excited about it recently, but he worked for a company that had zero money for developers. :-/ So, please put your money where your mouth is and get in touch for one of those SRE jobs, which I could certainly do with one hand behind my back. Am highly motivated.
    - tayo42 11mo ago
      Your trying to get a job as a linux admin or coder? Not a skydiver? > and parses fine. I tried to go to your github and copy and paste kept picking up weird characters until i gave up. You have images all over where there should be text. Three of your companies are images. You have links embedded. > I could remove all personality, but would that really help? IMO yes, because i think its hurting you. Your not even getting call backs. Resumes need to be efficient to look at and judge for a 25 year old recruiter that doesn't know CS. Your competing with people who can put "Meta 2021-2025" in big bold letters up front. You have a giant image, then another 1/3 page of icons. This isn't 5 years ago where hiring pipelines didn't have people in them and hiring managers were actively recruiting and trying to find people. I had one recruiter tell me they had to pull the job listing down after a day or 2 because there were to many applicants. No one has time for your personality and quirks. Go to google docs, pick a resume template, write your accomplishments in detail, have some llm shorten it for you using business language. Put your personality on your blog
      - mixmastamyk 11mo ago
        > Your trying to get a job as a linux admin or coder? Not a skydiver? Someone who parachutes in to save the day, no matter the problem. One thing I've done multiple times is rescue broken systems built by B-players or worse. > tried to go to your github and copy and paste Huh? It's a link, you click it. > Three of your companies are images. You have links embedded. Those are the very oldest, just to show a wide range of experience. Before you said you wanted it shorter, now you want it longer with more detail. Please pick one. > This isn't 5 years ago where hiring pipelines didn't have people in them I'm not sure what this means. Feels a lot more automated today with everyone using an ATS. > remove personality... I'm not sure about this, but worth thinking about. The conventional wisdom for a long time is to show some personality to stand out, (and apologies) given by folks who know the difference between "your" and "you're" and understand links. I'm on the fence with this one. My resume is meant to appeal to hiring managers, not recruiters it's true. Could see that being an issue, but recruiters have not been visible in the places I've been applying.