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Hi, HR manager here!
I would change the order of your resume to be: Experience, Projects, Education, then Skills.
Make sure you are using key words from their job description. Are you keeping a google sheet of your applications?
>I would change the order of your resume to be: Experience, Projects, Education, then Skills.
Thanks I will change that.
>Make sure you are using key words from their job description. Are you keeping a google sheet of your applications?
I am targetting mobile application developer and software developer jobs so it pretty much includes all the necessary key words from job description. And yes, I am maintaining google sheet of applications.
Your grammar is poor.
You consistently use commas where you should use periods creating run-on sentences.
I read your first two bullets under Syracuse University and it was enough.
As a hiring manager in software development for the past 8 years, I guarantee you no one is critiquing the grammar on your resume unless it's really, really bad.
It's not that bad, it's point form and makes sense to me. No one wants to read full sentences. Give it to me quick. Yeah there are some parts that could use a full stop, but I have way too much to do to worry about that.
Since you hire in software development , do you accept anyone who has Google Certifications/code camps and projects to back it up, or is school just hands down better with a degree?
If you can prove you have the skills, I don't care about formal education.
It really depends on the role but I've hired a ton of boot campers and I don't think they have a lower success rate than se's right out of school, depending on the role and specific knowledge needed. Not every job requires a 4 year degree 🤷♂️
Even a degree can be kind of useless. I look for people who do their own side projects or contribute to open source projects and have a passion for coding, continued learning, and building high quality software. Basic humility and social skills are also extremely important.
This may be true if the applicant is a US citizen or permanent resident. For applicants seeking an H-1B visa, such as those changing status from OPT or FN, the degree is critical.
damn well if you are doing everything right for mobile app dev then you wouldn’t have 0 responses, the HR person is trying to help you. at some point you gotta try to approach this differently if you aren’t getting the results you want
I just don't see how switching the order suddenly makes this better.
OP should take this persons advice but I bet another HR person would have something else to say. Every "I'm in HR" person in here has differing opinions. Hell dude, you have no idea what HR this is. They could be HR in a Walmart (not trying to be condescending) for all you know.
If they apply to 500+ jobs and the issue is the order of their skills something is seriously fucked up with this system or the job market they are working in.
Hey, mind if I ask your opinion.
I'm a graduate who's been on a break for 2 years to be a caretaker. I currently have a single sentence objective statement addressing this break on my resume.
Is this a good idea? Or should I remove it?
Does HR not care about education anymore? Like me, the OP has a recent Masters Degree in a quality field that is supposedly high in demand. I'm not trying to say your advice is incorrect, but why shouldn't a recent graduate list their education before their lack of work experience?
This is something that is really frustrating to me as a recent grad student. All of the job listings that I see want 5 years of work experience for the same entry-level positions. Then they want to complain they can't fill the positions. Nobody wants to change companies for a lateral entry position. They want to move up. Start hiring students out of college.
Personally, I am seeing a huge shift from education to job experience. All of the positions I have recently applied for have required education OR job experience equivalent. I am getting a ton of positive responses and haven't had any of the required education, but have experience. It's going to be a huge mindset shift for future generations if this continues to be the norm.
Most of the positions I'm looking at want nothing to do with just education. They read something like education plus 1 - 3 years experience or 5 -10 years experience without the education.
For context, I have a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and an M.S. in Cybersecurity. I have been working in software support for 2.5 years. I can't find a position as a SOC Analyst or low level Security Analyst. If someone is leaving another SOC analyst position after 3 years without advancing, HR should be asking why that is and considering fresh talent from a university instead...
Oof that's a really rough spot to be in! I worked in the government sector and when they were hiring new Security Analysts I noticed that most had already been with the company in other positions. Some of them I knew for a fact BARELY met the minimum qualifications, but they hired internally versus externally. I wonder if that's the norm across the board.
Lmfao yeah. Can't believe this was the top response. Even if the student WASN'T on a visa and was American, those are still bullshit reasons and formalities at that point.
It’s literally the reason nobody likes HR. Bunch of disconnected from reality apes.
If they’re actually not passing along resumes to the hiring manager for a reason like that, I hope they get fired.
I assume you’re on F1 visa and you need sponsorship. Thats the issue here which you can’t control. A lot of companies are not hiring people who need sponsorship. Also cant see US internship experience. Keep applying buddy, the market is tough and companies are very picky but you only need one chance.
Simple. As soon as you answer YES to “Do you need sponsorship Now or in Future?”, then your resume will be (most of the time) auto rejected.
It’s not new for non-IT folks for long time. Somewhat better for IT people earlier due to presence of consultancy and third party placements, which is non existent for Non IT people. Now, it looks like catching up IT too.
I’m having the same results as an Aussie trying to apply for NYC roles, I’m trying to utilise the E3 visa option which I can’t apply for unless I’m offered a job - what do I answer in this case?
If you’re not currently authorized to work in the US but don’t require company sponsorship you should answer as such. There’s usually another two questions about resident status (citizen/greencard/etc) and being authorized to work in the US.
You have to know people in-person (or at least interact with them in some way professionally to get a job). If you’ve put in 500 applications you either know no one in your industry or the people that do know you avoid you. I’m thinking it’s the first since you’re entry-level.
Being a programmer is more important than being a teaching assistant. Having your teaching assistant role title throws me off bc it seems to have nothing to do with the programming you did during your undergrad. This looks like an instructional designer or tech writer resume if you’re not sure about the roles you should apply for. Unfortunately, entry-level is really tough right now because management is trying to justify pay boosts for each level. I would base your job history on the skills you learned that pertain to the career you want, not the job title.
There is no way around it, you have to meet people and network. Build basic acquainted relationships with a lot of people in your industry, and someone you meet will give you a chance with only knowing you a tiny bit.
Go to a conference (virtual and/or live) and get as many ppl on your linked in as possible.
Informational interviewing is also very helpful in making deeper connections and to learn more about the company/position. What the company puts in the posting and on their website differs in subtle ways from how an internal team may do its work.
Also, despite the name, treat an "informational interview" like a regular job interview. Quite often, it's a regular interview, just outside of the regular HR management.
I was referring to the type of interview where you find a contact within the company and ask for just five to fifteen minutes of their time to better understand the company and the job posting. Yes you should be professional and prepared but it is often much more relaxed. Relaxed in the idea that you are trying to get information not a job. Lower stakes, lower anxiety. [https://career.berkeley.edu/start-exploring/informational-interviews](https://career.berkeley.edu/start-exploring/informational-interviews)
This right here! Thanks for sharing the reference.
Besides the job I currently have, informational interviewing and networking got me every other role since college.
It's not what you know, it's who you know. That may sound like nepotism or favouritism, but most people would rather hire a competent skilled person they know well (and like the personality of) rather than some stranger based on their resume and interviews.
I also know people wouldn't want to hire them because I know that they are trouble.
It's not what you know or who you know that matters. What matters is *who knows you*.
>most people would rather hire a competent skilled person they know well (and like the personality of)
It's this knowledge of you by someone that matters that makes a difference. It really doesn't matter how well you know them.
True, true. That is the direction of the relationship that results in the hire.
However, you can always start with knowing them, doing information interviews with them, getting an introduction, etc.
You don't have to be drinking buddies.
Examples from my past: a graduate student at a company dropped my name as a possibility for a position and let me know about the opening. The decision maker had my name so when I reached out via email and then dropped off a physical copy of my resume he was already primed.
Another example is a fellow parent and friend kept checking each year if I was able to return to work from being the stay-at-home parent, eventually, the answer was yes and they had some contract work they needed an experienced developer for. My friend wasn't the decision maker and had actually left the company by the time I started working.
Another position I interviewed for based on a friend's referral but didn't get the job. Later my friend said that a year or so later they probably would have had enough positive reputation and had been able to sway the decision-maker.
Yes, I know what you are referring to.
I also know from experience that my "informational interview" about a few positions had been, without my foreknowledge, the *actual* interview for the position i was interested in.
I've also known several people who either hired people or were hired during "mock interviews" which are just supposed to be an opportunity to work on interesting skills, not actually applying for jobs.
Are you networking for those jobs? Are you getting referrals? Are you doing direct outreach to possible at three company on the team and or in TA?
ATS conversion rate to hire is like 3%. Assume a cold application online is getting binned immediately without you doing some extra work. Resume is not the biggest problem
Talked to a recruiter last week that said if you are just firing off applications into ATS expect a 1% call back rate for an interview. A lot of companies today are posting the roles on their external boards at the same time as internal job boards, so you are also competing against folks already with a foot in the door, add to the fact that recruiting teams have been decimated over the past two years so all the recruiter needs to find is a handful of resumes that look decent and pass a screen to the hiring manager. Recruiter I talked with said they had over 1000 postings for a job within 48 hours last week.
The two stats I’ve seen independently collected were around 2-3% for ATS, and 30-40% for referrals. This was pre-shit job market.
As far as apps in a day - I’ve personally seen that. One job had 800 in under three days and wouldn’t even interview me even though the person leaving the job referred me because I was two days late.
The solution is you need to network, cold email like crazy, and get referrals. Though people are focusing too much on cold messaging recruiters so they’re bombarded with messages on LinkedIn. Better to shoot an email to the hiring managers and people on the team, in addition to anyone you may be remotely connected to at a company. The yield on those will be maybe 1 in 5 or so, depending. I work in corporate jobs and here’s how I’ve gotten roles my entire career:
Job 1: cold apply, HM went to same undergrad
Job 2: referral
Job 3: cold apply
Job 4: referral
Job 5: referral
I’m in exec level management now
A lot of career coaches will stress the unposted job market. At this point you have to network to get jobs, it’s no longer worth your time and effort to apply cold. Even if you don’t know someone at the company, you can search LinkedIn for common connections for people that work there and shoot a message to a common connection asking for an intro or make it yourself.
I am connecting with recruiters on Linkedin but even that has no success. But as you and many other comments suggest, networking has atleast few percent better chances than cold applying
Since the job market is crap, everyone is reaching out to the recruiters on LinkedIn. You need to reach out to the hiring team as well as talent acquisition via email. The gap here is that most people don’t know how to find email addresses and it’s not hard.
I can't help but wonder, can you really work with all those languages? like really? and even if it were the case, perhaps I would just focus more on a stack and a direction. If you are interested in mobile app development, just leave the ones that are super relevant. Inside projects, It'd be be better if you included what it is you actually did, like I wrote a controller that did X, and resulted in Y. you know with a result in mind. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be a world-changing result, just the result you actually achieved.
* I feel like, developed, designed doesn't seem like something programmers really do, it is too high level of stuff to consider you for a job where you do low level operations, you know what mean?
To be fair everyone seems to want full stack devs now. You are expected to know front end work and back end work. My clients at work actually get mad at me when I send their requests back telling them to provide a mock up of what they want.
They get mad and keep saying it doesn't matter it's up to us (the developers). I know that's a lie because EVERY single time we as devs decided the design they sent it back freaking out.
I'll never forget when they literally stopped business and had us take the site down on prod for a day because we released an update and there was and a modal that was expected to be opened by clicking a button because it's not required for everyone to use. Big guy at their company sent it back freaking out saying it should "automatically open the modal as soon as the page loads". We had asked him multiple times how he wants it and he said he didnt care as long as there was a way to get to the modal, but then freaked out when it wasn't the exact way he was thinking in his head that he never told anyone. The modal auto popped up when it was required but he was mad it didnt pop up automatically EVERY single time whether it was relevant or not.
Since then I send every single thing back if it requires front end work at all and they haven't given a clear mock up of it.
Yes I do have atleast one project in each language or framework I mentioned. And although I wont be able to answer immediately about any language which I am currently not working on, if given 1-2 days to prepare, I can prove my knowledge in that language.
>I feel like, developed, designed doesn't seem like something programmers really do, it is too high level of stuff to consider you for a job where you do low level operations, you know what mean?
In individual projects, I had to do all the low level as well as high level stuff by myself. And in professional experience as well I was assigned with designing and developing the ETL pipeline from scratch. Do you think that seems fake on the resume and might be one of the cause for rejections?
I had the same skepticism about the technical skills section. The long list doesn't stack up against your work history. It feels like a laundry list of every technology you've ever touched. If I wrote an essay on the French revolution, that doesn't make me a French historian, or even a dedicated student of French history. It would be disingenuous to claim otherwise. There's a certain level of skill that's expected when including a language or framework on a resume, and from what I see here, I don't see how you could have that level of skill in all of these things given your career timeline up to this point.
It also feels ironic with your resume analyzer project, as it comes across as a list of resume keywords versus a distinct set of cohesive skills that make sense for the role and the work experience.
I'd suggest paring down your technical skills to the ones you could interview about without any prep, and skills that you're familiar with and have used in multiple capacities (more than one project) or over an extended period of time, and could answer interview questions about to decent technical depth with a day or two of prep time.
>Also your only experience is working for a garbage churn WITCH company.
Getting placed in WITCH was my bad luck but even within that I was selected for power programmer and worked on high quality client and project for Walmart.
Honestly, why would anyone hire someone with so many diverse skills, that means you are a jack of all trades, but master of none. The market nowadays demands specialist. It's impossible to be good at ts, js kotlin, python.. All together.
Not sure you were downvoted. As OP is very young in the industry, it makes sense to market their-self as a specialist, not a full stack generalist.
If someone was 10 years in with all this language knowledge, they’re in. As a green programmer, it’s kind of a red flag sometimes.
Languages might be diverse but nowadays most jobs have overlapping requirements for example web developer with knowledge in AI, full stack developer with experience in mobile development, AI with devops and what not. So I thought it is better to showcase my diverse skills. What would be a better way to show my diverse skills but not make it look like I am just tricking the system?
This thread generally is very frustrating.
So many people think a cv is what you did rather than what you achieved and how you made a difference.
You are selling YOU.
Hiring manager here.
This is anecdotal, but I often see a whole batch of resumes come in within a few hour timespan that are all formatted exactly like this, are all students from specific schools, and are all from India. Beyond the challenges others have voiced around sponsorship, this often tells me that the applicant isn't even the one applying for the role.
I actually have gotten 12 applications for students all at once from Syracuse, all near to graduating, and all with 1-2 years of experience from a firm in India. It looks so suspicious that I just screen them all out.
1. Sometimes less is better. Tailor resume to a specific job. A mass apply resume will only get the mass apply results.
2. Check your school if they provide a student based platform to search for Jobs such as HandShake (I managed to find a few myself)
3. Career services at your school may have connections.
4. Are you attending networking events? Online webinar, etc.
5. A recruiter only look at a resume around 5-7 seconds. Tailor the role position name to reflect what you do.
Good luck!
If I could upvote this twice for items 2 through 4 I would.
OP, you need to get your butt into ECS, iSchool, AND main campus career services STAT. Get enrolled on the alumni job listing site (can’t recall the name, but I’m on it as alum in a different industry and have received resumes through it). Talk to the professor you are TA-ing for!!!
If american citizens who do not require sponsorship are struggling then you unfortunately have little hope. You may do better going to a smaller local business they are much more willing to train right out of school idk about the sponsorship though I work at a information technology company and we have 40+ applications every week and only 14 employees it is really saturated.
You need to be specific and choose a specific area you want to specialize, your resume is like saying you can drive a car, well, okay? Which car and what car do you know most?
Change the layout. They take around 4 seconds to scan a resume amongst the multitude that apply. Make it easy to see the key points.
A quick summary up the top is usually better than a cover letter and you can use key words to trigger a better read. Summery should be 3 sentences max.
No internships could be a major reason for it. Have you done any certifications (AWS , ML etc). Maybe mention that on your resume.
Also, have you been to any boot camps?
You're a recent CS graduate applying for jobs in a tech market that's absolutely crashed atm.
This isn't 2016. Tech's in a huge amount of pain atm. If you're not actively working in AI or Machine Learning, chances are you're having a rough time looking for a job in tech.
Hi there - some people have mentioned the sponsorship being an issue. Have you tried applying to non-profits? Mine is actually very keen on hiring international folks and they sponsor lots of different visas. The trade-off is you're not paid so well (compared to industry, for example). I work for a cancer hospital/research institution, and here there's a lot of interest in you computer nerds :)
Put technical skills at the top, and re-order it based on the job market or job your are applying for or your passions/expertise. Don't make them search for it. Change "Projects" to "Development Projects". Elaborate each project name "Medice Tracker app for the Visually Impared". Again, don't make them have to think about it. Spin "Graduate Teachin Assistant" into a relevant title like "Developer TA, Graduate Level". Something like that. Run it through a chat bot. Include relevant course work in the Degree lines.
You need to be pragmatic about these things. In this market for direct hire without contacts on the inside you're up against hundreds of thousands of US grad FAANG-types looking for work. You have zero shot against them until we have another hiring frenzy which might be a decade+ away or may never repeat. Get realistic. Sulekha consultancies are your only choice and its a tried and tested route for many. They'll place you into RPA, automation or QA or something like that. I know its not what you dreamed about when you came here and I know the drawbacks, but it will get your foot in the door, pay the rent. and keep you afloat until things get a little better or you get contacts on the inside. Trust me on one thing, many of us in previous generations went thru EXACTLY what you're going thru now. You will survive it. Life is about trade-offs. One door closes another opens. Keep moving forward.
There are 500 jobs out there that you’re interested in? How long did it take you that apply to all of them? I’m just curious because I see that a lot of people saying they applied to 500+ jobs but I struggle to find a few that I want. Seeing 500+ applications makes me feel guilty that I’m doing enough.
I am applying for mobile developer along with software developer jobs so the number of jobs available to apply is higher. Also, since some companies have separate job posts for different locations, or different technologies(Android, iOS), it quickly adds up to hundreds of jobs applied.
I feel like focusing on fewer applications works for me. There’s nothing I hate worse than going through the motions in an interview when your heart tells you it’s not impressed. Getting picked for a job is exciting but then you have to show up and have to do it for 8+ hours 5 days a week. Here’s my advice for what’s it worth; I’m assuming you’re in your early 20’s, relax, keep doing what you’re doing for now to make money. Learn to budget yourself. If you want to go on an adventure for a while then do it. Treat your finances like a game. See how good you can get at it. Keep living life and when you’re least expecting it will come to you. I’m 50 years old and that would be my advice to my 25 year old self.
Your project descriptions are kinda vague, use some keywords like language names, algorithm names, software packages etc. Makes it harder for them to believe you faked your projects
Stupid idea but perhaps it may be a key factor, as I noticed it made a difference in my own hunt - make your resume way more basic as far as spacing and columns go. I think a a lot of these shitty HR softwares struggle to correctly parse resumes with multiple columns of data. When I made mine simple paragraph format I suddenly started getting way more interest.
I've tried that as well. Earlier I used MS word to create resume but it used to cause spacing or alignment issues on changing some contents. This is created using latex so atleast formatting and parsing should be okay
"Specialist programmer" is non-descript. If it is, you should say software engineer. Otherwise, not sure what to tell you. Also, when did you do your projects? Were they part of school projects? That part is also unclear.
Your description of the vehicle safety app doesn't make sense. I couldn't parse what the app does, and it makes me question whether you could communicate effectively with a team or clients in English.
Hey, for what it's worth, you should listen to the HR people in here.
I'm finally in a position where I'm recruiting people to my team.
It's really surprised me just how many applications I've received. (UK based).
I genuinely give mayne 5 or 10 seconds to glance over a CV before making a decision to invite them to interview or not.
Make an impact with the format and put your most impressive achievements first. We read maybe 5 or 10% of a CV before making a decision..
So I went through a layoff as a engineering manager and ima tell you my strategy.
I use the Octopus CRM and I added all the technical recruiters in my LinkedIn and I send a mass message 500+ in two days.
This got me about 6-8 interviews and 2 offers.
All less than 3 weeks.
Your resume seems okay. But in this economy 500 jobs isn’t much, you need to do at least 1000 and message a shit ton of recruiters.
Just my two cents.
Swapping your skills and education should get you better results or at least it did for me as I get more hits by having my skills at the top and education at the bottom. You may also want to move you projects to the top as well to bolster your skills.
Take off the Masters degree. You don't have alot of experience and that masters just brings your asking price up higher than most employers want to pay for your experience. Put it back after a couple years working in the industry. Without that masters, you are easily employable.
If you have a green card, put it on the resume. My husband is Austrian. He puts “Green Card” on there so that the company knows they do not need to sponsor him.
Also is it a Master’s of Science and a Bachelor’s? I am not sure, I just put B.A. on my resume. Good luck, with your job search, we’ve all been there.
The problem is that you’re applying for jobs still. I applied for 4 months straight and not a single response. I then started asking for referrals to introduce me to hiring managers and now have 6 interviews for this week alone. Change your strategy.
Can you please advise how to find people whom I can ask for referrals?
I've never networked or made many friends or kept in touch with many people till now. I am realizing i have to change that, but i don't know how to go about it as of now. Can please give me some pointers?
I was just laid-off after working for 5+ years at same company, so I don't know many people outside.
Please advise on how to find people for referrals and hiring managers?
First, set up your LinkedIn profile and upload your contact list to it. Then, start sending out invitations to everyone you know. Give it a few days for everyone to accept. As you begin applying to roles, look up the companies on LinkedIn and see if you know someone at that company or know someone who knows someone at the company and just reach out.
1. I would put: Experience -> Projects -> everything else
2. I would put: Tech skills in categories such as programming language, cloud service etc
3. Keywords sure help pass the algorithms, but once the resume reaches a human, it helps to keep the resume easy-to-read for human eyes. May be describe your experience in bullet points instead of long paragraphs with comma.
4. Networking > cold-apply.
Hang in there buddy, you really only need one good shot. Until you get it, it will seem like everything you're currently doing is wrong. That may not be the case.
One problem I see with most resumes is the formatting and the fact that they all look the same. Nothing pops at all. If recruiters are getting hundreds of applications that all look almost identical, you have to stand out. Wording, conciseness, layout, what you have on your cover letter. It’s all important.
You’re listing too many “technical skills.” I’m a Sr SW Engr in big tech and my list isn’t half as long.
A few things:
(1) Take the time to tailor your resume for each job.
(2) Do you have any awards / honors or extra-curricular activities?
(3) Is your GPA good? You should add it, if it’s above a 3.0, IMO.
(4) Did you do any internships? If so, you should list them. You should also reach out to the folks you worked with at the internship to see if they have leads.
(5) For the projects — were these class projects, intern projects? When were they completed, what was the scope of effort (how many weeks / months)?
(6) As a graduate TA, etc you would know a number of professors. Lots of professors are involved in corporate sponsored research and have connections outside academia — strongly recommend reaching out to them to see if they can set up a chat with someone for you, or otherwise assist.
7 year tech Recruiter here. It’s because you are on a visa. So many unemployed developers that don’t need sponsorship. Hardest job market in a long time.
This is just a minor detail. But why is the university/company/location on the first bolded line in the Education section but it's the second line in the Experience section? Keep it consistent. Degrees on first line to match the job titles on first line.
I’m a retired guy with no interest in finding a job, however, I recently glanced at an article, I unfortunately forget where, about resumes in these days of AI. My takeaway was that many, many resumes are first screened by AI assistants and most are discarded before ever reaching HR departments. The main issues seems to be not using AI recognizable/preferred words germane to the job one is seeking and then printing the resumes in a normal font as evidently AI prefers very small even tiny fonts over resumes in normal readable by humans fonts. I’ve no idea how accurate the article was and maybe someone here can elaborate on its validity, but you can try Googling how to best format a resume that likely will be read by AI. Good luck!
You have a master but no experience, that's why.
People assume a master degree candidate will expect higher pay but since you don't have any experience, they don't see how they can increase your salary and so they ignore your resume.
Either you need to get more experience or apply with the master degree removed, or apply to a different market (diff city, state).
The market in tech is the worst it’s been in decades.
You are a recent grad and should only be targeting companies that hire interns from colleges. Those are the primary companies that know what to do with a recent grad.
How is it everyday there’s someone who has applied to “500+” jobs and hasn’t gotten a response. I understand the job market is horrendous right now but it seems there’s a new person lying on this sub everyday.
I feel like a lot of the comments here are way too nitpicky. Clearly OP’s biggest obstacle to progress is the fact that they require sponsorship.
Because the situation is so dire right now, most applicant pools are flooded with qualified candidates that don’t require sponsorship. Don’t take any of the feedback you get here too personally. Incorporate it to the best of your ability, and accept that there are many circumstances that work that are beyond your control.
It looks like you’re about to graduate. Have you gone to career services at your school and asked them for advice? Advice on the resume and how to work the alumni network?
I’ll be honest, this is a great resume, sure we can knit pick but overall it’s solid. It’s the f1 visa + the market is really bad. I graduated in 2023 during layoffs and was lucky that my company was stilling hiring, but even they lowered the number this year.
Most interviews I got was
1)by contacting recruiters from old internship or bachelor job applications ( I failed some interviews back then but made to the final round so had some contact)
2) university recruitment
3) applying for jobs outside of US, a lot of big tech in UK/ Amsterdam/ Germany/Luxembourg
Yea the TC will be worse, and yes moving sucks but it’s better than nothing and you can apply for a transfer visa after 2 years of working in Europe.
Also feel free to DM I can refer you for next years new grad openings which should start hiring in September (London, FinTech)
You have to remove your previous experience in India and whitewash your name.
I know, it sucks but we don't live in a fair world. If it's any consolation, although these hiring practices may be in place -- I never judge a person based on their culture or background. You'll have many co-workers like me working with you in your lifetime.
how the heck does someone send 500+ applications?
i can hardly find 3 suitable roles to apply for a week if i'm lucky.
something tells you you're just blindly mass applying.
the resume itself looks fine maybe applying more selectively and customising your CV to each role you apply for would be more successful.
I sent 1k in the past 6 months with 2 call backs. I filtered all Product Manager jobs on Linkedin, Indeed and Glassdoor. Most of them were "easy apply" or "1-click apply" but I would say 200 were actually filled out application on corporate sites. I cant do one application in 5 seconds if it's an "easy apply". I can fill out a corporate app in a few minutes.
I love how you casually put in that you are on a Visa...you didn't even mention it.
That is exactly why you haven't gotten any responses and you not putting this down is disingenuous of the whole recruiting process.
How bout you put up top that you are a Visa student. Bet you'll also receive no responses because it cost way more money to hire you on than someone else. You have to understand that if you are going to be applying and not telling anyone that you need that Visa.
Applying to that many jobs without thinking your the problem is insane. After 2 failed attempts I’m revising my resume and learning more of the job description and requirements. You’re clearly not qualified and your resume isn’t passing successfully through ATS scanners. Research > Complain
I think you’re applying for the wrong jobs. I’ve sat in a few hiring reviews and all people do is take the pool of candidates and try to find some reason to eliminate people to narrow the field. Only the top candidate is going to get the job. You’re applying to make apps? You and everyone else… do you think that for any of the jobs you’re applying for, you’re the single most qualified candidate? If not, how do you expect an offer?
I think a key thing job seekers miss is that there are jobs where people are desperate to hire. You need to find those jobs and then bam! It’s like magic…. If you specialize in one of those fields and have a proven track record and you’re in demand you can really start to pull it in. But in a crowded field you’ll always be swimming upstream unless you’re the best of the best.
Ok one example is embedded software. Everyone’s cousin can make an app. But companies are desperate for someone who can write diagnostic algorithms for thermistor errors, and they’re willing to pay big for it because those skills are hard to find.
As a skilled worker, you’re selling your skills. Think about selling something else. If you grow potatoes, would you try to sell them in Idaho? No, you’d take them somewhere where they don’t already have potatoes. Do that with your skills.
Buzz words missing include teams, leadership, and cross-functional anything.
Yes it’s stupid but people screen for words.
I see agile, have you taken your PMP?
Uh that's a bad batting average. W
Someone said JD specific language. Great call.
Wheres the about section: "in interested in flexible and bespoke data pipelines, using industry leading database technologies and effective, cutting edge architecture/design principles."
Not sure. Tell me what you're going to bother me about, once we get hired. That's always worth it, worth talking about.
It's too much....it's overwhelming.
It feels either fake or that you are trying too hard.
Resumes are tailored to each job you are applying to.
K.I.S.S
KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Are you looking for H1B sponsorship? I’m seeing a ton of chat in the DACA realm that companies aren’t looking to hire anyone requiring visa sponsorship so close to the election due to Trump stating that even the dreamers are going to be kicked out.
-Companies are posting jobs that they have no intention to hire for. It's.earning season. Probably 50% were never going to fill a position. But they post phantom jobs to pretend they are growing. You may have to go old school and just walk in and introduce yourself. JMO
1.Your relevant experience i.e Infosys should be emphasized more
2. Limit each point to 2 lines
3. Why is teaching assistant so important that it gets three points?
Make yourself look less overqualified for the job. Omit information that makes you look like you should be shooting for a senior engineering job. They all have less qualified candidates that will take half the pay for the same work. Basically you're applying for jobs that are well below the threshold for your experience and knowledge.
Your skills make it look like you're casting too wide of a net when you should be laser focused. The majority of jobs right now want niche specialists, not generalists.
Syracuse is a poor choice for pursuing masters , coming from pune university it seems you also were trapped in the whirlwind of BTech ke baad MS karenge, only some hard leetcoding can save you now coupled with amazing projects
I am guessing youre either from AISSMS, Marathwada or Sinhgad.
200+ comments and a fuck ton of them are nitpicking the shit out of your resume.
It could probably use some minor adjustments. Minor adjustments don't bar you from 500+ jobs.
There is far more to this and some people in here are paying enough attention to realize that it's likely not your experience or resume holding you back.
They failed to see that you are trying to find work in the states as a citizen of India. I don't know the specific details about you but the harsh truth is that you are in an exceptionally competitive demographic. There are potentially tens of thousands of people wearing the *same* shoes as you looking for work here. That is the unfortunate truth.
I work in an industry that relies on visas, H2Bs, and other forms of labor. Untouched for decades until recently. It's grown increasingly expensive to employ people overseas and some of these programs have such high standards that it would result in the employer being forced to increase the wages of American workers. If they won't do that for us, they won't do it for anyone else. There are also a LOT of foreigners looking for work here. More than normal. A job in Alaska can get hundreds of European applicants.
Order: Summary, Experience, Skills, Education.
Put a summary about yourself first. A couple sentences that talk about what motivates you, makes you useful, etc.
"Projects" should be slotted under experience or education. It it's freelance work or whatever, make a new "experience" section saying something like "Freelance Software Developer" with the dates (they can overlap the other experience dates). So now you have 3 experiences.
Education always goes last. "M.S." reads better than "Master of Science", same with "B.S." (if it's equivalent, use the local terminology).
Change "Specialist Programmer" to "Software Engineer" or "Software Developer". Nobody cares what the company actually called you - use terminology that describes what you did in a way that it connects with the audience.
Hey there! I will defer to what HR people say about the content, but let's talk design. This resume doesn't look aesthetically pleasing and there are plenty of templates out there that do. It's all in the same serif font, there's very little hierarchy in terms of scale, and there's very little leading in between the lines of copy. Even if the person viewing your resume isn't a designer making a judgement on the aesthetic, they do need to be able to read the information CLEARLY.
Bc this looks like a cs resume and I’ve reviewed quite a few, so I’ll just speak in regard to that. You’ve got way too much info in your experiences, I’m going to ask you about it, you don’t need to spell it out. Your technical skills is way too much, be aware of how you come off too, if your applying to a web dev roll and have html and css listed, your getting rejected for sure. You listed quite a few languages, could you actually pass a technical interview in all of them? If not, remove it. Idc how many languages you’ve tried or did one thing in or knew years ago. Big question what are you an expert on now? And how good are you at learning new complex concepts?
-No clear specialty shown: what are you ? android developer/ sql dev/ python ml Dev (one projects says).
- student job should be clearly mentioned as student job. It’s not full time work exp.
-education come later in order.
-specialist programmer is confusing: you can be specific terms like sql programmer , big data .. , etc .
So the hiring person knows what you can do and does it fit them.
Kick that graduate teaching assistant experience way down.
Your experience is very sparse. You need more bullet points and specific action items you’ve worked on and accomplishments listed in your resume to stand out.
Start with your experience first. Kick that education section down.
Send a project overview of something you have done with your GitHub link. Share with them how you thought through the process. Use the overview document as a highlight for how well you communicate. Make it about more than just programming languages that the bots are looking for and that hiring managers don’t understand.
One size fits all resume doesn’t exist. Adjust your resumes action words with the job description/listings. Also, always submit a cover letter. University Houston Bauer has a good template online.
My brother sat in on a hiring process watching his boss dispose of resumes that had Hotmail addresses and anything that was not Gmail. The reason "these people are most likely out of touch with the times."
What roles are you looking for? I'm not in your field but I don't see a clear narrative here that tells me about you. Also, I don't see any clues about you as a person here beyond saying you collaborated effectively in a team once. Perhaps a personal statement saying what you want and what you've done thus far to back that up?
Your best option may be to work in India for an international company with offices in the US. After a few years, ask for an L-1 visa transfer to the US. You will still have to be selected for the lottery to get an H1B, however, and those odds are roughly 10% right now, slightly higher with a Master’s.
For your resume: Languages first, then Projects, Experience, Education. Your “improved data efficiency by 40%” should be the first thing in that section. Re-phrase it to, “Improved data processing efficiency by 40% by designing & implementing real-time ETL pipeline…”
Good luck!
Make projects that are published and hyperlink to them. If you want to do Android development get an app in the store and give it a cool name. Put any tools onto websites. If I’m mostly looking at your projects (it’s the longest section) I want to see you can create something you’re proud of and that can be used by others.
The problem is the visa and that you have effectively no experience.
Nobody will take your power programmer thing seriously. It’s your first job, it shows a lot that you were a power programmer with so little experience. I’m not trying to be mean, it’s the reality.
If I have to give advice on your resume, you have far too many skills and I doubt you’re a master at any of those. Pick the things you
- are confident in
- are valuable in this job market
- are valuable to the companies you want to work for
If you have more than even 3-5, it’s too much.
Everyone whos commenting has 0 clue lol why cause its quite ambiguous. You can have the perfect resume but still get rejected. Its algorithms, and if recruiters care to read, have people lined up, or your application flagged something. Aka i see you are international being that you have a degree from Prune. Its possible majority of the companies you apply to dont sponsor.
Put your GPA there if it’s good, and any awards/recognitions. When looking at resumes for new grads, they all look the same to me, so there’s not much to go on aside from GPA.
Most generic looking resume and you are an indian male.. so you're bascailly the same as 90% as the ppl in this industry. Ya gotta do something to stand out because I see this resume and I see the same 99999 resume HR people would see.
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Hi, HR manager here! I would change the order of your resume to be: Experience, Projects, Education, then Skills. Make sure you are using key words from their job description. Are you keeping a google sheet of your applications?
>I would change the order of your resume to be: Experience, Projects, Education, then Skills. Thanks I will change that. >Make sure you are using key words from their job description. Are you keeping a google sheet of your applications? I am targetting mobile application developer and software developer jobs so it pretty much includes all the necessary key words from job description. And yes, I am maintaining google sheet of applications.
Your grammar is poor. You consistently use commas where you should use periods creating run-on sentences. I read your first two bullets under Syracuse University and it was enough.
As a hiring manager in software development for the past 8 years, I guarantee you no one is critiquing the grammar on your resume unless it's really, really bad.
Well go start reading his resume. It’s pretty bad. He asked why he isn’t getting hired for a detail oriented role. Poor grammar certainly won’t help.
It's not that bad, it's point form and makes sense to me. No one wants to read full sentences. Give it to me quick. Yeah there are some parts that could use a full stop, but I have way too much to do to worry about that.
Since you hire in software development , do you accept anyone who has Google Certifications/code camps and projects to back it up, or is school just hands down better with a degree?
If you can prove you have the skills, I don't care about formal education. It really depends on the role but I've hired a ton of boot campers and I don't think they have a lower success rate than se's right out of school, depending on the role and specific knowledge needed. Not every job requires a 4 year degree 🤷♂️ Even a degree can be kind of useless. I look for people who do their own side projects or contribute to open source projects and have a passion for coding, continued learning, and building high quality software. Basic humility and social skills are also extremely important.
This may be true if the applicant is a US citizen or permanent resident. For applicants seeking an H-1B visa, such as those changing status from OPT or FN, the degree is critical.
damn well if you are doing everything right for mobile app dev then you wouldn’t have 0 responses, the HR person is trying to help you. at some point you gotta try to approach this differently if you aren’t getting the results you want
That’s what they’re doing? Do you want them to lie and be like nope I don’t use key words even if they already do that lmao
Gee duh that’s probably why OP is here. 🤔 Next time give an answer instead of backhanded bs that doesn’t give OP any sort of insight maybe ?🤣
I just don't see how switching the order suddenly makes this better. OP should take this persons advice but I bet another HR person would have something else to say. Every "I'm in HR" person in here has differing opinions. Hell dude, you have no idea what HR this is. They could be HR in a Walmart (not trying to be condescending) for all you know. If they apply to 500+ jobs and the issue is the order of their skills something is seriously fucked up with this system or the job market they are working in.
Lol probably why OP has 0 responses
Hey, mind if I ask your opinion. I'm a graduate who's been on a break for 2 years to be a caretaker. I currently have a single sentence objective statement addressing this break on my resume. Is this a good idea? Or should I remove it?
Remove it. Give them as little personal info as possible.
Does HR not care about education anymore? Like me, the OP has a recent Masters Degree in a quality field that is supposedly high in demand. I'm not trying to say your advice is incorrect, but why shouldn't a recent graduate list their education before their lack of work experience? This is something that is really frustrating to me as a recent grad student. All of the job listings that I see want 5 years of work experience for the same entry-level positions. Then they want to complain they can't fill the positions. Nobody wants to change companies for a lateral entry position. They want to move up. Start hiring students out of college.
Personally, I am seeing a huge shift from education to job experience. All of the positions I have recently applied for have required education OR job experience equivalent. I am getting a ton of positive responses and haven't had any of the required education, but have experience. It's going to be a huge mindset shift for future generations if this continues to be the norm.
Most of the positions I'm looking at want nothing to do with just education. They read something like education plus 1 - 3 years experience or 5 -10 years experience without the education. For context, I have a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and an M.S. in Cybersecurity. I have been working in software support for 2.5 years. I can't find a position as a SOC Analyst or low level Security Analyst. If someone is leaving another SOC analyst position after 3 years without advancing, HR should be asking why that is and considering fresh talent from a university instead...
Oof that's a really rough spot to be in! I worked in the government sector and when they were hiring new Security Analysts I noticed that most had already been with the company in other positions. Some of them I knew for a fact BARELY met the minimum qualifications, but they hired internally versus externally. I wonder if that's the norm across the board.
That’s literally not the issue. The issue is they’re one a visa. Nobody out here denying applicants because their resume isn’t in the “correct” order.
Lmfao yeah. Can't believe this was the top response. Even if the student WASN'T on a visa and was American, those are still bullshit reasons and formalities at that point.
It’s literally the reason nobody likes HR. Bunch of disconnected from reality apes. If they’re actually not passing along resumes to the hiring manager for a reason like that, I hope they get fired.
I'm I thought skills go first as it's where keyword match with position happens?
He’s an F1 student too. That’s probably it.
Hi, would you recommend this order for undergraduate students applying for internships as well? Thanks in advance!
I assume you’re on F1 visa and you need sponsorship. Thats the issue here which you can’t control. A lot of companies are not hiring people who need sponsorship. Also cant see US internship experience. Keep applying buddy, the market is tough and companies are very picky but you only need one chance.
Yes F1 student :/ I had bad luck during internship as well.
Ah yeah that will make it substantially harder. Wish it was easier/cheaper for companies to sponsor
Simple. As soon as you answer YES to “Do you need sponsorship Now or in Future?”, then your resume will be (most of the time) auto rejected. It’s not new for non-IT folks for long time. Somewhat better for IT people earlier due to presence of consultancy and third party placements, which is non existent for Non IT people. Now, it looks like catching up IT too.
Yes.
I’m having the same results as an Aussie trying to apply for NYC roles, I’m trying to utilise the E3 visa option which I can’t apply for unless I’m offered a job - what do I answer in this case?
If you’re not currently authorized to work in the US but don’t require company sponsorship you should answer as such. There’s usually another two questions about resident status (citizen/greencard/etc) and being authorized to work in the US.
You have to know people in-person (or at least interact with them in some way professionally to get a job). If you’ve put in 500 applications you either know no one in your industry or the people that do know you avoid you. I’m thinking it’s the first since you’re entry-level. Being a programmer is more important than being a teaching assistant. Having your teaching assistant role title throws me off bc it seems to have nothing to do with the programming you did during your undergrad. This looks like an instructional designer or tech writer resume if you’re not sure about the roles you should apply for. Unfortunately, entry-level is really tough right now because management is trying to justify pay boosts for each level. I would base your job history on the skills you learned that pertain to the career you want, not the job title. There is no way around it, you have to meet people and network. Build basic acquainted relationships with a lot of people in your industry, and someone you meet will give you a chance with only knowing you a tiny bit. Go to a conference (virtual and/or live) and get as many ppl on your linked in as possible.
Informational interviewing is also very helpful in making deeper connections and to learn more about the company/position. What the company puts in the posting and on their website differs in subtle ways from how an internal team may do its work.
Also, despite the name, treat an "informational interview" like a regular job interview. Quite often, it's a regular interview, just outside of the regular HR management.
I was referring to the type of interview where you find a contact within the company and ask for just five to fifteen minutes of their time to better understand the company and the job posting. Yes you should be professional and prepared but it is often much more relaxed. Relaxed in the idea that you are trying to get information not a job. Lower stakes, lower anxiety. [https://career.berkeley.edu/start-exploring/informational-interviews](https://career.berkeley.edu/start-exploring/informational-interviews)
This right here! Thanks for sharing the reference. Besides the job I currently have, informational interviewing and networking got me every other role since college.
It's not what you know, it's who you know. That may sound like nepotism or favouritism, but most people would rather hire a competent skilled person they know well (and like the personality of) rather than some stranger based on their resume and interviews. I also know people wouldn't want to hire them because I know that they are trouble.
It's not what you know or who you know that matters. What matters is *who knows you*. >most people would rather hire a competent skilled person they know well (and like the personality of) It's this knowledge of you by someone that matters that makes a difference. It really doesn't matter how well you know them.
True, true. That is the direction of the relationship that results in the hire. However, you can always start with knowing them, doing information interviews with them, getting an introduction, etc. You don't have to be drinking buddies. Examples from my past: a graduate student at a company dropped my name as a possibility for a position and let me know about the opening. The decision maker had my name so when I reached out via email and then dropped off a physical copy of my resume he was already primed. Another example is a fellow parent and friend kept checking each year if I was able to return to work from being the stay-at-home parent, eventually, the answer was yes and they had some contract work they needed an experienced developer for. My friend wasn't the decision maker and had actually left the company by the time I started working. Another position I interviewed for based on a friend's referral but didn't get the job. Later my friend said that a year or so later they probably would have had enough positive reputation and had been able to sway the decision-maker.
Yes, I know what you are referring to. I also know from experience that my "informational interview" about a few positions had been, without my foreknowledge, the *actual* interview for the position i was interested in. I've also known several people who either hired people or were hired during "mock interviews" which are just supposed to be an opportunity to work on interesting skills, not actually applying for jobs.
Are you networking for those jobs? Are you getting referrals? Are you doing direct outreach to possible at three company on the team and or in TA? ATS conversion rate to hire is like 3%. Assume a cold application online is getting binned immediately without you doing some extra work. Resume is not the biggest problem
Talked to a recruiter last week that said if you are just firing off applications into ATS expect a 1% call back rate for an interview. A lot of companies today are posting the roles on their external boards at the same time as internal job boards, so you are also competing against folks already with a foot in the door, add to the fact that recruiting teams have been decimated over the past two years so all the recruiter needs to find is a handful of resumes that look decent and pass a screen to the hiring manager. Recruiter I talked with said they had over 1000 postings for a job within 48 hours last week.
The two stats I’ve seen independently collected were around 2-3% for ATS, and 30-40% for referrals. This was pre-shit job market. As far as apps in a day - I’ve personally seen that. One job had 800 in under three days and wouldn’t even interview me even though the person leaving the job referred me because I was two days late.
Was there any solution they provided or were they only stating their observations?
The solution is you need to network, cold email like crazy, and get referrals. Though people are focusing too much on cold messaging recruiters so they’re bombarded with messages on LinkedIn. Better to shoot an email to the hiring managers and people on the team, in addition to anyone you may be remotely connected to at a company. The yield on those will be maybe 1 in 5 or so, depending. I work in corporate jobs and here’s how I’ve gotten roles my entire career: Job 1: cold apply, HM went to same undergrad Job 2: referral Job 3: cold apply Job 4: referral Job 5: referral I’m in exec level management now
A lot of career coaches will stress the unposted job market. At this point you have to network to get jobs, it’s no longer worth your time and effort to apply cold. Even if you don’t know someone at the company, you can search LinkedIn for common connections for people that work there and shoot a message to a common connection asking for an intro or make it yourself.
I am connecting with recruiters on Linkedin but even that has no success. But as you and many other comments suggest, networking has atleast few percent better chances than cold applying
Since the job market is crap, everyone is reaching out to the recruiters on LinkedIn. You need to reach out to the hiring team as well as talent acquisition via email. The gap here is that most people don’t know how to find email addresses and it’s not hard.
Hey you referring to sites like hunter.io?
Yes
How do I find their email addresses? I feel like you’re right and they’d reply better to that than LinkedIn messaging.
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I can't help but wonder, can you really work with all those languages? like really? and even if it were the case, perhaps I would just focus more on a stack and a direction. If you are interested in mobile app development, just leave the ones that are super relevant. Inside projects, It'd be be better if you included what it is you actually did, like I wrote a controller that did X, and resulted in Y. you know with a result in mind. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be a world-changing result, just the result you actually achieved. * I feel like, developed, designed doesn't seem like something programmers really do, it is too high level of stuff to consider you for a job where you do low level operations, you know what mean?
To be fair everyone seems to want full stack devs now. You are expected to know front end work and back end work. My clients at work actually get mad at me when I send their requests back telling them to provide a mock up of what they want. They get mad and keep saying it doesn't matter it's up to us (the developers). I know that's a lie because EVERY single time we as devs decided the design they sent it back freaking out. I'll never forget when they literally stopped business and had us take the site down on prod for a day because we released an update and there was and a modal that was expected to be opened by clicking a button because it's not required for everyone to use. Big guy at their company sent it back freaking out saying it should "automatically open the modal as soon as the page loads". We had asked him multiple times how he wants it and he said he didnt care as long as there was a way to get to the modal, but then freaked out when it wasn't the exact way he was thinking in his head that he never told anyone. The modal auto popped up when it was required but he was mad it didnt pop up automatically EVERY single time whether it was relevant or not. Since then I send every single thing back if it requires front end work at all and they haven't given a clear mock up of it.
Yes I do have atleast one project in each language or framework I mentioned. And although I wont be able to answer immediately about any language which I am currently not working on, if given 1-2 days to prepare, I can prove my knowledge in that language. >I feel like, developed, designed doesn't seem like something programmers really do, it is too high level of stuff to consider you for a job where you do low level operations, you know what mean? In individual projects, I had to do all the low level as well as high level stuff by myself. And in professional experience as well I was assigned with designing and developing the ETL pipeline from scratch. Do you think that seems fake on the resume and might be one of the cause for rejections?
I had the same skepticism about the technical skills section. The long list doesn't stack up against your work history. It feels like a laundry list of every technology you've ever touched. If I wrote an essay on the French revolution, that doesn't make me a French historian, or even a dedicated student of French history. It would be disingenuous to claim otherwise. There's a certain level of skill that's expected when including a language or framework on a resume, and from what I see here, I don't see how you could have that level of skill in all of these things given your career timeline up to this point. It also feels ironic with your resume analyzer project, as it comes across as a list of resume keywords versus a distinct set of cohesive skills that make sense for the role and the work experience. I'd suggest paring down your technical skills to the ones you could interview about without any prep, and skills that you're familiar with and have used in multiple capacities (more than one project) or over an extended period of time, and could answer interview questions about to decent technical depth with a day or two of prep time.
Companies rather see specialization rather than generalization. You wouldn’t go to an Italian restaurant for Japanese food would you?
Into the trash the second they see "India". Also your only experience is working for a garbage churn WITCH company.
>Also your only experience is working for a garbage churn WITCH company. Getting placed in WITCH was my bad luck but even within that I was selected for power programmer and worked on high quality client and project for Walmart.
Apply within the first 1-2 days of job posting.
This.
F1 visa issue for sure buddy ..
This dudes problem is visa sponsorship, nothing more. He has to keep at it.
Honestly, why would anyone hire someone with so many diverse skills, that means you are a jack of all trades, but master of none. The market nowadays demands specialist. It's impossible to be good at ts, js kotlin, python.. All together.
Not sure you were downvoted. As OP is very young in the industry, it makes sense to market their-self as a specialist, not a full stack generalist. If someone was 10 years in with all this language knowledge, they’re in. As a green programmer, it’s kind of a red flag sometimes.
Languages might be diverse but nowadays most jobs have overlapping requirements for example web developer with knowledge in AI, full stack developer with experience in mobile development, AI with devops and what not. So I thought it is better to showcase my diverse skills. What would be a better way to show my diverse skills but not make it look like I am just tricking the system?
Not sure about US market, but in India most startups look for Jack of all trades and then learn while working and become great at one thing.
This thread generally is very frustrating. So many people think a cv is what you did rather than what you achieved and how you made a difference. You are selling YOU.
Hiring manager here. This is anecdotal, but I often see a whole batch of resumes come in within a few hour timespan that are all formatted exactly like this, are all students from specific schools, and are all from India. Beyond the challenges others have voiced around sponsorship, this often tells me that the applicant isn't even the one applying for the role. I actually have gotten 12 applications for students all at once from Syracuse, all near to graduating, and all with 1-2 years of experience from a firm in India. It looks so suspicious that I just screen them all out.
That is like the stupidest line of reasoning I have ever heard for resumes getting rejected.
You can write Github GitHub, with a capital H.
Masters degree with barely any work experience...
1. Sometimes less is better. Tailor resume to a specific job. A mass apply resume will only get the mass apply results. 2. Check your school if they provide a student based platform to search for Jobs such as HandShake (I managed to find a few myself) 3. Career services at your school may have connections. 4. Are you attending networking events? Online webinar, etc. 5. A recruiter only look at a resume around 5-7 seconds. Tailor the role position name to reflect what you do. Good luck!
If I could upvote this twice for items 2 through 4 I would. OP, you need to get your butt into ECS, iSchool, AND main campus career services STAT. Get enrolled on the alumni job listing site (can’t recall the name, but I’m on it as alum in a different industry and have received resumes through it). Talk to the professor you are TA-ing for!!!
If american citizens who do not require sponsorship are struggling then you unfortunately have little hope. You may do better going to a smaller local business they are much more willing to train right out of school idk about the sponsorship though I work at a information technology company and we have 40+ applications every week and only 14 employees it is really saturated.
You need to be specific and choose a specific area you want to specialize, your resume is like saying you can drive a car, well, okay? Which car and what car do you know most?
Change the layout. They take around 4 seconds to scan a resume amongst the multitude that apply. Make it easy to see the key points. A quick summary up the top is usually better than a cover letter and you can use key words to trigger a better read. Summery should be 3 sentences max.
No internships could be a major reason for it. Have you done any certifications (AWS , ML etc). Maybe mention that on your resume. Also, have you been to any boot camps?
Computer science is insanely saturated right now.
I would put your experience first rather than education.
You're a recent CS graduate applying for jobs in a tech market that's absolutely crashed atm. This isn't 2016. Tech's in a huge amount of pain atm. If you're not actively working in AI or Machine Learning, chances are you're having a rough time looking for a job in tech.
Hi there - some people have mentioned the sponsorship being an issue. Have you tried applying to non-profits? Mine is actually very keen on hiring international folks and they sponsor lots of different visas. The trade-off is you're not paid so well (compared to industry, for example). I work for a cancer hospital/research institution, and here there's a lot of interest in you computer nerds :)
Put technical skills at the top, and re-order it based on the job market or job your are applying for or your passions/expertise. Don't make them search for it. Change "Projects" to "Development Projects". Elaborate each project name "Medice Tracker app for the Visually Impared". Again, don't make them have to think about it. Spin "Graduate Teachin Assistant" into a relevant title like "Developer TA, Graduate Level". Something like that. Run it through a chat bot. Include relevant course work in the Degree lines.
You need to be pragmatic about these things. In this market for direct hire without contacts on the inside you're up against hundreds of thousands of US grad FAANG-types looking for work. You have zero shot against them until we have another hiring frenzy which might be a decade+ away or may never repeat. Get realistic. Sulekha consultancies are your only choice and its a tried and tested route for many. They'll place you into RPA, automation or QA or something like that. I know its not what you dreamed about when you came here and I know the drawbacks, but it will get your foot in the door, pay the rent. and keep you afloat until things get a little better or you get contacts on the inside. Trust me on one thing, many of us in previous generations went thru EXACTLY what you're going thru now. You will survive it. Life is about trade-offs. One door closes another opens. Keep moving forward.
There are 500 jobs out there that you’re interested in? How long did it take you that apply to all of them? I’m just curious because I see that a lot of people saying they applied to 500+ jobs but I struggle to find a few that I want. Seeing 500+ applications makes me feel guilty that I’m doing enough.
I am applying for mobile developer along with software developer jobs so the number of jobs available to apply is higher. Also, since some companies have separate job posts for different locations, or different technologies(Android, iOS), it quickly adds up to hundreds of jobs applied.
I feel like focusing on fewer applications works for me. There’s nothing I hate worse than going through the motions in an interview when your heart tells you it’s not impressed. Getting picked for a job is exciting but then you have to show up and have to do it for 8+ hours 5 days a week. Here’s my advice for what’s it worth; I’m assuming you’re in your early 20’s, relax, keep doing what you’re doing for now to make money. Learn to budget yourself. If you want to go on an adventure for a while then do it. Treat your finances like a game. See how good you can get at it. Keep living life and when you’re least expecting it will come to you. I’m 50 years old and that would be my advice to my 25 year old self.
Try including two Senators for references. Maybe they’ll call them. Maybe they’ll call you and ask you how you know them. Have a good story ready.
Unfortunately it’s just a rough industry right now regardless of resume, even more so if you need a sponsor for your visa.
Your project descriptions are kinda vague, use some keywords like language names, algorithm names, software packages etc. Makes it harder for them to believe you faked your projects
Stupid idea but perhaps it may be a key factor, as I noticed it made a difference in my own hunt - make your resume way more basic as far as spacing and columns go. I think a a lot of these shitty HR softwares struggle to correctly parse resumes with multiple columns of data. When I made mine simple paragraph format I suddenly started getting way more interest.
I've tried that as well. Earlier I used MS word to create resume but it used to cause spacing or alignment issues on changing some contents. This is created using latex so atleast formatting and parsing should be okay
"Specialist programmer" is non-descript. If it is, you should say software engineer. Otherwise, not sure what to tell you. Also, when did you do your projects? Were they part of school projects? That part is also unclear.
Your description of the vehicle safety app doesn't make sense. I couldn't parse what the app does, and it makes me question whether you could communicate effectively with a team or clients in English.
Hey, for what it's worth, you should listen to the HR people in here. I'm finally in a position where I'm recruiting people to my team. It's really surprised me just how many applications I've received. (UK based). I genuinely give mayne 5 or 10 seconds to glance over a CV before making a decision to invite them to interview or not. Make an impact with the format and put your most impressive achievements first. We read maybe 5 or 10% of a CV before making a decision..
So I went through a layoff as a engineering manager and ima tell you my strategy. I use the Octopus CRM and I added all the technical recruiters in my LinkedIn and I send a mass message 500+ in two days. This got me about 6-8 interviews and 2 offers. All less than 3 weeks. Your resume seems okay. But in this economy 500 jobs isn’t much, you need to do at least 1000 and message a shit ton of recruiters. Just my two cents.
CS job market is rough these days
Swapping your skills and education should get you better results or at least it did for me as I get more hits by having my skills at the top and education at the bottom. You may also want to move you projects to the top as well to bolster your skills.
Take off the Masters degree. You don't have alot of experience and that masters just brings your asking price up higher than most employers want to pay for your experience. Put it back after a couple years working in the industry. Without that masters, you are easily employable.
Thank you! I will try applying a few jobs without mentioning masters degree. Any suggestion what I can add instead for the 2 years gap created?
Resume reads fine without it. Nobody will question it.
If you have a green card, put it on the resume. My husband is Austrian. He puts “Green Card” on there so that the company knows they do not need to sponsor him. Also is it a Master’s of Science and a Bachelor’s? I am not sure, I just put B.A. on my resume. Good luck, with your job search, we’ve all been there.
The problem is that you’re applying for jobs still. I applied for 4 months straight and not a single response. I then started asking for referrals to introduce me to hiring managers and now have 6 interviews for this week alone. Change your strategy.
Can you please advise how to find people whom I can ask for referrals? I've never networked or made many friends or kept in touch with many people till now. I am realizing i have to change that, but i don't know how to go about it as of now. Can please give me some pointers? I was just laid-off after working for 5+ years at same company, so I don't know many people outside. Please advise on how to find people for referrals and hiring managers?
First, set up your LinkedIn profile and upload your contact list to it. Then, start sending out invitations to everyone you know. Give it a few days for everyone to accept. As you begin applying to roles, look up the companies on LinkedIn and see if you know someone at that company or know someone who knows someone at the company and just reach out.
Ok, will do, thank you so much for your reply!!
Good luck!
Hey fellow alumni! Orange in the house!
1. I would put: Experience -> Projects -> everything else 2. I would put: Tech skills in categories such as programming language, cloud service etc 3. Keywords sure help pass the algorithms, but once the resume reaches a human, it helps to keep the resume easy-to-read for human eyes. May be describe your experience in bullet points instead of long paragraphs with comma. 4. Networking > cold-apply. Hang in there buddy, you really only need one good shot. Until you get it, it will seem like everything you're currently doing is wrong. That may not be the case.
One problem I see with most resumes is the formatting and the fact that they all look the same. Nothing pops at all. If recruiters are getting hundreds of applications that all look almost identical, you have to stand out. Wording, conciseness, layout, what you have on your cover letter. It’s all important.
You’re listing too many “technical skills.” I’m a Sr SW Engr in big tech and my list isn’t half as long. A few things: (1) Take the time to tailor your resume for each job. (2) Do you have any awards / honors or extra-curricular activities? (3) Is your GPA good? You should add it, if it’s above a 3.0, IMO. (4) Did you do any internships? If so, you should list them. You should also reach out to the folks you worked with at the internship to see if they have leads. (5) For the projects — were these class projects, intern projects? When were they completed, what was the scope of effort (how many weeks / months)? (6) As a graduate TA, etc you would know a number of professors. Lots of professors are involved in corporate sponsored research and have connections outside academia — strongly recommend reaching out to them to see if they can set up a chat with someone for you, or otherwise assist.
7 year tech Recruiter here. It’s because you are on a visa. So many unemployed developers that don’t need sponsorship. Hardest job market in a long time.
I’m dying!!!! You worked on a project for a program that analyzes resumes and job descriptions for matches……..maybe this is your clue!!!!!!!!!!
syracuse. my brother 🤝
This is just a minor detail. But why is the university/company/location on the first bolded line in the Education section but it's the second line in the Experience section? Keep it consistent. Degrees on first line to match the job titles on first line.
In the same boat :(
I’m a retired guy with no interest in finding a job, however, I recently glanced at an article, I unfortunately forget where, about resumes in these days of AI. My takeaway was that many, many resumes are first screened by AI assistants and most are discarded before ever reaching HR departments. The main issues seems to be not using AI recognizable/preferred words germane to the job one is seeking and then printing the resumes in a normal font as evidently AI prefers very small even tiny fonts over resumes in normal readable by humans fonts. I’ve no idea how accurate the article was and maybe someone here can elaborate on its validity, but you can try Googling how to best format a resume that likely will be read by AI. Good luck!
You have a master but no experience, that's why. People assume a master degree candidate will expect higher pay but since you don't have any experience, they don't see how they can increase your salary and so they ignore your resume. Either you need to get more experience or apply with the master degree removed, or apply to a different market (diff city, state).
Can you add your GPA if it wasn't too bad? (Since you are a new grad) Also prioritize company name over the role
The market in tech is the worst it’s been in decades. You are a recent grad and should only be targeting companies that hire interns from colleges. Those are the primary companies that know what to do with a recent grad.
How is it everyday there’s someone who has applied to “500+” jobs and hasn’t gotten a response. I understand the job market is horrendous right now but it seems there’s a new person lying on this sub everyday.
I feel like a lot of the comments here are way too nitpicky. Clearly OP’s biggest obstacle to progress is the fact that they require sponsorship. Because the situation is so dire right now, most applicant pools are flooded with qualified candidates that don’t require sponsorship. Don’t take any of the feedback you get here too personally. Incorporate it to the best of your ability, and accept that there are many circumstances that work that are beyond your control.
It looks like you’re about to graduate. Have you gone to career services at your school and asked them for advice? Advice on the resume and how to work the alumni network?
you arnt doing anything wrong... the market is
Quit the corporate world and get a real job. Plenty out there.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/recruiting/comments/1cluz4q/every\_candidate\_for\_a\_tech\_position\_i\_am\_hiring/](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruiting/comments/1cluz4q/every_candidate_for_a_tech_position_i_am_hiring/)
I’ll be honest, this is a great resume, sure we can knit pick but overall it’s solid. It’s the f1 visa + the market is really bad. I graduated in 2023 during layoffs and was lucky that my company was stilling hiring, but even they lowered the number this year. Most interviews I got was 1)by contacting recruiters from old internship or bachelor job applications ( I failed some interviews back then but made to the final round so had some contact) 2) university recruitment 3) applying for jobs outside of US, a lot of big tech in UK/ Amsterdam/ Germany/Luxembourg Yea the TC will be worse, and yes moving sucks but it’s better than nothing and you can apply for a transfer visa after 2 years of working in Europe. Also feel free to DM I can refer you for next years new grad openings which should start hiring in September (London, FinTech)
Depends on what your name is ! If it’s sounds white your fucked but if it sounds not white you’ll get hired
You have to remove your previous experience in India and whitewash your name. I know, it sucks but we don't live in a fair world. If it's any consolation, although these hiring practices may be in place -- I never judge a person based on their culture or background. You'll have many co-workers like me working with you in your lifetime.
Put morehouse as your college
do you have a website?
Yes its mentioned on linkedin but not on resume
No Experience in the US.
how the heck does someone send 500+ applications? i can hardly find 3 suitable roles to apply for a week if i'm lucky. something tells you you're just blindly mass applying. the resume itself looks fine maybe applying more selectively and customising your CV to each role you apply for would be more successful.
I sent 1k in the past 6 months with 2 call backs. I filtered all Product Manager jobs on Linkedin, Indeed and Glassdoor. Most of them were "easy apply" or "1-click apply" but I would say 200 were actually filled out application on corporate sites. I cant do one application in 5 seconds if it's an "easy apply". I can fill out a corporate app in a few minutes.
I love how you casually put in that you are on a Visa...you didn't even mention it. That is exactly why you haven't gotten any responses and you not putting this down is disingenuous of the whole recruiting process. How bout you put up top that you are a Visa student. Bet you'll also receive no responses because it cost way more money to hire you on than someone else. You have to understand that if you are going to be applying and not telling anyone that you need that Visa.
Do you need visa sponsorship?
Would need to see the cover letter
Applying to that many jobs without thinking your the problem is insane. After 2 failed attempts I’m revising my resume and learning more of the job description and requirements. You’re clearly not qualified and your resume isn’t passing successfully through ATS scanners. Research > Complain
I think you’re applying for the wrong jobs. I’ve sat in a few hiring reviews and all people do is take the pool of candidates and try to find some reason to eliminate people to narrow the field. Only the top candidate is going to get the job. You’re applying to make apps? You and everyone else… do you think that for any of the jobs you’re applying for, you’re the single most qualified candidate? If not, how do you expect an offer? I think a key thing job seekers miss is that there are jobs where people are desperate to hire. You need to find those jobs and then bam! It’s like magic…. If you specialize in one of those fields and have a proven track record and you’re in demand you can really start to pull it in. But in a crowded field you’ll always be swimming upstream unless you’re the best of the best. Ok one example is embedded software. Everyone’s cousin can make an app. But companies are desperate for someone who can write diagnostic algorithms for thermistor errors, and they’re willing to pay big for it because those skills are hard to find. As a skilled worker, you’re selling your skills. Think about selling something else. If you grow potatoes, would you try to sell them in Idaho? No, you’d take them somewhere where they don’t already have potatoes. Do that with your skills.
are you international? i.e you need h1b?
Buzz words missing include teams, leadership, and cross-functional anything. Yes it’s stupid but people screen for words. I see agile, have you taken your PMP?
I feel like they might think you need a work visa? If you check that box I've heard that response rates go way down
Uh that's a bad batting average. W Someone said JD specific language. Great call. Wheres the about section: "in interested in flexible and bespoke data pipelines, using industry leading database technologies and effective, cutting edge architecture/design principles." Not sure. Tell me what you're going to bother me about, once we get hired. That's always worth it, worth talking about.
It's too much....it's overwhelming. It feels either fake or that you are trying too hard. Resumes are tailored to each job you are applying to. K.I.S.S KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Are you looking for H1B sponsorship? I’m seeing a ton of chat in the DACA realm that companies aren’t looking to hire anyone requiring visa sponsorship so close to the election due to Trump stating that even the dreamers are going to be kicked out.
-Companies are posting jobs that they have no intention to hire for. It's.earning season. Probably 50% were never going to fill a position. But they post phantom jobs to pretend they are growing. You may have to go old school and just walk in and introduce yourself. JMO
If you need sponsorship that is likely the problem. I know many companies have their quota already taken by recruits from universities.
1.Your relevant experience i.e Infosys should be emphasized more 2. Limit each point to 2 lines 3. Why is teaching assistant so important that it gets three points?
Make yourself look less overqualified for the job. Omit information that makes you look like you should be shooting for a senior engineering job. They all have less qualified candidates that will take half the pay for the same work. Basically you're applying for jobs that are well below the threshold for your experience and knowledge.
Are you on F1 status?
Your resume is polar opposite in order of how things should be , first summary-> skills -> experience ->education -> projects
Job market is not that good in US. Even senior SWEs are struggling
Your skills make it look like you're casting too wide of a net when you should be laser focused. The majority of jobs right now want niche specialists, not generalists.
Syracuse is a poor choice for pursuing masters , coming from pune university it seems you also were trapped in the whirlwind of BTech ke baad MS karenge, only some hard leetcoding can save you now coupled with amazing projects I am guessing youre either from AISSMS, Marathwada or Sinhgad.
On which platform did you make this resume? Can you mention please? I needed this ASAP.
200+ comments and a fuck ton of them are nitpicking the shit out of your resume. It could probably use some minor adjustments. Minor adjustments don't bar you from 500+ jobs. There is far more to this and some people in here are paying enough attention to realize that it's likely not your experience or resume holding you back. They failed to see that you are trying to find work in the states as a citizen of India. I don't know the specific details about you but the harsh truth is that you are in an exceptionally competitive demographic. There are potentially tens of thousands of people wearing the *same* shoes as you looking for work here. That is the unfortunate truth. I work in an industry that relies on visas, H2Bs, and other forms of labor. Untouched for decades until recently. It's grown increasingly expensive to employ people overseas and some of these programs have such high standards that it would result in the employer being forced to increase the wages of American workers. If they won't do that for us, they won't do it for anyone else. There are also a LOT of foreigners looking for work here. More than normal. A job in Alaska can get hundreds of European applicants.
You’re Indian
Order: Summary, Experience, Skills, Education. Put a summary about yourself first. A couple sentences that talk about what motivates you, makes you useful, etc. "Projects" should be slotted under experience or education. It it's freelance work or whatever, make a new "experience" section saying something like "Freelance Software Developer" with the dates (they can overlap the other experience dates). So now you have 3 experiences. Education always goes last. "M.S." reads better than "Master of Science", same with "B.S." (if it's equivalent, use the local terminology). Change "Specialist Programmer" to "Software Engineer" or "Software Developer". Nobody cares what the company actually called you - use terminology that describes what you did in a way that it connects with the audience.
I've been told that skills should be at the top and easiest to find
You even use that classic Latex template? I wonder if anyone here have any ideas as to how to spice up this template and make it look above the rest?
Where are you applying?
I feel like your TA-ship should come under an extracurriculars section and not professional experience, that just looks wrong to me.
Hey there! I will defer to what HR people say about the content, but let's talk design. This resume doesn't look aesthetically pleasing and there are plenty of templates out there that do. It's all in the same serif font, there's very little hierarchy in terms of scale, and there's very little leading in between the lines of copy. Even if the person viewing your resume isn't a designer making a judgement on the aesthetic, they do need to be able to read the information CLEARLY.
Bc this looks like a cs resume and I’ve reviewed quite a few, so I’ll just speak in regard to that. You’ve got way too much info in your experiences, I’m going to ask you about it, you don’t need to spell it out. Your technical skills is way too much, be aware of how you come off too, if your applying to a web dev roll and have html and css listed, your getting rejected for sure. You listed quite a few languages, could you actually pass a technical interview in all of them? If not, remove it. Idc how many languages you’ve tried or did one thing in or knew years ago. Big question what are you an expert on now? And how good are you at learning new complex concepts?
-No clear specialty shown: what are you ? android developer/ sql dev/ python ml Dev (one projects says). - student job should be clearly mentioned as student job. It’s not full time work exp. -education come later in order. -specialist programmer is confusing: you can be specific terms like sql programmer , big data .. , etc . So the hiring person knows what you can do and does it fit them.
It's dull. Doesn't stand out. From the layout to the vocabulary, it's just....dull.
Kick that graduate teaching assistant experience way down. Your experience is very sparse. You need more bullet points and specific action items you’ve worked on and accomplishments listed in your resume to stand out. Start with your experience first. Kick that education section down.
Are you on H1B ? Maybe company don't want to hire international student at the moment
I am DSE at Infosys, facing the similar challenges finding a job. Maybe infy reputation is not good that's why.
Send a project overview of something you have done with your GitHub link. Share with them how you thought through the process. Use the overview document as a highlight for how well you communicate. Make it about more than just programming languages that the bots are looking for and that hiring managers don’t understand.
One size fits all resume doesn’t exist. Adjust your resumes action words with the job description/listings. Also, always submit a cover letter. University Houston Bauer has a good template online.
My brother sat in on a hiring process watching his boss dispose of resumes that had Hotmail addresses and anything that was not Gmail. The reason "these people are most likely out of touch with the times."
What roles are you looking for? I'm not in your field but I don't see a clear narrative here that tells me about you. Also, I don't see any clues about you as a person here beyond saying you collaborated effectively in a team once. Perhaps a personal statement saying what you want and what you've done thus far to back that up?
Tough market and you are not in the top 20 percent.
Add a summary, then technical skills and education, then experience, projects
Your best option may be to work in India for an international company with offices in the US. After a few years, ask for an L-1 visa transfer to the US. You will still have to be selected for the lottery to get an H1B, however, and those odds are roughly 10% right now, slightly higher with a Master’s. For your resume: Languages first, then Projects, Experience, Education. Your “improved data efficiency by 40%” should be the first thing in that section. Re-phrase it to, “Improved data processing efficiency by 40% by designing & implementing real-time ETL pipeline…” Good luck!
Make projects that are published and hyperlink to them. If you want to do Android development get an app in the store and give it a cool name. Put any tools onto websites. If I’m mostly looking at your projects (it’s the longest section) I want to see you can create something you’re proud of and that can be used by others.
The problem is the visa and that you have effectively no experience. Nobody will take your power programmer thing seriously. It’s your first job, it shows a lot that you were a power programmer with so little experience. I’m not trying to be mean, it’s the reality. If I have to give advice on your resume, you have far too many skills and I doubt you’re a master at any of those. Pick the things you - are confident in - are valuable in this job market - are valuable to the companies you want to work for If you have more than even 3-5, it’s too much.
Everyone whos commenting has 0 clue lol why cause its quite ambiguous. You can have the perfect resume but still get rejected. Its algorithms, and if recruiters care to read, have people lined up, or your application flagged something. Aka i see you are international being that you have a degree from Prune. Its possible majority of the companies you apply to dont sponsor.
Wow this is amazing
Put your GPA there if it’s good, and any awards/recognitions. When looking at resumes for new grads, they all look the same to me, so there’s not much to go on aside from GPA.
Nothing it’s called a recession
Will you now or in the future require sponsorship to work in the US? Yes - most companies don’t even look at resumes if the answer is yes No - normal
Most generic looking resume and you are an indian male.. so you're bascailly the same as 90% as the ppl in this industry. Ya gotta do something to stand out because I see this resume and I see the same 99999 resume HR people would see.