Anyone with experience willing to critique my resume?

[W)taps]

Hey NT,

im graduating this year Dec. and I been job searching and working on my resume.

However i wanted some opinions on my resume before sending it out to employers.

I know each resume should be tailored to the job im applying to but I have a general resume that I wouldnt mind being criticized.

Im willing to PM my resume of course. Any help would be appreciated 

 

[cards93]

What kind of jobs are you looking for?

 

[W)taps]

What kind of jobs are you looking for?

Pref. a job in IT... but any salary paid job would do tbh.

 

[thealumnus]

OP first off congrats on your almost being done. II don't know the IT word so I cant speak to that realm specifically but here are some general tips...

* Find out if there's a specific way the resume should be formatted for your industry. I best know the finance and consulting world and sites like wallstreetoasis.com have the template that everyone uses for investment banking and consulting roles. I wouldn't be surprised if the IT world had something similar. 

* Be active on linkedin. Reach out to program alumni or school alumni in the IT field. It will expand your network and it opens up other doors. 85% of jobs are filled by who they know , so alot of the time it doesn't matter how great your resume is if they don't know you.

* To get around the stupid ATS software that many companies use go to https://www.jobscan.co/ . This site allows you to upload your resume and the job description. It then figures out what keywords/ buzzwords the posting has and compares it to your resume. This site is a great resource to tweak your resume for each job. If you do more than one search it will ask you to pay , but I found you can get around this by using incognito mode in google chrome. ( this saves you from having to clear your history after each search). Compare a job and then close the window, and reopen a new incognito window and perform a new search.

Again I'm not in IT , but if you want to PM your resume I may be able to provide some useful feedback.

 

[W)taps]

 
OP first off congrats on your almost being done. II don't know the IT word so I cant speak to that realm specifically but here are some general tips...

* Find out if there's a specific way the resume should be formatted for your industry. I best know the finance and consulting world and sites like wallstreetoasis.com have the template that everyone uses for investment banking and consulting roles. I wouldn't be surprised if the IT world had something similar. 

* Be active on linkedin. Reach out to program alumni or school alumni in the IT field. It will expand your network and it opens up other doors. 85% of jobs are filled by who they know , so alot of the time it doesn't matter how great your resume is if they don't know you.

* To get around the stupid ATS software that many companies use go to https://www.jobscan.co/ . This site allows you to upload your resume and the job description. It then figures out what keywords/ buzzwords the posting has and compares it to your resume. This site is a great resource to tweak your resume for each job. If you do more than one search it will ask you to pay , but I found you can get around this by using incognito mode in google chrome. ( this saves you from having to clear your history after each search). Compare a job and then close the window, and reopen a new incognito window and perform a new search.

Again I'm not in IT , but if you want to PM your resume I may be able to provide some useful feedback.

Thanks so much. Esp for the jobscan website. I'll def. be using it