I’ve been looking for entry level SWE, Data Engineering or Analytics roles but haven’t gotten a single interview yet. I’m yet to find someone to actually critique my resume and give helpful feedback so reaching out to the blind community for some candid feedback and advice. Please let me know what’s not working in my resume!! #swe #datascience #dataanalyst #dataengineerinterview #faang
I see the problem You didn't replace the generic fields "Name", "address", "email", "cell number" with a real info I don't want to hire someone named "Name" No wonder you don't get call-backs!
Networking is the way. There is a surplus of talent
500 job applications shows me you probation aren't putting much effort into each one. Are you writing cover letters? Are you making sure you're a good fit? Lots of people out there trying to get jobs, you have to stand out and not just be another resume in the pile who put in no effort.
You don't tweak for each application. Same info is to be spammed everywhere. If you have to tweak everytime, you are applying at the wrong place since it doesn't match your profile, so your tweakings are anyways useless. No job worth it's salt requires a cover letter when hiring online for tech roles. Plus, a cover letter has a standard format, you can autogenerate it with already thought out content and just swap position specific things, or just use LLMs. If you are writing cover letters from scratch everytime, it's a joke.
Yes, a good percentage of jobs I take my time with, I’ll message the recruiter or my school alumni who work there and try to get a referral, write a good cover letter (using ChatGPT) that matches my experiences to their job reqs. But I was told this is a numbers game, so I speed apply as well.
Your resume is a bit confusing, with 3 overlapping experiences from 2023.. can you consolidate it ? Your job isn’t research assistant, but the work you were tasked- change to data analyst or engineer. Whatever aligns with your actual work. Try and get an aws certification.
Yes that’s good insight, I’ll change the resume according to this. Also, would you recommend getting AWS developer associate for breaking into entry level roles? Or should I go for a professional or specialty tier cert?
At least get developer associate and then work on the rest later. Keep practicing and building your projects. And don’t be disheartened. It’s a tough market.
Happy to refer ar Salesforce
Thanks! I’ll look for a role and DM
It's not your resume. That looks good. At some point you need to stop blaming yourself and realize it is the economy. Also, the tech space is oversaturated with Visa workers. This happened to me in 2009 when I graduated. I could not get my first engineering job for 2 years. I kept a list of all the companies I applied at. Yea 500 is nothing. After 2 years, a family member connected me with a friend who was hiring manager at Oracle. I asked this HM of they were hiring and she said yes, but was shocked when I told her id like to apply. She looked me straight in the face and said "oh no honey, we only hire new grads right now." I aged out of 'newgrad' status. Fuck. I'm sorry, this will happen to you.
I understand, but there has to be a way around a problem, from what I’m getting, networking seems to be the only way to get your foot in the door. Or perhaps pivoting to different industries, like Finance, where Analyst roles require more technical knowledge, which one could argue a CS major would have more than someone having completed a Finance or BTE degree. Also, like you said lesser companies are sponsoring visas for CS majors. All of this makes me question if moving industries is the answer for the time being. Let me know what you think. P.S that meta tag tells me it all worked out in the end🙏
OP, most of my graduating class pivoted out of tech because they could not get jobs. Classmates that were just 1 year senior seemed to have faired better as I now work with many of them (almost like a college reunion here). But those in my graduating class had to pivot out. Many joined the military, became postal workers, worked for public transit etc. A few ended up at Apple. I know one that ended up working at a bread factory, another got a job at Budweiser driving forklifts. These were good Engineers, 3.8-4.0+GPA. Its sad and I blame the guest worker Visa program 100% for this. I'm at Meta, but it's because I never quit. I fought tooth and nail to stay in tech, but I pay the price. I'm low TC now. My resume is all over the place (because I didn't quit, I went to Engineering jobs which were willing to hire). If I just gave up, I could have saved more money by joining my classmates in Postal Worker jobs 🙄 I'm sorry but this will happen to you. Your TC will be Permanently impacted. If you graduate in a recession, your screwed even after things improve. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-2008-recession-was-far-worse-for-young-peoples-careers-than-previously-thought-200751863.html Meanwhile... there are 85,000 incoming, freshly minted and stamped H1B workers who will take positions that you will NEVER get the chance to even compete with. Be sure to let your Representatives know.
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I think it looks good. You really need to network, career fairs, contact alumni, and optimize your LinkedIn. This is not about your resume. Maybe I would add the words data science or machine learning before “research assistant” because sometimes recruiters look at titles
Yes, I’m gonna prioritise networking, and add the words to my job title. Thanks for the advice!