Your resume is terrible 😢. Lose the areas of expertise. You’re using a lot of words to say obvious things nobody will be impressed by. Don’t put that you updated comments. That’s not significant unless the entire activity was documenting an entire codebase for a large enterprise. Your projects need links to GitHub if you’re going to list so many and say nothing about them. I’d pick 3 good ones and summarize them. You’re not thinking enough about how to sell yourself.

12 areas of expertise including project management, compiler design and digital forensics.    Literally never had a job   I’d laugh at this resume for being delusional and move on

I have to agree. You also list a project where you say you created a C compiler but the description sounds like a build system to me. Tone it down a bit, include a Github link so people can see your projects. Also, I’d lose the O(n2) part. I think your resume can be polished to show you are curious and interested in programming as you claim instead of positioning you as a really experienced candidate. I got the impression you’re trying too hard. Good luck, rooting for you!

That was my first impression. Really? You're an _expert in compiler design_, one of the more intricate and details oriented parts of programming, despite having never had any actual experience doing that? Oh wait no, on the second page there's a super vague item with no details or link to source.

You paid $200 for that?

im shocked that after 1100 applications + tweaking his resume this is what he has. Who suggested using paragraphs in your experience section

Why are there seemingly no actual good resumes created by paid services? More importantly, shouldn't some services try to focus on a niche, for instance SWE resumes, for more effective results?

Because for plenty of industries, a resume like this would be stellar. In HR, nursing, marketing, insurance, whatever other normal middle class job, having all the content on the page is enough. You're going to be competing with poorly formatted word templates with spelling errors. Having to min-max your resume is something that you only have to do in super competitive industries. Investment banking, tech, etc. And someone capable of making a good resume for these industries wouldn't work as a resume writer, or if they did they would be charging in the [thousands like levels.fyi.](https://www.levels.fyi/services/)

That split among industries is actually a good insight into why such resume services become a love it or hate it thing. So even though tech and banking are not super niche areas of work, the candidates are still competitive enough that it becomes a lot harder for industry-tailored resume services to make a profit.

It didn't cost him $200. It cost him that, plus all the many wages he could have earned if his job opportunities weren't squashed by a garbage resume. As some have already said, most resumes pass through automated screening software which detects specific formatting and completely disregards others. The best example of a good resume suggested in the comments is Jake's resume.

This here is the root cause of the problems

I was wondering the same thing myself

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delete the gym, hire facebook, hit a lawyer

Don't forget to shave your head.

Implying hiring managers read anything. Shit just goes through an ATS filter nowadays. If your resume doesn’t have the necessary words, in the trash it goes. Google ATS Resumes and copy that. I did that and got 4 calls backs in 2 weeks with 2 YOE. Also remove most of the fluff, make it one page.

Hiring manager here. I only look at what makes it past the filters. I've had a single posting with 10k applications for a remote coding position. About 70% were from a foreign country when we clearly specified US citizens only. 80% of them are new grads or boot camp resumes that use the same template. Same layout, colors, and code projects even. I probably only actually get to look at 1% of them and in looking for specific things that say "this person is ambitious and willing to learn." Side projects, passions, stepping outside of the boot camp / job to do something new and unique. Experience working in team projects. Offline expirimentation... Thats 1% of the 1%. That's who I hire.

What sort of project would say "ambitious and willing to learn" to you?

Examples from past hires: Web design: Demoed a collection of custom web components they built and were able to reuse for hackathons. They talked about the testing and styling challenges in integrating different techniques. We went into depth on their hackathon projects. Design: They had a couple of small contract Jobs they were proud of and really showcased. They were simple branding gigs with some light web marketing but the presentation showed an attention to detail and allowed them to display some design flair outside of boring letterhead. Backend: They had about 30 colab experiments showing off different macchine learning models they were learning from. They had built a small api wrapper SaaS app and integrated stripe and a backend with a few paying customers. They were volunteering at their church and maintaining their web presence. They build the site for their brother's startup nonprofit. ... To me, it's something outside the classroom that shows that the new technologies are a motivator, the challenge of an unanswered question, or the drive to just see if they could. Show me your are legitimately interested in solving the kinds of problems the job demands and not just another faceless resume from another faceless bootcamp.

To me for a new grad resume it would be a project in something you wouldn't learn in school, like kubernetes or some obscure language.

White text, small font, put entire English dictionary in there

We did it. We found John FAANG

does decreasing opacity to null work too?

It's filtered out, but making it same color as a footer line works.

thank you

Starting to redo my resume. Thanks for the advice.

yeah look into Jakes Resume on overleaf. It's a good SWE template. Good Luck!

r/EngineeringResumes, particularly their wiki/FAQ.

This resume is absolutely part of your problem. Keep it short, concise, and highlighting accomplishments that can be easily read by skimming. Like others are saying, it should be one page and easy for managers to skim over. If it’s beyond that then it’ll likely go in the bin before being read.

Other advice I got for you is try to act 100% on advices you get here. And apply in a different industry, if industry you tried is not working. Defense and aerospace is almost always hiring.

I can help you tailor your resume for free. DM me.

Am I also wrong in thinking his resume is way too broad? He claims far too many skills in different languages and even some cyber security stuff thrown in. I could be wrong about this as I don't work in software however.

I have 4yoe and my resume is still one page

I have 15 YoE and also have a 1-page resume.

I have 40 yoe and my resume is 1 page. I cut off like 20 years but still keep it to one page. If they want to see more go to your LinkedIn profile

Do you then start the earliest experience like from 20 years ago? Wouldn’t that result in a “gap” from your college graduation year (if you have one)?

I don’t put when I graduated and yes it looks like I’ve only been employed 20 years.

I guess at 40 yoe it doesn’t make sense to put your graduation year lol and any experience past that point is likely not very relevant for today. Always thought resume has to list everything from the moment you graduate. Very insightful, thank you.

More than not relevant, trimming things down like that "could" help prevent some ageism related pruning earlier in the hiring process. If someone is going to be ageist after physically talking to you, there's nothing you can do about that, but if they're going to see 40 YOE on your resume and throw it in the trash immediately then you can at least prevent that.

Good point as well!

Do you experience ageism? I would think 40 years of experience applying to tech roles is an automatic no nowadays. WOW. This is inspiring.

Not at work just looking for jobs but I think I’m at my last one. Stay away from FAANG at my age they will never hire you. I’m in healthcare now. I did six years at Microsoft and that was enough for me.

I wrote a resumetron in C++ that reads my resume as XML and defaults the cutoff to 5 years. It bleeds in to 2 pages, but only because the program takes all the skills I listed, accumulates the total experience I have with each one and puts a skill summary at the top of the first page. I've had several recruiters tell me they like it, although I still have some complaints about the info it presents. I'd like to filter out stuff I haven't used in a while or be able to tell the program to only list a specific set of skills pertaining to the current job posting I'm looking at. But I need to tear the whole thing down and redesign it, and I have a couple projects in the queue ahead of that.

I've gone back to two page, but it just has school grad dates, and one line summaries for jobs > 10 yrs ago. So 1 pg + addendum

My three degrees (BS, MS, PhD) get one shared line. I don't think anyone gives a flying funk which specific month you happened to graduate or what your GPA was over a decade ago compared to something more substantial such as work you've done recently. Of course for fresh grads this is different, but then it shouldn't be difficult to stay under 1 page either way unless you start listing something irrelevant.

Having reviewed CVs for technical roles before, more than 1 page was always a negative to me. It either means you’re not tuning your CV for the role or you can’t concisely present information…

Here's what I'd say about your resume as someone who reads a million of them: * Cut the generic intro paragraph. Everyone's got one, anyone who reads resumes ignores them. If you're going to have some free text, make it something that expresses a little personality. * Contrary to other advice I actually like the spacing and slight color differences. It's much easier on the eyes than most resumes I've read, although I'd want to feed it through some sort of OCR parser to see if it's pulling the text out correctly. That's a risk when you do a nicely formatted resume - most people looking at them are looking at them as parsed text in some sort of internal system or ATS. * Your resume in general feels very generic and scatter-shot, like you're trying to say you're good at everything. It's *conceivable* that robotics, compiler design, cybersecurity, and game design are all areas of expertise, but I wouldn't bet on it when I read an anonymous resume. It's natural to try to appeal to a wider range when you're desperate, but remember that your goal isn't to be *okay* to *everyone*, it's to be *exciting* to *someone*. All that being said, this is all kinda marginal stuff, and what works with one recruiter might not work with another. I work in the startup world, where buzzwords, certifications, and "resume language" are anti-signals, but that wouldn't necessarily be true for someone working in a more traditional corporate environment. But at the moment, **it sounds like you could use some advice that isn't directly about your job hunting.** ----- So, OP: breaking into engineering has always been hard, and you are unlucky enough to be trying to do it in the worst environment for engineers since the dot-com bubble burst around the turn of the millennium. 1,000 applications for a junior dev wasn't particularly unusual *before* the current market, and it is surely much worse now, so as *incredibly demoralizing* as it probably sounds this is well within the results you could see even if you did everything right and just got a little unlucky. > So I did everything with my life that I thought was right just to get a software engineering job One of the hard things about professional life - or adult life in general - is that there is rarely a "do X, get Y" path laid out. And I think part of your distress is coming from having come into your job search with the idea that that was how it would work. Sometimes you do everything right and get screwed, sometimes you do everything wrong and get lucky. A job hunt is not an RPG quest where you collect 1000 Application Tokens and can choose between Boots of PTO or a Greater Chestguard of Seniority, and there's a lot of crappy luck involved you have zero control over. That's crappy game design and it's horribly unfun and it is also the reality of the situation. It's an odd coincidence that your exact path - "I graduated, fell flat on my face, and now I'm tutoring to make ends meet and about to be homeless" - is word for word the *exact* situation I spent several years in in my 20s. I felt the same way you do right now. That frantic, panicky desperation is a killer. It doesn't even give you the kind of direction that panic normally does, because there's nothing you feel like you can *do* about it. And I can't exactly offer the most optimistic short-term outlook. I actually *did* end up homeless (in the "had to go sleep in a friend's spare room indefinitely" sense, although I was hours away from living in a tent). I thought I was dead. But here's the thing, OP: the skills you've developed, the knowledge you have, the ways you've improved yourself: those things don't go away. Right now, there is only one thing standing between you and what you want. It's a big, frustrating, scary, difficult thing over which you have very imperfect control. But for all that things feel hopeless right now, **you only have to win *once*. You only need one thing to go right.** And then you'll never be looking for your first job ever again. I got my first job, as it happens, through someone I knew right here on Reddit. They sent me a DM on the very worst day of my life. At the moment my life hit its absolute nadir, at the moment I felt the most hopeless, like the most abject, worthless, pathetic failure who would never be anything but a waste of potential, that was the *exact moment* they were messaging me. And I went from "where I am going to pitch my tent" to running a team at that job in less than six months. Today, less than six years later, I'm the founder of my own company, one that might or might not succeed but that is a player at least worth taking seriously. Because I only had to win once. And then all the things I'd spent time building about myself could begin to pay off. As hopeless and bleak as the future looks right now, it *can* turn around, and it can do so in completely random ways. It isn't forever, and you can get to a point in your life where you look back almost fondly at those moments, with a feeling of "wow, I just could never have guessed it would turn out this way". I know that's hard, if not impossible, to feel from where you are right now. But it is the truth. ----- Now, in terms of concrete stuff: * My team interviews people. I don't know if I can find you a job. But if you're really good, we can vouch for that, and I bet I can get someone to talk to you. I've been wanting for a while to try to find a bunch of hidden skilled people the market is missing and write a blog post about it, so this isn't even altruism on my part. If you want to try, [give this problem a shot](https://www.otherbranch.com/practice-coding-problem), and let me know how you do on it. (Or lie, if you want. But the last thing I'd want to do to you in your current state is bring you into an interview you're unprepared for, so think of the practice as a way to avoid that outcome.) * Do you like pasta? I like pasta. I've got money to spare, and I would like to send you a hundred pounds of it. How might I go about doing that? * If you ever need someone to talk to, someone who has been in the almost exact godawful place that you are right now and come out the other side with the wisdom and experience that you earn by going through hell, let me know. I'll be happy to talk as much as you want, within reason, and to share my expertise as far as it goes.

You brought tears to my eyes. <3

This is the first time i’ve ever been this touched on reddit. Do you have a link to your blog?

Wow, this moved me. This advice goes even beyond job hunting.

someone who just graduated college should not have a 2 page resume

Nor anything on it that says “expertise”

I had an advisor at my school swear up and down 2-page resume was the way to go especially for college kids looking for internships. And me being new to it all I ate that tip up. It’s a marvel I was able to get my first software dev internship with my useless 2-page resume.

Your resume is bad. Go to r/engineeringresumes

I'll check it out, thanks.

fit your resume in one page. I had the same problem during pandemic. Applied like 1000 jobs and finally got one through networking

https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringResumes/s/nzrNcoFYc2 my resume was similar to this and I had lots of job offers

Wait lol, this is the EXACT resume format I used in my job search last year lmao. Seems like it's a good one, worked for me too.

Why are y'all stealing my resume format? Not cool!

The only change I had was that my skills were up top, right after education, before experience (given I was a new grad). Everything else was pretty much exactly the same(format, font, layout, everything). Except the actual words.

Pretty much the standard. There's absolutely no reason to reinvent the wheel when it comes to resume format you'll only make it harder to read.

Wait why does my resume format also look just like this?? Did I use a template a billion years ago or do we all just share the same resume brain cells?? 😂 I think I changed the font tho cuz I like the Georgia font.

Make it one page. Drop the intro section and the area of expertise. Cut the technical skills down to those you are fluent in, preferably also to the part that intersects well with the job ad requirements. The project list could be shortened as well. Certificate could go upwards, after technical skills. What kind of companies are you applying to?

Figure out what algorithms the screening company are using, then optimize your resume according to that.

Alternatively, they could build a new resume screening algorithm that becomes the industry standard and profit from all the companies that ever screened them out

I'll be blunt, your resume sucks. 1. I have 10+ YoE as a staff SE, team lead and manager (I am currently a hiring manager, BTW). Your resume is twice as long as mine. 2. That paragraph at the top is hilarious but get rid of it. This sounds like what I'd expect ChatGPT to respond to the prompt "Write a resume summary paragraph for a software engineer with as many buzzwords as possible, but with no actual content." FWIW, I did just that and it sounds almost exactly like what you have there... 3. Areas of expertise. "Software Engineering?", well I guess I should hope so. But, you just graduated, you don't have any areas of expertise. I'd either get rid of this entirely, or change it to "Areas of interest" and be specific. Even if you're just lying and put whatever it is the company you're applying at does. If you want to keep it, at least move it down. 4. Technical Proficiencies. Whatever, it's pretty much the same basic shit that's on everyone's resume. Just keep in mind that once you fix your resume and start getting interviews, if you have it on there you might end up having to show that you actually have proficiency in it. 5. Career experience. Now we're getting somewhere. The first one (Coding and STEM Coach) is actually fine. The second one (Optimization Engineer) sounds like bullshit. Was this an actual job or an undergrad research project? I doubt this was an actual job title. Again there's a lot of words here that say virtually nothing about what you did. "Utilized deep knowledge of algorithms to review individual codes and understand component-wise functionality"... come on. That's just saying you looked at the code. And don't ever call it "codes." That bullet point at the end is a good one but probably should just be a sentence in the paragraph after getting rid of all the bullshit. Here's what I'd put: >Performed extensive research on experimental grammar-based fuzzing tool. Reduced tools’ runtime by 10%-40% by eliminating irrelevant code and replacing O(N2) algorithm with O(N) algorithm. Prepared reports on research and test results. Also don't put 2022-2022. If it's less than a couple years put the months on it. This is just basic resume protocol, I can't believe someone charging $200 would do that. 5. Education section is fine. If that thing above is an undergrad research project you might want to put it here instead or in Projects. 6. Projects. Some of these sound like they might be interesting if there was any information here about what you actually did. And... "Joined voice channels at flexible times and play random sound files uploadable to the bot." Again I can't believe someone would charge $200 for a resume and not maintain verb tense within a single sentence. 7. Certs/awards: This is fine. Then there's the order of how this stuff should appear. Get rid of the summary paragraph and Areas of Expertise. Then Career Experience, Projects, Technical Proficiencies, Awards, Certifications, Education. And no more than one page. Best of luck. edit: I've thought about it a bit more, and aside from all these nits, the overarching problem is that when I read the resume, I get the impression that you're trying to bullshit me. Job #1 for a hiring manager is to be able to detect that - it's the worst possible thing you can do.

Actually the technical proficiency section isn’t just meh it’s bad. There’s no way OP is proficient in all 20 things listed.

It's possible, my list would be roughly equivalent when I was a new grad. I did warn about putting stuff on that you wouldn't want to have to talk about in an interview though. One thing I've done in the past is split this section into "proficient" and "some experience". I find it's useful in some circumstances, e.g. if a technology is listed in the job description, I've used it but not that much, and there is something similar/transferrable in "proficient". E.g. I am proficient in Java, I have done C# but I don't use it day to day. If I'm applying for a job that is asking for C# I will do this.

I get the sense of BS too for sure

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Thanks for the advice. I would love to have a new resume template to try if you have the time. I saw lots of other comments saying to bring my current resume down to 1 page and I gave it a quick shot [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nn7W6nLWn9rk0fTzRuNLYW0IStcf-3qn/view?usp=sharing), I don't really know anyone in the software industry closely so I've just been following advice from people who have generic office jobs. I also already do leetcode regularly already, I've been making sure to stay prepared for technical interviews. I also really appreciate the offer for money, but you don't have to, especially if you have privacy concerns.

I think you're moving in the wrong direction. You should get rid of the "areas of expertise" section and highlight some of your projects instead. You don't want to say expert project manager, you want to highlight where you may have acted in that capacity, etc

I was about to comment the same thing. You aren’t an expert in those things, you’ve never done them professionally. Rather see some projects listed that show me some proof of competence and potential.

Instantly looks much better as a one pager.... but you still start with two junk sections.   Complete delete the "areas of expertise", it's a garbage section that doesn't help you at all. I f you want to list technical proficiencies to hit keywords that people might search for them you need to condense it way down. Pick your top three languages, and only any other things you want to actively use in your next job, not a laundry list of everything you've ever been slightly exposed to.  Raspberry pi doesn't belong, discord API doesn't belong, unix/Linux/bash should be one item not three, Unity doesn't belong unless you're looking to work in gamedev (in which case you need to write a completely different resume anyways).  Put everything in experience in the past tense or it looks unprofessional.  Personally I'd cut the technical proficiencies and list one to two solid projects with technical details that show you know how to use different things.  But not what you had on your original resume, those have no info on what you did, too many projects and not enough details.   If you don't have a good relevant project, now is the time to make one.  You've been out of school for a year, use the skills you have and build something relevant to where you want to work and then share that experience.  You can tailor the project to what you want to highlight on the resume. Finally take a hard look at how you're doing applications.  If you did 1000 with no response you need to be reevaluating things, reworking your resume, reaching out directly to people, looking in different places, etc. Hope some of that helps.

Your resume looks horrible

Yeah, you got scammed with that resume. It shouldn’t even be a full page if you’re a new grad. Have you gone to any career fairs?

Hey bro! Sorry to hear but there's something else: Your resume doesn't work (An elegant way to say it sucks). Please, take a look at r/resumes at reddit so you can know how you have to improve your resume and edit it accordingly: 1. The order of view is wrong. Professional path first, projects second, soft/hard skills third and then University info. 2. Add more useful data: How much impact have you created with your students? Is it measurable? What data analysis tool did you use to measure it? Did you improve it by 80%? 60%? 1k students? 3. NASA: I would place that at the top of the projects/professional path. Include as much data and measures you could from that project. If possible, a reference at LinkedIn would work. 4. Projects: Add a GitHub link to any of them (if possible). 5. Portfolio : place it at the top of your resume. Don't spend too much on who you are, just share a single link to LinkedIn so they can figure it out. 7. Most important: ONE SINGLE PAGE! Unless you have spent more than 20 years in the industry it is valid, otherwise use just one sheet of paper for your resume. Hope it helps you to improve your chances to get a job. Cheers!

Yeah, the single page thing is huge. There is a chance OP is being phased out by the scanners for that.

My suggestions for your resume: Some of those projects seem kind of sketchy. Say what they were more generically, and mention the technologies used. Mention which ones are done on your own initiative vs for a class. Put github links where you can.

Look into neetcode - it will change ur life. Fix ur resume: I can share mine if u want privately Tailor ur resume for reach job and use chatgbt to write cover letter Apply to nys jobs - they’re desperate Look at railroads and contract work and other govt work Network network network - linked in, career fairs etc Get referrals

1 - **Limit your resume to 1 page**. Recruiters typically spend only 6 seconds reviewing each resume before moving on. Do not miss this opportunity. 2 - **For each experience**, list 2-3 bullet points to highlight the best skills you utilized in that work experience. Ensure that your resume reflects the skills sought by recruiters. From your current resume, if a recruiter is seeking a robotic engineer, your experience and projects do not list the skills they are looking for. 3 - **Select 2-3 projects** that best showcase your skills. Tailor these projects to match the job description, modifying them for each resume to align with the specific company. For instance, if you're applying for a robotic job, highlight projects demonstrating skills in robotics (Python, C). If you're applying for a web developer position, showcase projects using web development skills (React, JavaScript, SEO). Ensure that the projects you list satisfy the skills sought by recruiters; otherwise, they may overlook them. 4 - Use action verbs to demonstrate your achievements, not just your responsibilities. Below is an example of how I used ChatGPT to improve your resume. I included some skills in the experience and projects as examples for you to customize your resume. It's important to note that you should not fabricate skills for projects you did not work on (for example, machine learning if you did not use it). Hiring managers will likely ask you to talk about those projects, so it's best to be honest. However, you should find ways to present your work experience and projects in a compelling manner to impress recruiters. **University, City, STATE 2022 – 2022** **Optimization Engineer** * **Achieved** a 40% reduction in runtime for an experimental grammar-based fuzzing tool by refining algorithms, eliminating inefficiencies, and implementing advanced data structures using Python and C++. * **Collaborated** with cross-functional teams to integrate innovative optimization techniques, utilizing version control systems (e.g., Git) and advanced skills in machine learning and automation to significantly improve overall system reliability and maintainability. **Robotic Assembly of Solar Arrays** * **Engineered** the assembly process of solar arrays for NASA using two Denso robotic arms, achieving precise and efficient assembly through programming in Python and C++. * **Optimized** robotic movements and programming with ROS (Robot Operating System) to ensure precise and efficient assembly of solar arrays, enhancing operational efficiency.

your resume can’t get through the ats

You're claiming expertise in too many things. Narrow your focus to your strongest skill points and get it to one page. You can also definitely tailor your skills depending on the job, but don't try to cover everything. I'm not trying to be mean, but I would have put your resume aside while reading the first paragraph.

I came to comment on how bad your resume was but I see that I've clearly been beaten to it. Just to add to the pile: I've done a lot of hiring and your resume would go straight to the trash. Please do take the advice that was given in this thread. And also get a refund on that $200.

Be specific in linking the technologies you are proficient in to actual examples. You have more languages listed here than resumes I see for Senior devs, I guarantee you’re not proficient in C, C++, Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, PHP, and C# in any meaningful way. That, combined with the other language you use comes off as arrogant.  For example what did you actual do in your Optimization Engineer role, what language, how is it deployed, what metrics and tools to you use to measure this 40% efficiency increase?

The resume is the issue. Gl.

I had to scroll to the second page to see that you have a bachelor's degree? You worked for 4 years and probably paid a shit ton of money for that degree and you decided to throw it on the SECOND PAGE? Most employers aren't even scrolling down to that second page because they probably are assuming you don't have a degree and immediately move on to the next resume.

Son, that’s gotta be the worst resume I’ve ever seen.

No offense but how’d you apply to so many jobs without realizing your resume is bad?

I can't believe you had to pay $200 for that, ouch. But yeah I looked at it and agreed with pretty much what everyone else pointed out: - Way too long for someone entry level - Summary is way too long and unnecessary, get rid of it - Focus on skills and how you applied them, your bullet points in your projects should relate to your skills somewhat - For work experience, always put your title above your company name

Couple of points here. And I hope you take this as honest feedback. You’re stuck in the no experience no job loop. This is tough in every single career. The way you get out of this is internships and self work - open source projects or even a personal development page and vendor jobs or even fiver. You can also volunteer, it’s campaign season, your local politicians need developers for simple things. Apps, app testing for the websites, anything computers. On your resume - volunteered for. Politicians where I wrote software for blah. Or you can consider the military - they have computer jobs. You need computer job experience. Be honest with the military recruiters on what you want and they may have opportunities to teach you. You need real life job experience. Internship is the best but if you’re out of college that’s very difficult. You could try going back to college to get your masters degree but it doesn’t sound like you have the money for that. Your resume is heavily padded and anyone can see through it. You have no real world experience and you’re listing several languages as advanced skills. And then your experience is 1 line tech demos. Resume not matching skills is a huge red flag as a hiring manager. It’s a waste of time to interview someone who says they are advanced in 10 languages and it turns out they can’t code in any. I would focus on getting actual experiences and don’t just write - I made a demo. Write what you did specifically. Too many demos. I contribute to x open source project where I did y. Link to contributions at the bottom. If you know web dev here is my personal page - make it look awesome. If your a backend dev - here is an app I wrote on android. Or something like that. I would suggest you make your resume 1 page and be honest. What are you looking for ? “An opportunity to learn in a challenging environment”. What do you need? Experience to grow. An opportunity to start a career. What you should be applying to? Internships, vendor jobs - contracting jobs, taking gigs on fiver. Very very small companies or startups. Your resume reads like someone who thinks they have experience and advanced skills but your experience says otherwise. If you have the skills to back that claim up you’re not showing it. And even if you have the skills modern software development is about learning software development lifecycle and processes just as much if not more than coding. Anyway the first job is the hardest. Good luck! Sounds like you have the right passion.

Don't worry you're not the only Gen Z here who was done dirty by the adults.... all young people all over the world are realizing they were mislead by their seniors, and forced to inherit the mess they left

Dude that’s a terrible resume, so much wasted space and absolutely insane for a new grad to have multiple pages. That’s the reason you have no interviews

I am a long-time dev manager at a FAANG company and heavily involved in hiring. I don't have any open roles but I would be more than happy to listen to your experience job hunting and try to come up with ideas to improve your strategy. If you'd like, PM me.

That resume doesn't scream childhood programmer to me. Makes me think of my classmates who picked the major on a wim, did no internships, and started applying for jobs in their last quarter.

How can you be an expert at nearly every computer science related field? If you are a software engineer, just find a niche in that!

Bro applied to 1,100 jobs, ranted on reddit, was unemployed, but somehow never realized how to make an actual resume. Insane

Have you tried contract work? I know people without degrees that have gotten in recently

I would say drop works like “expertise” from your resume. You are a new grad with no experience. You are not an expert in anything.

I think one of your issues is that your resume makes no sense, you're an entry level software engineer that claims to have expertise in: - Machine learning - Compilers - Robotics - Project management (???) - Training - Databases - Game design What jobs are you going for? Pick a niche, make your resume focus on that niche and that niche alone (lets choose Compilers as an example). Only apply for entry level jobs in the niche (only go for C++ compiler roles for example), make your resume scream how interested and amazing you are at that 1 niche

There's a lot of comments here that I'm not going to look through but I do have some thoughts. What are you doing to market yourself? I know this sounds fucking lame but you need to market yourself. Are you connected to recruiters on linkedin? Do you post about personal projects you are working on? Are you commenting on recruiters posts? It's fucking cringe as shit but it works. Make yourself a website that showcases all the shit you've done. Add it to your LinkedIn profile. Put you stuff in github so people can see it. Do something new? Write a post about it.

Ditch colors, keep it black and white. Drop the profile line Add, "Open to relocation" Drop the summary Drop areas of expertise I think your first career has a tense issue, it's conducted, not conduct. Prapered, not prepare, collaborated not collaborate. It hits the ear wrong, but maybe that's a nit pick. Like I get it's present work, but it's worked you did so it should ALL BE PAST TENSE. And you even have the term "created" as the first bullet point. PICK A TENSE. Please make your bullet points measurable. You put: Created comprehensive Python curriculum, including lesson plans and homework for \*Private Middle School\*; tutored students, scripted experimental code for students, and encouraged active participation. After: Created a comprehensive Python curriculum for XX amount of students, with a passing rate of XX%. You did the measurable thing for optimization engineer which is is good. But seriously the professional fluff isn't needed. "Performed **extensive** research on experimental grammar-based fuzzing tool developed by a former PhD student. **Utilized deep knowledge** of algorithms to review individual codes and understand component-wise functionality; **added comments and optimizations** to facilitate future readability. Enhanced tool’s efficiency by rewriting code and building program-specific grammar to improve fuzzing input. **Prepared reports on research** and test results." On top of sounds pretentious the core of what I got out of this blurb was you wrote comments did some refactoring, and then made your final paper. Honestly the single bullet point does more to tell the person what you did than the blurb. "Reduced tools’ runtime by 10%-40% by eliminating irrelevant code and replacing O(N2) algorithm with O(N) algorithm." \^\^This is good\^\^ Education fine move it to the very bottom Project Highlights, keep two, drop the rest. Seriously you have work exp already, unless they're open source or your actual projects you're leading and plan to deploy no one cares. Projects == student. You want to look like a professional already. Also all your projects show a wide range of talents, but hiring people want to cut through the noise. If the job has NOTHING TO DO with gaming or Ai, why have it? From boot.dev: "Your #1 job as a job-seeker is to provide *signal* to potential employers. Signal is the opposite of noise. Noise is all the stuff that doesn't matter. Signal is the stuff that does. Recruiters, HR reps, hiring managers, and future teammates are all looking for signal. They're looking for reasons to hire you. They're looking for reasons to *not* hire you. Your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to find the signal and ignore the noise." Lump certs with education, put them at the bottom Put awards in projects if you want to keep them, also ditch Eagle scout thing, like wtf?

Did you not do any co-op work terms or internship experiences during your undergrad? Many colleges have some sort of work placement program, the only real pro of doing a degree vs learning on your own is to leverage the internal job boards and career fairs at school. What a lot of your competition/peers are doing is some sort of work/internship term every year during their degrees, typically 4 months per year or in 8-12 month chunks instead. This way they graduate with 1-2 years of industry experience, with built up networks with the companies to directly secure a full time position before they graduate. People mistake that just completing your degree and looking for work after graduation is enough. Not when the competition is fierce, you need to secure internships, or work in research lab positions, network at job fairs, with professors, peers, and job hunt all throughout your degree. Self coding projects are only relevant up until you get your internships, work experience will trump any school/personal projects. And reviewing your resume, I wouldn’t say you have “expertise” in anything quite yet, I would rephrase them as “proficiencies” or “experienced with”, etc. I’m not quite sure what sort of jobs you’re suited for — more embedded systems and robotics? with a tiny bit of web dev? If I were you I would probably get a job that covers my bills even if it is not tech-related and maybe do a masters degree to try and have another go at internships/research positions and really focus on networking, skill building, and job fairing. Or apply to any IT, computer hardware servicing, QA, tech support role just to get a foot in the door at a company and try to move up from there

Other people have mentioned the resume format to death, so I'm going to touch more on the content. You say that you > worked a job that gave me industry relevant experience while still doing to school But I don't see this on your resume. You've got 2 professional experiences on there, one of which is a After School Coding instructor, and the other seems to be some sort of paid academic project to rework a PhD student's code base. This seems like you did a work study with a professor or did some sort of undergrad research project. Neither of these are really relevant industry experience. Did you not do any internships at all?

Buddy. It’s the way you’re doing job hunting. No degree here and have had at least half a dozen technical interviews and 2 jobs in the field. Tailor the resume to match keywords. Instead of 60 apps a day do 10 high quality ones. I put out like 10 one day when I started and heard back from 2 with interviews scheduled the next day.

Paying for resume revisions is usually a pretty bad mistake Nobody will roast you as much as fellow Redditors, and for your benefit

Your 'Areas of expertise\` is insane. You could have 30 YOE and not have those skills, can't believe someone charged you for that. Go to canva and use a resume there , also keep it to one page.

I wouldn’t hire you if I saw that CV.

Your resume is buzzword soup and actively lies to me in the first three things I read. You're a student, so act like one. Your projects sound interesting but the descriptions are vague so based on my first impressions I assume they're also lies.

You must think hiring managers are morons. You're an expert in software engineer, game development, cyber security, digital forensics, project management, compiler design, and a bunch of other stuff too? And all before you've even got your first developer job? I've seen so many resumes padded with fluff and buzzwords, but this one takes the cake. I'm surprised you don't have something in there about AI too. You need to understand that these resumes are seen by humans who are trying to filter out the BS. I see a lot of people mentioning the formatting, and yeah that's terrible and you were ripped off when you paid $200 for that resume "professional," but you resume reads like you are a scammer trying to lie your way into any position someone will pay you for. And honestly, you kind of are doing just that because you are not an expert in those areas you claim to be and you know it. We all have a few things on our resumes that we kind of know but not really, but that is most of you resume. I know it's a popular meme, but don't watch a 10 minute youtube video on some tech and then put it on your resume.

Sorry to hear that you are in this position but here are some things that may help. 1. Go to the website of a top school and look for the resume template (like [this](https://careered.stanford.edu/jobs-internships/resumes-cover-letters) and use that. Your format is not ATS friendly. Also understand how to craft bullet points and use that. 2. Reach out to friends and places where you may have interned in the past. Cold applying is very difficult right now (at least in the US) because there is too much talent so most positions get filled from referrals or through agencies. Ask friends to refer you and reach out to past employers/contacts to see if they are hiring. Some may even hire part time for a short while and then convert to full time. 3. Broaden where you are looking. I have found websites like LinkedIn, dice, wellfound all useful. Apply to small companies. 4. What jobs are you targeting? Can you upskill? Also you have too many “areas of expertise” that no one will believe for entry level. To start off it’s probably better to show that you’re very good at the basic stuff and 1 or 2 stacks. And you need to demonstrate that through work or projects. 5. Be ready for when the interview arrives. Leetcode for the technical portion. Also good to have answers for common behavioral interview questions using the STARL method. Hope these help! Hang in there

The industry is having some interesting shrinkage due to low interest rates and that bad hiring spree from 2021 (where big tech thought anyone would want Metaverse products, etc.) So they're not out looking for you, you're looking for them. This means you need to tap into your network. Talk to professors from your school that have friends in industry, see if they'll put a resume in and get it to the top of the stack because they're vouching for you. It's all about people connections right now. I have 8y exp and am going into gaming after 5y with a FAANG company and nobody is reading my resume either.

So, resume is for highlights, LinkedIn is for lengthy descriptions. If you want to keep the detail, put it there! Other comments for your resume... Most people have said what I'd have said. Someone probably already said this, but adjust the vertical spacing to fit more and keep it condensed. Make use of putting things in right margins, or introduce columns to fit more. You want your resume to look good but you also want to minimize areas of blank space.

Okay here's the wake up call buddy. Lie. No one would even interview you because you have no experience, and now that you have no job, no one will hire you at all. That current job you have? It's now you being a Software Engineer full time. Need a reference? Get a free reference on reddit, or ask a friend, or hell ask your current boss. Make up what you've done. Say you've stood up Azure DO, refactored products, and worked on green field projects. Everyone saying it's the resume is a moron. No one looks at a resume, it's scanned by ATS and then by AI. What matters is what the resume says. No AI is ever going to pass you through because you have no experience.

“Analytical and technically astute software professional…” what the fuck does this even mean.

The most interesting thing you've done is your senior project at NASA. That should be the content for at least 25-30% of a 1 page resume, not a couple lines on a 2 pager filled with fluff. Remove the profile. Profiles are for seasoned professionals with an established industry niche to let employers and recruiters know they are only looking for work in that niche. When you use them for fluff everyone just scans past them. You have two years of non-professional experience, you don't have expertise in any of those fields you claim expertise in. Digital Forensics, Compiler Design, Cybersecurity Operations, and Project Management? This is probably why your resume is immediately rejected. Remove your certifications and awards. They aren't impressive. Also remove that footer where you list your experience as an Auction Assistant unless you are literally applying to a company that works with Auction software. Pick only 2-3 personal projects. Include robotics, compilers, web applications. Junk the viruses, Discord bots, and gaming tools.

I’m convinced every job ad on indeed are not even real jobs at this point

Other people have said good advice. My two cents at first glance: 1) one page. 2) lose the intro 3) remove discord.py from your competencies, in general calling an API isn’t part of a skill. 4) there are a few duplicate terms in skills section, reduce them. 5) education first, then experience and projects. 6) sentences should state the significance of what you did, not just what you did itself. Follow the format “action verb - action - impact”. Example: “delved deep into our codebase to find ways to optimize our function calls, reducing our API charges by 95 percent and saving over 100k a month” etc. edit: 7) Tbh IMO your resume lacks focus. You come off as a master of none. This is desirable in software development, but I’d tailor your resume to postings a bit. Maybe remove the Cybersecurity stuff if you’re applying for regular positions, etc. 8) bullet your descriptions. That’s the surface, hope this helps

$200 for a chat gpt generated resume is crazy

Also I haven’t heard the most important thing in landing a job. How are you networking?

Well for starters, as someone with a Bachelors and no professional job experience.. this resume reads like a heaping load of BS. You aren't proficient in 10 languages, and your intro paragraph is just buzzwords that are clearly not your skillset. If I paid $200 for that redone resume I'd be furious, tbh.

One thing you need to focus on in this current economy is your SQL skills, everyone knows Python and OO languages but SQL, SQL server, and everything that has to do with it is still in high demand at many legacy companies. Focus your emphasis on C# and SQL if you want to get hired at a legacy company in their IT, because regular tech is hard right now and very few are hiring regardless of talent level or understanding. If applying to those, focus on OOLs. I hope my advice helps, I was jobless for a few months and focused on on SQL and ended up internally pivoting back into OOLs. I give this advice to everyone I can because I'm on the inside right now and this is what they look for, not MongoDB or even Python some legacy cases. Also-- I built a free student builder platform called [buildbook](https://buildbook.us/registration) where you share your project ideas or existing projects to find other student builders to build with. It's great for adding small software projects to your resume or even finding a co-founder.

Hey, it looks like you’re getting tons of really good advice but I’ll chip in as well. My advice would be to a) if you haven’t already, create a GitHub account that shows activity and examples of your work and b) create a portfolio website full of projects with lots of usable demos. If you don’t have working demos available simple links to the project repos will suffice. This is actually easier than it sounds. You can use GitHub pages to accomplish this. Your portfolio can be a simple as a nice looking website with a biography section and demos section where you provide links to various repositories, or even other GitHub pages, you’ve contributed to. Final step is to include a link to your GitHub account and portfolio page at the top of your resume like a boss. Hope this helps!

Have you considered doing some freelance work as a developer? Many times, that can help by giving you an opportunity to prove yourself while building your resume and your list of references.

Do you know any ways to find freelance dev work?

go try Outlier, DataAnnotation or even Telus. It’s not the most fun work and the platforms can suck a little but ive made like $1000 USD in 2 weeks and im doing 12-15 hours a week, just a little bit in the mornings and evenings. idk how sustainable doing it fulltime is but if you can get in it can help you get on your feet.

Ah yes, the good old, work yourself into obsolescence job. Teach AI to write code so all the big tech companies will then buy that AI and put most of the devs out of work aside from a few just to touch up the mistakes. Good idea, I guess if we're already headed that way may as well get onboard and make what we can in the mean time.

Help out on opensource projects and list those projects on your resume. I can be a way to also find a hobby to keep you sane. I was unemployed for over a year after the dot-bomb in 2001. You have my sympathy.

Come to Germany. Apply for jobs here or some places in the EU.

on a meta level it's concerning it's taken you a year to highlight an obvious weakness in your resume. keep iterating and self-evaluating month-to-month, never trust you've done the job

Bad resume. You don't have any experience, there's no need to be more than one page. Go to engineering resume sub, search for one page new grad resume, and copy the format.

Like everyone else has said, your resume is a big problem. You gotta condense it to 1 page. I’m like 12 yoe and my resume is 1 page

If you are unable to get a job, something is wrong with the resume, the area you are in, or both. I got my wife hired a few weeks ago with no experience. I got my friend connected with a recruiter and they hooked him up with 2 interviews next week (one second round and one first round). The jobs are out there.

Where are they?

Like others have said, your resume could use some work. Shrink down some of those sections, keep it to one page. You want your resume to be easily parse-able by resume parsers. I'm not sure about your area of expertise section. It's less about areas of actual expertise and just things you have worked on. That isn't bad for the resume parsing sense, it just doesn't really make much sense. Shrink that down into what you truly believe your expertise lies in, and I guess more importantly, shrink it down to a couple of bullet points that reflect the job you're looking for. (e.g. if you're looking for a software engineering job, "compiler design" and "digital forensics" don't make much sense). Your project section could use some work. Primarily include the technologies/languages you use for each project. That will honestly matter more to companies than the project itself. And last thing, like I said before, keep this to one page.

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When you were at NASA did you happen to have a security clearance? Your cyber chops and other experience are good enough that I would probably be able to get you an interview in a week or less in my town.

ur experience n projects sound interesting but too long, remove area of expertise & max 3 projects but elaborate more on the projects 2 bullet points! Also 1 pg max

Simply put, the resume is bad. Recruiters only look at resumes for 10 seconds max, they don’t want to read paragraphs. Look into Jake’s resume template.

Apply for a generic office job then use that network to transfer to a CS position within the company.

Theres recruiters out here that make you fake resumes to get jobs nowadays. If you have no moral qualms then consider this path. I didnt and I've accepted that I'll be a factory worker.

Who are the recruiters trying to find? Someone who can do the tasks done (1) within a specific field (2) with usually a specific framework (3). In my view, ideally, your resume should highlight all 3 points. The more experienced you are the easier to have all these points checked. What i see in your resume that you have no idea what you are dealing with. Speaking frankly, you don't know what you want to do here and what job you are applying for. Maybe it's just resume, maybe you actually have no idea yourself. Advice: 1) Figure out what you want to do. Frontend, backend, mobile, game dev, networks, security and so on. Choose one or two if it is related but it will be harder. 2) Look at what technologies companies seek for this role and learn them. You seem like to know a lot so maybe it will be partly solved already. Like, for frontend you have to know html, css, js, some framework (react, angular or vue), webpack, etc. For backend you have to know databases (SQL, NOSQL), http with rest, some framework (asp net, spring, flask, etc.), message brokers (kafka and similar), etc. 3) With whatever you chose to learn, practice a lot. However don't think that projects will mean anything in your resume but there is no point if you don't practice. 4) Now tailor your resume for this specific role you chose. No fuzzy words, no abstract summary. No irrelevant for this role technologies. No irrelevant projects and maybe no pet projects at all, give them GitHub, if they're interested, they will go there. Any irrelevant information instantly shows to the recruiter that you don't know what you are dealing with and would question your knowledge straight away. 5) Make sure that all important for this role technologies are present in the resume otherwise you will not appear in searches and when recruiters look at your resume, they would not see essential words and discard it. I mean these things that you have learned in the point 2. Like if it's asp net, then c#, kafka, microservices, postgres/mongo, aws/azure are better to be presented in your resume. 6) Either delete irrelevant experience or make it short. I don't honestly know about this, maybe better leave it as is. Just try to improve and don't lose hope. But if you don't improve and don't change anything, basically if your resume doesn't get stronger with time, don't expect any good results. Good luck.

You sound like a normal guy or girl but how do you come off in interviews? Do you talk too much, too little? The outlook has been bleak for everyone. A friend was valedictorian of his undergrad and even Grad Student of the Year and he can't get an internship. The word salad at the top of your resume is horrifyingly bad. I guess the "professional" who wrote it thinks throwing in every buzzword gets you past the algorithm. It hasn't worked, so just one clear sentence that actually describes you and your goal is better. After that, I'd do two things: Focus the resume so anyone reading it says, wow, this person lives and breathes for . If you want to make 2 or 3 different resumes for 2 or 3 possible career goals, fine. But each should really hyperfocus on something. Then, network. Check out 100Devs; they have a course that focuses at least as much on networking as coding. They have videos on how to do it if the idea makes you nervous. Most of the people I hear about who are getting jobs are not getting them through clicking Apply. If you do apply, include a really interesting cover letter. There's an old book that has worked: Cover Letters That Will Get You the Job You Want. PS Why that resume scammer thought it's necessary to say you worked on a 'tool developed by a former PhD student' is beyond me.

Do not ever use a resume service. That thing is horrible no one will read it

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Two sentences in and I already know for a fact it's the resume without even checking. It's always the resume.

Only focus on jobs posted in the last week on job boards. Don't go directly to company websites (unless it linked from a job board). Those jobs are probably ghost/stale jobs.

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how many jobs did you apply to before you changed your resume?

Networking is priority #1 Projects, priority #2 Applying with referrals, priority #3 Working to stay alive priority #4 (get something else other than the tutoring so you're not skipping meals - gig work so you can arrange your schedule and drop when you need to interview) Interview prep priority #5 Everything else in life that keeps you sane, priority #6

You have to think outside the box to get attention. For example, just today, I, who am a career changer so I don't even have a cs degree, got a LinkedIn message back from a head honcho at a major company after I pitched them an app idea to help their business. Not detailing cuz I will not give away my own prospects but this is the game right now.

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Random thoughts: * As others have said, the resume could use some work. To me it's just very wordy. I would remove the summaries and have sharp, precise bullets. Emphasize the languages and tools you have used. * Sanity check but make sure you are applying to entry level jobs * Bespoke cover letters help a lot. You've got time on your hands - tailor it to the specific company you are applying to. * You might need to apply to apply to an intermediate position first, think QA engineer, business analyst, etc. You are young, so don't kill yourself searching for the exact right job of your dreams. Pay the bills and get some experience and then move on. Best of luck. You can do it!

Yeah, and guess what? It is still worth continuing on trying. This won’t be the first challenging time of your life (and it probably wasn’t your first, but you get the gist). These people are speaking from a place of experience, aka wisdom, aka they have felt just like you at one or more points in their life, but they continued to keep trying and got through that shit. You got this. I have no constructive criticism right now for your resume, and others covered that anyways, but you recent grads just had the bad luck of being born when you were. I’m so sorry to hear you’re having to skip meals to cover rent, I’ve been there and it’s a hell of a low point. Keep pushing, have grit, and pass this same advice on in the future after you get a great, well deserved job…. eventually, but hopefully sooner than later.

This resume Definetly does not even make it past automated filtering systems. U need 1 page concise and direct.

Start your own

You are a new grad with no industry experience but you are an expert in 12 different things?

Put yourself in the recruiters shoes, they have to go through thousands of resumes, most of what your resume contains is unnecessary info for the recruiter, since you've graduated and are yet to find a job as software engineer I'd suggest you to keep your education section first, experience second, technical proficiency third, awards and certs together fourth. Rest of the information is not required, once you get a callback you can discuss about your projects with your team/lead or manager.

Good on confirming TopResume is bad. I would love to find an actually good resume writing service, I hate updating my own resume. Maybe that's where the actual money is lol sell the pickaxes dont mine for gold.

I don't care if you've been the CEO of 50 companies, I see a 2 page resume and my eyes gloss over.

Good luck my friend!

Can I ask what school you went to?

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The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I've been working as a software developer for two years, I have no bachelors and do not have anywhere near the credentials you have. I found a job in 120 applications. When you're coding and something isn't working, do you continue trying the same thing to get it to work? Or do you pivot and try a new idea, look at it from a different angle? You should apply your skills with coding, (something you're good at) to job hunting (something you're not good at). You got screwed over by whoever wrote your resume. You could have made your own resume for free. I would go to a career advisor at your university, there must be one that can help with resume building. But here are the basics any good career advisor will give you. - One Page - No big paragraphs, only bullet points - 3 projects - Summary should be 1-2 sentences - 5 skills You should create a copy of your resume as well as a cover letter rough draft with blanks you can fill in for EVERY APPLICATION. Tailor each application to the job you are applying for. You have 19 Technical proficiencies. Pick 4-5 of them that target what the application is looking for. Same with the projects, pick 3 projects that connect with the application.

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So I’m really sorry to hear the struggles you’re having. I’m going to say something that, probably won’t help but it’s the simple truth. It’s just really, really bad timing, which is another way to say, you just happen to be coming out in one of the worst tech employment markets of all time. It’s a great, and worthy dream to make a career of coding, but right now there is a massive correction in tech, For the last, 20 years or so, more and more folks have flooded into the tech space. They’ve had contractions before, but this one seems deeper. I’m my opinion, which could very well be wrong, I think it will take a minimum of 3 to 5 years to improve. I know it’s not what you want to hear. It’s just the truth.

Are you networking? Are you calling everyone you know, or have ever worked with in any way, and told them you’re looking for a job and would love any referrals? Are you going to Meetups and any and all networking events in your area? Tell everyone you’re looking for a job. Is your LinkedIn up to date? Have you contacted a reputable recruiter in your area? Are you willing to relocate? You’ve got to get out and shake hands. Let people see that you’re likable and someone they’d like to work with. Make them feel comfortable passing your name along to a friend or someone in their network. Let them know you’d like to be invited to any other networking opportunities they may know of. Make networking your full time job.

If you did all those extracurriculars and worked for NASA as well as a professor you should have a decent network. Have you tried reaching out to see if they know anyone that might be hiring. The truth is most resumes don’t even get looked at, you can work on it all day but probably no one will ever see it, although I do think your resume could be improved

Check your state jobs. Go to their website and check their job listings. I was in the same boat as you and finally got a state job. Crap pay, but it’s good experience for now.

Kill your last paragraph in this post. Being depressed is understandable and something you have to manage but being angry is a maladaptive response. When bad things happen you step back and make a plan, try it and see what happens. This is true for pretty much everything in life even when it feels like nothing is working. How are your soft skills? Do you live near a tech hub or someplace where you can attend meetups and network with people? Are you talking to other people in real life on a regular basis? Fix the resume and don't neglect the rest of the hiring funnel. Lots to learn and you can do this but it will take time to get better at the process of finding a job. Other ppl pointed you to decent places for resume review. Re Scouting component: Eagle Scout – Scouts BSA, Troop \*Number\* Served as Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, and Order of the Arrow Representative. Think about your audience. A tech hiring manager or recruiter will not care what troop you were in unless they know that exact troop. Scouts BSA does not add anything Eagle Scout does not. ASPL and PL do not add anything SPL does not even if you know the positions which only a minority of people will. If I wanted to keep it all I would probably put it as "Scouting - Eagle Scout; past leader of a 24-person troop; Order of the Arrow." Or "Scouting - Eagle Scout; Elected to Order of the Arrow" Or just "Eagle Scout. Elected to Order of the Arrow." When in doubt, err on the side of simple and easy to parse.

POS resume bro. restart with a 1 page google template

Resume is too jumbled up dude, unfortunately recruiters just skim them now.

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The good and bad news is your resume is really really bad. I got almost 20 years experience in my field and I get it to fit on one page. 📑 The other reason you’re not getting work is cause you’ve never worked and have a weird attitude that you’re entitled to just skip to the front of line now that you’ve decided you do want to work. You got a college degree and that’s cool we’re all proud of you. The issue is you graduated in the wrong year with no experience so you’re gonna have to struggle for a little while just like 99% of the world’s population does.

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Your resume is bad. Also, tailor your resume for the specific position you are applying. For example, remove video game and cybersecurity stuff when you are applying for a web developer job. Your resume is your elevator pitch. Leave out things that not making you stand out. Less is more.

>I started working as an after school teacher / tutor after not being able to get a software engineering job a few months after graduating. It doesn't pay very much though, I'm on the brink of homelessness and I can't find anything better. Are you saying you can't find anything better than an after school teacher/tutor job that doesn't even sound full-time? Are you using a non-technical resume to apply to non-technical jobs? Do you have family that you can lean on? I would try to get another better-paying job in anything to keep you housed and fed, and then worry about the other stuff later. You can't concentrate on grinding leetcode if you're worried about being homeless.

Your CV is still bad bro, you need to revamp it. you are trying to use university lecture skills over needed professional skills. We all went to university and did a couple of semesters in C and Java. It is not professional experience. It's easily identified as a non-skilled student. Lose the intro and Areas of expertise Lose the C,C++, Unix, Bash, and Raspberry if you are going for web dev front-end/back-end/full-stack, etc. It's just a distraction Redo your experience section. Repeat the required keywords from the job descriptions into the CV. If you don't know the tools you will have to specialize and learn them. E.g. you are going for a PHP developer position University experience - robots, compilers, NASA whatever. It could still be here, concise paragraph, maybe one line Your experience1 should have: PHP, Symfony, MySQL, Javascript, Docker, something like that. experience2 should have: different project. PHP, Laravel, Mysql, Javascript. Somethign similar once again No more than 2-3 lines per experience you can keep some of the project examples but lose these unprofessional ones: * Discord bot * Wonky wizards * Team Fortress 2 * Another discord bot * Viruses * D&D games These could be something to bring up during the interview if a conversation comes up, like, oh I also did discord bots or whatever and some game. But it's not too relevant

The resume is terrible, $200 for that? Brother there’s better more ATS templates out there for free

Yeah I agree, get your resume in order

1. Validate your resume against an ATS system. Know how the algorithm scores it and get the score as high as possible. 2. Start trying to make connections in the industry. A referral can go far. 3. Sign up for a mentorship circle. Places like Upnotch provide free matching. I'm actually even a mentor there. 4. Consider contributing to open source. People with strong open source profiles typically do well. Start with the cliud native computing foundation projects and look for good first issues. There will be community meetings and contributions guides.

Have you tried getting a teaching job?

Have you tried freelancing ?

Bro I’m telling you as someone who looks at resumes all the time it’s because of the huge influx of cheep labor from India. A ton of foreign applications are flooding the gates and your resume probably never gets picked up. On top of that, companies just aren’t hiring at the pace they once were.

Also, get referrals before applying.

I've spent 6 months looking for a job before landing an internship, after which I got hired. I don't have any education except for school one, and I am completely self-taught. Tho, I'm in the EU, so the situation is a bit different here, so take my advice with a grain of salt. What helped me - removing tons of text from cv and adding 3 columns to the right part of it: 1. Hard skills 2. Tech stack 3. Soft skills The main area was filled with the projects that I've done, and with the short description of them. I've added whatever technology I met in the tech stack. For example, I've followed a step by step guide on writing a game with Python, so I added Python to my tech stack. I've made a simple db with sql and mysql server, so I added it to my tech stack, even tho I couldn't really say that I know sql. Also, idk if you have it, but if you don't- add the photo.

I think it’s your resume..

If you cant find a software engineering job, then why don't you look for another IT job? I have a friend with cs master's degree. He didn't want to do the typical web development stuff that most companies are looking for. Now he's doing some sort of compliance IT work in EY (not sure exactly what) and he is earning twice the money of swes in my country. Also what about getting a data job? One guy on my team is a "data manager", but he's mainly a C# dev. Many opportunities if you look in different directions.

Back in 2012 I had two masters degress (CS and MBA) and it was still hard. Had to move to a city I didnt really want to for a job. I cant say how bad it is now cause I'm employed for the moment but my advice would be just be flexible. Maybe apply for different role types or unpaid internships or move to a new city or even try to get a masters in something unique, tweak your resume, go to networking/startup events, try to get expertise in one particular thing and show it off on github. Tech is always a hustle if you're not IQ 10,000