Looking for Feedback on my Resume
Tags: help, resume, jobsearch, forhire
Published: 2020-07-09 05:46:55

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title: Looking for Feedback on my Resume
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description: I want to make my resume amazing.  Any help is appreciated.
tags: help, resume, jobsearch, forhire
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Hi!  My name is Ryan.  I'm currently employed but actively looking to move into software.  I have been rejected for quite a few positions so far, which feels bad, but I'm not giving up.  If you're someone who hires people or has input into a hiring process, would you mind taking a look at my resume below and giving some feedback?

 - What do you like?
 - What makes you not like me?
 - What questions does it give you, that it could explain more and be more clear about?
 - What could I add/change that would help get me in the door to interview?  I feel like I interview extremely well, and I end up befriending most people I talk to face to face.  I just can't seem to get very many people to talk to me.

Some notes:

 - I update my resume for every job I apply to in order to match the posting a little bit and show the hiring manager my best qualities.  This copy is based on a job for a Customer Success Engineer, but it's about 85% similar to most other versions.
 - I don't have any professional software engineering experience yet, but I've been programming for over 10 years, and am very experienced in many of the "engineering" skills--albeit in a more mechanical application--like design ideation, review, teamwork, professional communication, documentation, working to solve problems and build something, project management, etc.  I'd like to showcase that, since I think those skills are often more important than whether or not I know a specific framework or something.
 - I *am* applying for Mechanical Engineering jobs as well, so I leave the CAD/design skills and certifications on there as well.


**There are a few revisions.  Click [here](#update-rev-3) to go to the most recent one.**

## Revision 1

Here it is in screenshot form.  [Here's a link to it in Google Doc form if you prefer to see it in one piece.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ni-R-kMb8Q2mbZw1DWqJeuvIjsvgmO8ClatcYkGY11o/edit?usp=sharing)

![My Resume, part 1.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ne0u3yhyia5t0urfzokf.png)

![My Resume, part 2.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/xejksggv2fwn6qsbkdf0.png)

![My Resume, part 3.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/xvxtls6a6qpnuoya07hw.png)

![My Resume, part 4.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/q322rcq8749wa38ibn6i.png)

## Update: Rev 2

Based on feedback, I updated it to look like below.  Is this any better?  Worse?  [Link to actual document.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmZH9to-yAi9nUcS1urDd6C9XBDBiTZhLRBi6Ud5nS4/edit?usp=sharing)

![My resume, rev 2, part 1.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/0yhyfnip8alxif3yeppo.png)

![My resume, rev 2, part 2.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/zufexabk30muzag9ehik.png)

![My resume, rev 2, part 3.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/kwe20m91nhei71l007ip.png)

## Update: Rev 3

OK, based on even more feedback, I got the machete out and *really* went to work on it.  I cut out a lot of the prose and got it down to one page.  I focused pretty heavily on my strengths and got rid of the stuff that maybe made it seem like I was trying to overcompensate for lack of skill or experience.  I made this version a full, 100% software engineer position resume, cutting out what to me, feels like *most* of my mechanical engineering accomplishments.  But, overall, I think I'm extremely happy with where I ended up.  I plan on narrowing the scope of the Goal statement depending on what company I'm applying to, but other than that, I think this is a much better explainer of why I would be a good developer at your company.

![My resume, rev 3, part 1.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/1ft4altgtl0u2mv1cs1y.png)

![My resume, rev 3, part 2.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/wu72ojrqto6cby3r0it7.png)