19 Do's and Don'ts For Your Resume To Stand Out
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#1 Don't add a cover letter, if you're a student or early on in your career, there's just really no reason for a cover letter, that comes with time and experience, on Twitter 280 characters is enough to get to the point
#2 Detailed-oriented, organized, team worker, these are an example of personality traits, not skills, don't add them to the skills section.
#3 Don't make more than a 1-page resume unless you're a PhD student, otherwise, 2 or more pages are a hard NO.
#4 Don't add lots of text, your resume probably have about 10 seconds of withdrawal, what do you really want to get across in 10 seconds?
#5 Don't add jargon, if you have too much jargon your recruiter would have a hard time understanding your resume and that's not great, you should make it easier for them to understand you.
#6 Bad formatting doesn't have consistency, the first person who is going to look at your resume is your recruiter,
Think of your audience, recruiter, engineer or hiring manager. Try to format it in a way that's easy to look at and consistent.
The Simpler the Better. ๐
#7 Don't add an objective unless you're making a huge career change, if you're a circus acrobat and you're applying for a sales job, you need an objective to explain the context, otherwise, if you are a SW Eng applying for an SW job, Don't waste space with an objective.
Did you take notes on what NOT to Do?
Ok, well now we're going to get to the good part
How to make your application Stand Out ๐
#8 IF you're a university student, Add your graduation date at the TOP
#9 Add your LinkedIn profile, more information is power about getting to know you as a candidate, (your Twitter handle too!)
#10 Make sure all of your links are working!
Small mistakes are the easiest to miss, triple check your resume!
#11 Send your resume in PDF format, which will make everyone's life easier.
#12 IF you're a student, Add your Education and expected graduation date at the Top.
#13 Add your GPA, even if it's Low, your GPA is a story and opportunity for you to talk about your experience in an interview!
#14 Add RELEVANT work experience, don't just fill the gaps, if you have relevant experience, a course, or built something, here's the place to add and talk about it!
#15 Add a Project section, even if you feel you don't have
a lot of experience, but you probably have worked on a group project in school and that is a valuable experience, ๐
Add these projects, that is your work experience while you're currently enrolled in school, that could include personal projects, a group project, especially if you worked on a group project where you were the project lead, that something hiring managers would love to know about.
#16 This one seems obvious but still worth mentioning, if you know how to code with python, they should probably know that! Add your tech skills to the skills section of your resume.
#17 Bullet Points! everyone loves bullet points, add some!
#18 Add Data, metrics or results! If you have some numbers, add them to the left at the beginning of the line, the more numbers you add to your resume the better, so even if your resume has a 10 seconds chance, you would still manage to get those numbers into attention.
#19 Make the lines as short as possible, probably no one reads to the end of the line, it's more of 1/3 of each line or so.
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