I got laid off from my engineering job in November 2023, after 4 months of not finding any engineer jobs, I took a sales job at ADT selling alarm systems. I've been here for 1 year and while I'm making good money, I want to go back to a engineer position since I have no growth with ADT. I have my Masters in electrical engineering. Which would be worst for potential employers to look at on my resume, that I have one year in sales, which is unrelated to the position that I'm applying for or if I excluded it, that I have a 16 month gap since my last job?

Sometimes, I can see more than 10 names of HR: talent acquisition specialist, HR lead, HR director, HR manager, etc. If I write the name of the person who is from high level, and if it’s a lower level HR handles my cover letter, they might feel they are not respected. Vice versa.

People may advise to just write HR / recruiter, but I still want to have a real name, what should I do? 1) how to know the name of the right person? 2) if I cannot get the right name, should I write the name of higher level hr, or lower?

I’m applying for internships for the summer and I want to find a way to make it less obvious on my resume that i’m a college freshman but i’m not sure how to do that. Right now it says my college, my major, then “August 2024 - Present” but I can’t just get rid of the dates and make it look like i’m saying I already graduated or anything.

Hey everyone, I’m looking for tips on creating a professional resume. I want to make sure it stands out to employers, but I’m not sure where to start. Does anyone have any advice on the best ways to structure it or what key elements to include? If you’ve used a resume builder that worked well, feel free to share your experience too

I graduated last year with my bachelor's in political science, had a small fellowship role last year that ended after the election, and have been unemployed since. Fell into mental health struggles that made seeking work difficult, and since doing so in earnest, I have struggled to even receive a rejection email from anyone. There are many fast food and retail jobs locally that I have applied to and been ghosted by, though many other common local jobs like warehouse work have been drying up.

I am more than willing to work remotely or relocate (if financially possible), but can't see how that will be possible if I'm unable to even find a local job or degree-relevant role for experience. Any potential advice/changes for formatting, what to include/not include, etc, that might help improve my resume would be greatly appreciated.

Applying for Investment Banking summer internships in a few months, all criticism is appreciated,

I posted my last resume on here yesterday. I tried to make a better one using the replies that i got. It still looks pretty empty and I'm not sure how to make it longer. Hopefully this one is better than the last one.

Hi all, I know my resume as a whole is pretty bad, this is my first tech job so I thought I should have a lot of bullet points explaining what I do to fill it out but I feel like it's to much. I also think I should add my more programming skills so I can possibly target software engineering jobs as well but don't really know where to put them or how to add them in my current resume. I've been applying for about 3 months now, in the mid 100's of applications, I've had two interviews that actually went somewhere but ultimately didn't get them and other than that just a bunch of recruiter phone screens that never go anywhere. I'm open to remote, hybrid or in office but within 50 mile radius of where I am, so no relocation but I live on the east coast near a pretty big tech community. I'm really just looking for that next step in my career so job titles like jr sys admin, sys admin, network admin, tier 3 help desk are the types of things I'm applying for. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi!

Laid off from my full-time gig toward the end of last year, then stayed busy with some freelance writing assignments. Now I'm back looking for full-time work with a resume that seems a little all over the place. I've been applying broadly, but focusing on TV and marketing producer roles. Haven't heard back on anything. It seems like something is off. Any advice? Thanks!

• Looking for any Internship that is not frontend. My preferred positions are Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, and Data Scientist.
• I can only work in Philadelphia or remotely.
• I have been doing programming since I was in the 8th grade. I did competitive programming for 2 years back when I was in High School, along with many projects. Those include my research, traffic simulation for the programming tournament, and an idle game that used c# and Windows Forms
• For the past two months, I have been actively applying through LinkedIn and Handshake to anything where I have a chance of getting the position (~30 applications). I tweaked some of my resumes according to position and wrote cover letters. I keep getting rejected or ignored. Please let me know what I can do to improve it, and thank you for your help in advance!

I probably picked the WORST time to leave the military and enter the manufacturing industry after this past week.

I'm seeking a role in the manufacturing industry. Ideally as an operations manager, operations supervisor, or production planner.

If anyone has suggestions on how to make this less wordy or flow better, or even ideas of different roles I should be looking into, please let me know!

Worked at one company doing a certain kind of work, partner and I got bought up and did the exact same work at the new company. My resume has a description of the work done at the first company and now updating after working a year at the new company. I'm doing the exact same things for mostly the same people, just more of it, and can't just put the same thing twice. Any suggestions on how to differently describe? I'm a lawyer if it helps.

What should I put on my resume for a job title? For example, I've worked for several small businesses, and my job title didn’t explicitly state all of my duties. For instance, I worked for a construction company where my technical job title was "Office Manager," but I also handled project bidding, project management, and served as a site supervisor. I was the only one licensed for a while to legally drive our gooseneck trailer, so I also provided delivery support for a couple of years. I was also responsible for payroll, and once we grew enough to need an HR department, I took on HR duties as well, etc.

I have a few jobs like that. Should I just list the job title most relevant to the position I’m applying for and incorporate that into the resume? Or should I list all of the technical job titles and potentially make my resume longer than two pages? If I included everything I’ve done for all the different roles I’ve held, my resume would be 5 to 7 pages long. Right now, I have five different resumes tailored to specific types of jobs, each with job titles and descriptions relevant to those roles.

Also, how do you handle this on LinkedIn? I created a LinkedIn profile, but I’m unsure of what to put on my profile since I wore multiple hats during most of my jobs.

hello, newbie here ,

so I worked two years for a nonprofit and then quit but I'm friends with my boss and she kept asking me for help so I would jump in and help and still get ADP paycheck , this happened for two more years while I was "unemployed" doing door dash /uber eats. I want to minimize my unemployment gap , she said I can put the time in but as ad hoc, so not sure how to incorporate that in resume. thank you.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently a .NET Developer Intern with about 2 years of hands-on experience across internships and freelance work. I'm targeting Junior Software Developer roles in the U.S., ideally focused on full-stack development using .NET, C#, and Azure DevOps. I'm open to remote or hybrid roles and willing to relocate for the right opportunity.

Roast my resume! Looking for internships in finance, economics, and property

I'm a library tech, and I'm applying for a couple jobs in accessibility services at a few universities. My resume is...sort of eclectic. I've been a cashier, a barista, a lab technician, a deli clerk, an admin assistant , a research assistant, a library clerk, and a library technician, but I well meet the qualifications, and I have experience with accessibility assessments, assistive technology, and working in a university environment.

I was considering using a functional resume, though, because these skills are scattered among the (counts) 12 different positions in 4 different sectors I've had in 20 years (business, education and libraries, food service, science). I didn't want a reviewer to have to hunt for them.

But, I am seeing that a lot of folks here are NOT in favour of those types of resumes.

...any thoughts? TYIA!

I am a 4th year Computer Engr student looking an Entry level job in software/hardware. My previous internship was in a gaming company and i already asked my manager for referral or any opening position. I've been struggling to land an interview and want to know how to increase my chances. What do you think should be changed on my resume?

Any feedback is appreciated !

My team of 6 was let go over a few months, 9 months ago now, all still looking. The company decided to move to cloud and it seems so has everyone else, making all my hardware and automation experience practically worthless. No one local is hiring and applying for remote roles has only gotten me a couple interviews, all for a 50% pay cut, and no offers. Getting more and more worried I'm going to have to sell my house and move or give up what used to be my dream career, either way for a worse job. Any advice appreciated, thanks!