How do I make my CV stand out?

coolcat

Hi Together! I've been sending out my resume for a lot of jobs but keep getting rejected quickly. Any advice on how to make my CV stand out? 🤔

jordan

Geez, I feel your pain! I remember applying to 20+ jobs and not hear anything at all back, attaching a resume and then having to manually enter everything that's on it...

Generally speaking, I think the best things about CVs are brevity, clarity and well-matching experiences.

A good resume should be short and crisp. Try to not exceed two pages and put out only information relevant and quintessential for your jobs like demographic information, skills achievements, and work experience.

Good luck!

ocean

jordan Generally speaking, I think the best things about CVs are brevity, clarity and well-matching experiences.

One thing everyone and their dog seems to do in tech is list every programming language they've ever done, even if it was just for that one course at school.

When I get to sit in on interviews I always scan the resumes, pick the most dead/useless language and ask them what the last thing they did in it was. The look on a candidates face when you say "I see you have Prolog experience, tell me what the last thing you coded in Prolog was" is priceless.