Ask HN: Best way to get review of technical resume?

4 points by kusha 8y ago ↗ HN

Hello HN:

As of recent I've been looking for a new SWE position at one of the bigger companies in my area. I have about 3 years of experience now, and have helped ship many in production applications. After many applications, I've only heard back from one company. I'm guessing that my resume is lacking.

I'm looking for a service that preferably specializes in technical resumes, with a reasonable fee.

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mtmail 8y ago ↗

recent discussion with the same question https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15560766

ecesena 8y ago ↗

Have you tried connecting directly with recruiters on linkedin and ask for an info interview? Try to get a couple of calls and then send the resume. If you're still rejected/ignored, then it's probably the resume. Otherwise it's just that you don't even get out of the stack.

itamarst 8y ago ↗

Happy to review resumes: itamar@codewithoutrules.com (20+ years experience, so I've seen many resumes over the years).

kanishkdudeja 8y ago ↗

You could try submitting it on the resume advice thread in the cscareerquestions subreddit every Tuesday or Saturday.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/wiki/faq_resumes

Check out the right sidebar on this page!

throwmeaway32 8y ago ↗

I just looked at your resume, I didn't actually think it was too bad, feedback on the PDF version:-

- way too cramped, you're already on 2 pages so add so spacing to it, it's really hard to read.

- I don't care where the companies were geographically located, delete it and save space.

Questions

- Are you tailoring the resume to each job you apply for? (you should)

- What roles are you applying for?

- How many is 'after many applications'?