80. How Do I Make My Resume Stand Out?

[@shadsluiter]

Tim. Five years ago I sent an email to offer you a job at the university where I teach. Your resume is a set of great courses. Too bad you had other opportunities. Nice to see you are continuing your success.

[@TechReagan]

I'm a big fan of your tutorial. I love your content.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks!

[@0387778o]

Can i have a job?

[@shadsluiter]

@@0387778o can you teach like Tim?

[@0387778o]

@@shadsluiter I have only tutored 2 people before. I'm not sure how good of a teacher I am. I am interested but unsure.

[@DuelingTreeMike]

Love the channel! I’d love to send you my resume. I have been in IT for almost 30 years. The resume attracts LOTS of quality potentials) I have lots of info on mine. And I DO have every skill listed. They key is to put the “stale skills” within context of a position. Two pages are fine. Where I see people make the biggest mistake is the first paragraph. I take an “executive summary” approach - and the first paragraph is where to do it. Never wrote a cover letter, not needed. If a hiring manager isn’t going to read a list of skills, they certainly arent going to read a cover letter. A recruiter asked me to and I declined the position. I did have two impressive letters of recommendation. If asked, decline cover letters unless you’re uniquely qualified for the position. Another thought, when you leave a position, ask for a cover letter! Sorry so long of a comment - I have really enjoyed the channel year over year and this video really hits home on many levels. Thank you again Tim! Feel free to DM me, I think I may be able to help on a Part 2 of this video.

[@jaydonfernandes8435]

Hey Tim, I was wondering if you would make a video explaining how a junior developer can make the transition into an intermediate or mid-level developer. I see a lot of videos that cover how get that first junior level job, but not too many about how to take the next steps in their career. For example, what are some things a mid-level C# should know? Thanks!

[@IAmTimCorey]

I can add that to the suggestion list.

[@weslleyalcoba]

The problem I see, as someone who is looking for a job, is that the way to customize a resume for an ATS, for a HR recruiter and for a technical hiring manager are all different. You mention that a gab doesn't mean a lot for you, which I imagine it is true. But for an ATS, that reduces your score by a lot.

[@cloudbaud7794]

Yes I would have to agree with that. What I do as a professional consultant is have two versions of my resume and a cover letter. The first one addresses staffing companies, ATS, Recruiting and the second one for the hiring manager

[@Sebazzz1991]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@pierreplourde]

People forget the difference between a résumé (which literally means a “summary”) and a curriculum vitae, which is roughly “the list of your life’s accomplishments” and closer to a biography.

[@mr.logicpants2835]

I agree with Tim on making only relevant items stand out on your resume. I have been a software engineer for more than 20 years and my "long" resume is over 10 pages long with only minimal information on it.

[@IAmTimCorey]

We do tend to accumulate experiences.

[@mr.logicpants2835]

@@IAmTimCorey Haha. So true. You made some good points in your video that some developers might not understand unless they have been in the game for a while. But I thought that you really hit the nail on the head when talking about including only important job specific information and your resume.

Very useful tips, as always. 👌

[@IAmTimCorey]

Glad to hear that!

[@nrnoble]

Good advice, especially when applying to companies that are not MS, Apple, Google, etc. With the major league companies, you need to know someone on the inside of the company that can submit your resume to the hiring manager or you're so god damn brilliant that they somehow track you down and ask to see your resume. A reality that everyone needs to be aware of is that when a job is publically posted online, its because it is part of the HR requirements that must occur for every job opening, just like they often must interview 3-5 people before hiring someone, even if internally the decision has already been made to hire someone specific (ie former employee of the hiring manager); other people brought in for interviews are just fulfilling HRs requirements and have no chance at being hired for that specific job. This does not mean it's a waste of your time because you get real-world interviewing practice, and it's always possible that you impress them so that they recommend you to other hiring managers that are looking for talented people; I have seen internal email comments like "On the whiteboard he wrote machine code, not assembly, for a fractal algorithm, and we entered it into a file and it ran without error. Damn, I could not have done that off the top of my head. Hire this dude!!!"

[@IAmTimCorey]

Having contacts in the industry is definitely a good way to get better job offers.

[@frotes]

Great stuff Tim. A question, I’ve always had regarding impact metrics is, what do you do when you aren’t made aware of the impact of something you’ve done or the business does not really quantify it? Any tips for that?

[@sodreigor]

Hey TIm, would you feel comfortable sharing a version of your curriculum in a hypothetical scenario where you would apply for a dotnet tech lead position on a company specialized in lets say finance?

[@IAmTimCorey]

Can you please explain a bit more about what you are looking for? I'm not understanding yet.

[@michelchaghoury870]

gr8 vid like always, can you make a demo how to structure and write your resume/CV in words (no need to cover everything just like showing us where to place my GitHub profile and linked in and tableau profile and where to place my certificates if I have relevant ones), or even an already made Cv or template to see what kind of resume passes the ATS systems please and tnx a lotttt keep going

[@IAmTimCorey]

I will add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@LukeAvedon]

Wow this one is soooo good!

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks!

[@pxnchx93]

What would be some examples of these "skills"? 🤔

[@IAmTimCorey]

I'm not sure what you are asking. When I talked about skills, I talked about having too many skills. So if you list that you know Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Angular, React, Vue, SQL, Go, Node, and Assembly, I don't believe you. If you say "Primary Skills": C# and SQL and then "Worked with": Java, Python, Ruby, Angular, React, Vue, Go, Node, and Assembly, then I believe you. Developers often have to bounce around between languages. That's common. But saying that you are skilled in a language because you used it a couple of times de-values the skills you actually have. How do I know which languages you've used daily for the past five years and which ones you've done some code fixes in a couple times in the past five years?

[@pxnchx93]

@@IAmTimCorey absolutely, you’re right! What I meant to ask is, what would I actually write on the skills section of my CV? Let’s say I know C#, would I put something simple like this? PRIMARY SKILLS - usage of C# and .NET platform (for windows development and API building) Or do I need to be more or less specific?

[@somedevstuff5060]

If everyone follows a video like this, it won't stand out anymore :(

[@fadidib8516]

😂

[@Coding_with_Prasher]

Care to explain?

[@fadidib8516]

@@Coding_with_Prasher everyone will have similiar pattern

[@somedevstuff5060]

@@Coding_with_Prasher it was a joke, if everyone do the same thing it doesn’t ”stand out” anymore

[@Coding_with_Prasher]

Ohh got it 🤭🤭

[@SuperSadgun]

Hi Tim, Can you do a resume preparation for me, I am currently in BPO industry. I want to switch to. Net domain. Regards, Sadgun

[@IAmTimCorey]

I'm sorry, I don't offer that type of service. I just don't have the time.

[@SuperSadgun]

@@IAmTimCorey any suggestions who can do that, Tim. Please help me

[@rajm1976]

As a Brit I thought this video was about retry mechanisms

[@IAmTimCorey]

lol, maybe I should do that next.

[@uppercat7268]

I assume "watched all Tim Corey videos" is considered as the best possible skill, right?

[@IAmTimCorey]

Watching is good, practicing is better.

[@LukeAvedon]

4:35 "They think because they have done 'Hello World' they have skills in that area."

[@IAmTimCorey]

The key is your experience in an area. If you just watched training on a topic (regardless of the size), that's not a skill. If you built ten sample applications to verify and validate your skills as you went, you can share your latest application to show off your skill level in the topic.

[@LukeAvedon]

@@IAmTimCorey Well said.

[@pxnchx93]

Could you give us an actual resume as a good example?

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks for the suggestion. Please add it to the list on the suggestion site so others can vote on it as well: suggestions.iamtimcorey.com/

[@lastidea4925]

I would like to working for you Mr. Tim. Do you wanna hire me?

[@IAmTimCorey]

I'm sorry, I don't have any open positions. Here's a tip for how to get a job: show off just how valuable you are. Put together a portfolio that is so good, people ask you if you want a job.

[@lastidea4925]

@@IAmTimCorey ​ LoL I'm just kidding it's reference to 16:00

[@lastidea4925]

@@IAmTimCorey Btw thank you for all those tips, I'll get a job from USA or Europe soon (I hope)

[@walkwatch8345]

👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🤝🤝🌹🌹🌹

[@IAmTimCorey]

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