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Lately I don’t get any reply to my CVs, how much would it cost me to hire a professional to write my CV?
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I tried using it but it wrote and invented too much. I shortened the bullet points but probably I'm not that good at using it or the layout I'm using is just bad
invented too much
If it was pure invention throw it out, but otherwise everyone expects a little embellishment
It would probably be better rather to search for a CV coach, someone who will sit down with you and talk through the revision process rather than doing it for you that way you get both an updated resume as well as experience in how to update it again
Do you know where to find one or what should I look for a good one when I search?
My university offers a service to help their students and former students to write CVs and do mock interviews. Maybe your university, if you went to one, would also offer a similar service?
I didn't go to uni
Post your resume and let us have a look! (Redact personal info) If you’re not getting responses it’s likely you’re either missing keywords (because HR/recruiters are terrible) or you unintentionally have some red flags.
Hi, here https://imgur.com/a/NVFwOIi
Idk what's the problem, probably it's full of red flags or I'm too bad idk
No major red flags here! This looks like most resumes I’ve seen in my past.
Couple of thoughts: It looks like you don’t have a college degree. A bunch of donkeys will use this to filter you out. (I didn’t for the longest time either) I’d drop your high school score off, as it makes it obvious that you don’t have a college degree. If you leave that off, they’ll need to ask you about it and, at that point, they’ll have started the conversation. You’re at the 2 year mark in experience which I feel will override most degree concerns. This will get easier for you in the next 2 years.
Do you have any experience in react? If so I’d consider documenting that on your resume. It seems like every front end job I run into is looking for someone with react lately. On second look it seems like you do have some react experience but I don’t see any evidence of that in your job descriptions.
Assuming you’re applying for English speaking jobs, I’d consider putting English before Italian as a recruiter might take that as you’re less than proficient at English (remember recruiters are often very bad at their job)
You mention building and maintaining multiple websites. It helps to be specific on what those websites did, what tech stacks they were on, and your role. Right now it reads very generically which may imply you’re inexperienced.
You mention building a restful api. Talking about the tech stack might give recruiters a better idea of your experience and where it is.
If you have any CI/CD experience, it’s helpful to add a bit about that.
Do you have any experience in react? If so I’d consider documenting that on your resume. It seems like every front end job I run into is looking for someone with react lately. On second look it seems like you do have some react experience but I don’t see any evidence of that in your job descriptions.
It's just hobbyist but I'm trying to land a job which primarily uses React/Next, though I don't really care about frameworks it's just to have a breath of fresh air. I contributed some PRs to voyager/wefwef aside for never-completed-side-projects
You mention building and maintaining multiple websites. It helps to be specific on what those websites did, what tech stacks they were on, and your role. Right now it reads very generically which may imply you’re inexperienced.
They are a few I developed on my own:
- two are CRMs - one of which my company's product, which I still maintain and there is a restyle scheduled - which I developed from scratch collaborating with designers;
- one is a platform for quoting projects, again I developed it from scratch and I still maintain it.
Then there is project I quoted under REST api, there I worked just on the REST and DB side, collaborating with some coworkers.
Then I went here and there for small features, a refactor.
Aside for the REST's one, which is an integration mix for Electron and Express (so Node + TS), they all share the same tech stack (Vue/Nuxt + JS)
Thank you! Maybe it’s the graphic? Idk.
I’m applying to both Italian and English speaking positions, but oddly enough nobody ever calls me back. With the first version of my CV I never had this problem so I’m quite confused what changed. At some point I thought it was my mail provider (Apple + custom domain), cause I got an email asking for some info about my residence but I never got back which was odd… tho I asked them on LinkedIn and they never replied either so idk.
About React, I never used it professionally tho I did some fun projects (which I never finished) + contributed with a few PRs to voyager/wefwef
EDIT: in the programming languages section I had C and Python but I removed them since I never liked Python and I don’t remember anything about it and I thought C isn’t that much relevant tbf
(I updated my previous post with a couple more thoughts that you might have missed)
If residency is in question, I’d explicitly put it on your resume that you have authority to work in whatever country. Whatever makes the recruiters job easier.
I’ve never had any concerns over someone’s email provider, but I’d double check it’s not getting caught in some spam filter or something. (Usually folks call)
How long have you been having this problem? In the US, there’s been a ton of layoffs and we’ve had a ton of excellent candidates in the recent months applying. Additionally, hiring at my company has slowed down a bit since February and will probably pick up in April May timeframe.
Oh I’m in EU. Right now I’m quite sure the situation is overall shit too Tbf
I've used Reszoome before, and the process was pretty great. The editor took my resume, rewrote it several times with my feedback and then produced the final and a thanks you letter. Not sure what I paid but it looks like they have different packages and services now and they seem to still be reasonably priced.
I will check it out, thank you!
Have you tried getting free feedback from online communities first? On lemmy, we have [email protected], [email protected], and this community you're posting in. But the programming.dev cs_career_questions is more active, so I recommend that over shit just works' community.
At this point I think my writing skill reached its limit so maybe I should just hire a professional to write a good CV for me
YMCA runs an "employment center" here. I wanna say it's like $20 for a CV? Maybe $40? Local prices, obviously, and I'm not sure if the Y does this everywhere.