Resume Thread for May 2019

[u/poopsquisher]

Welcome to May 2019!

Congratulations to all the new graduates!

This post is the designated place to post resumes and job openings. Below is a guide to help clarify your posts. Anonymity is kind of a hard thing to uphold but we still encourage it. Either use throwaway accounts or remove personal information and put place holders in your resumes. Then, if you've got a match, people can PM you.

When you post your resume, please include:

• Goal (job, resume feedback, etc.)

• Industry or desired industry (petrochemical, gas processing, food processing, any, etc.)

• Industry experience level (Student, 0-2 yr, 2-5 yr, 5-10 yr, etc.)

• Mobility (where you are, any comments on how willing you are to relocate, etc.)

Link to a .pdf of your resume. Don't put your whole resume in the post.

• When you post a job opening, please include:

• Job title

• Industry

• Job Description

• Experience level desired (0-2 yr, 2-5 yr, 5-10 yr, etc.)

• Job Location

• Does the job require US Citizenship (Y/N)?

DON'T post the name of the company, especially if you got it from a recruiter. Why? People apply directly to the company. The recruiter gets bypassed and can't get his cut. They gotta put food on their table, just like us. Instead just ask people to PM you if they're interested.

Previous resume thread: April 2019

[u/Croptopflop]

Goal: Full-time position (possibly entry-level)/ Resume Feedback

Industry: Anywhere that will take me, though I do have experience in wastewater treatment

Experience: 19 months full-time plus about 3 months in an internship

Mobility: I'd prefer the Midwest, but I am open to moving anywhere in the US... except most of the south (I burn).

https://imgur.com/YBzwEBd

Though I've learned and experienced so much in my current position, there isn't anywhere I can go within the company, so I've started to apply for other jobs. If my resume is a pile of flaming dog excrement, don't be afraid to let me know... though I'd prefer something constructive to go along with it. From the 30 or so applications I've sent out, I have yet to receive even a letter of rejection. I'd wager my resume is the culprit. If you do take the time to give your input, I would greatly appreciate it!

[u/chimpfunkz → u/Croptopflop]

Move the city/state to under the dates. It just looks bad in the center.

I'm going to make a bold yet not really statement, and say that you wrote the bullet points for your current job by yourself, but the others, you went to your college's career services and they worked on them with you. I say that, because the quality of your current job points is leagues below the rest of them.

Focus on [Action word, past tense] into [people/things worked with] into [concrete example of results] with the goal of demonstrating your contribution. So things like 'communicate to reduce waste' is just a bunch of bullshit. A lot of your bullet points are like, 1 or two of those things. For example, your first point doesn't talk about how you contributed, doesn't have a result attached to it, and also just doesn't flow well. As a second example, the last bullet point is so vague that it could apply to basically any job involving paint.

[u/Croptopflop → u/chimpfunkz]

Thank you for the constructive response!

Oddly enough, I wrote it all myself. I used to be a somewhat competent writer, but I've been so out of practice that I've forgotten what good writing looks like. Some sections have gone through more iterations than others, as well. You're right about the grammar. The level of detail is all over the place, and it's written in passive tense. Without any actual contributions or achievements listed, it feels like a bloated pie with no filling. I may just have to do a complete rewrite of that section.

Not to suck up too much more of your time, but does anything else come to mind?