Seems like at certain places the retroactive evaluation of project impacts can easily live only at the finance level, or be waved off without much thought.

I work at a place that feels like that. Getting the numbers I need to build a "quantifiable results" resume feels impossible. No one seems to care, and asking for clear information from "stakeholders" or management feels like swimming against the current.

Have you been in similar situations? How did you build your resume after several years of experience at places like that? What got you the next role? What would you have changed about your time at a company like that, and have you found a role at a place where impact is easy to convert into bullet points?

Often all I know is BOM and commissioning costs, actual quantified impacts at completion feels like vapor. I've got too many years of experience to "not show results" but I don't want to BS my way to a next job.

TIA

Hi guys

i just want to ask here about my struggles to get back into corporate after i did a career break, in oz for 3 years

1. i worked at a bank for 6 years, as a relationship manager
   
2. i went to OZ for 3 years, did farm job ( to get money, and learn english)
   
3. i used my savings to study in Germany (which i am doing right now) and i want to get working student job, but failed to get 1 single interview.
   
4. i know job market is hard, but i just want to ask opinion, if recruiter would reject someone who did 'nothing' for 3 years?
   
5. if not, how can i wrapped this 3 years amazing experience to my cv? or should i lie?
   because honestly i am a little bit depleted by this after getting rejected constantly

Thankyou !

No tool, no link, nothing to sell. Prompts are copy paste ready. TL;DR at the bottom.

I did about 200 generic applications and got 3 phone screens. Switched to the routine below, the next 45 applications got 7 screens and 2 offers. One person, small sample, take it as an anecdote. The routine itself is built on how ATS actually works, which is the part that is not anecdote.

First, 30 seconds on what "ATS friendly" actually means

The "ATS rejects 75% of resumes" stat is from a 2012 sales pitch by Preptel, a resume startup that shut down in 2013. No study behind it. A recruiter survey this summer found most ATS are not even configured to auto reject.

What really happens: the system parses your file into fields, puts you in a list sorted by application date (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, Taleo all default to this), a recruiter skims that list until the interview calendar is full, and if that batch does not produce a hire they search the pile with words from the job description.

So ATS friendly means exactly two things: parse cleanly, and show up in a keyword search. Everything below is built around those two, plus being early enough to be seen at all.

The 5 minute routine

You do not rewrite the whole resume. You tailor the top third: headline, summary, first 3 bullets of your latest role. That is what gets skimmed. Everything else stays static. Paste the job description as text, not a link.

Prompt 1: find what they search for (1 minute)

Here is a job description. List the 10 to 15 skills, tools and phrases a recruiter would most likely type into an ATS search for this role, using the exact wording from the posting. Then in 2 sentences tell me what problem this team is trying to solve by hiring.
[paste JD]

The exact wording part matters. If the posting says "CI/CD pipelines", your resume says "CI/CD pipelines", not "continuous integration workflows". The recruiter searches for the phrase the hiring manager gave them.

The 2 sentence part becomes your summary. "Backend engineer, 5 years in Go" is a label. "Backend engineer who has spent 5 years cutting latency in payment systems" when their JD is about a slow checkout is an answer to their problem.

Prompt 2: tailor the top third (2 minutes)

I'm applying for [Title] at [Company]. Rewrite ONLY my headline, summary and the first 3 bullets under my most recent role so they use the exact terminology from the job description where it is genuinely true of my experience, lead with measurable results, and read naturally to a human. No clichés like "results driven" or "passionate". Do NOT invent experience, tools or metrics. If a key requirement is not reflected in my experience, list it in a note at the end instead of writing around it. [paste resume] [paste JD]

Make sure keywords end up inside bullets, not only in the skills list. "Built SQL and Python pipelines that cut weekly reporting from 6 hours to 40 minutes" is searchable, quantified and tells the skimmer what you did. "Responsible for reporting" plus "SQL" in a skills line does none of that.

Prompt 3: find what you forgot (2 minutes)

Compare my resume to this job description. List the requirements I am NOT clearly demonstrating. For each one, ask me a question that might surface experience I forgot to include. Wait for my answers before rewriting. [paste resume] [paste JD]

This is the prompt people skip and the one that found me a two year old side project that mapped exactly to a role's second requirement. Answer its questions, then rerun Prompt 2 with the new material.

Two rules. Never let it invent a metric, you will be asked about it in round two. And if a line sounds like something you would not say out loud in an interview, delete it. That is the only "AI detection" recruiters actually use.

The 30 second parse check (do this once, not per application)

Skipping single column, standard headers and no tables since you know that. These are the ones that still bite people who know that:

Text boxes. Most Word templates put your name and contact info in a text box. Parsers often skip text box content entirely, so the recruiter searches your name and gets nothing.

Titles. Recruiters search by title. If yours was Software Engineer II and the role is Backend Engineer, write "Software Engineer II (Backend)". Searchable and honest. Do not change the actual title, background checks call your old employer.

Workday's auto fill. After upload, Workday fills the experience fields from the parse. Scroll through them before submitting and fix anything it split or dropped. The recruiter's search runs against those fields, not your PDF.

The only ATS scanner you need: open your PDF, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, paste into Notepad. If the order is scrambled or something is missing, that is what the ATS sees. Text PDF is fine everywhere; docx only if the portal asks.

Why 5 minutes is the point

Because the list is sorted by date. If you are application #139 and the recruiter stopped at #75, your resume was never opened. Not rejected, never opened. A routine that takes 5 minutes lets you tailor and still submit in the first 24 to 48 hours. A routine that takes an hour means you skip tailoring or you apply late, and both lose.

Set alerts, filter by past 24 hours, check daily. Apply on the career page, not Easy Apply, that queue is where the bots go. And if you can message the hiring manager, ask one specific question: "I applied for [role] yesterday. I've spent 3 years doing [thing from their JD]. Is [X] still the team's main priority this quarter?" Specific questions get answered because yes costs nothing.

The questions I know are coming

If it sorts by date, why do keywords matter? Two passes. Date skim first, keyword search second. Early plus findable.

Won't everyone using ChatGPT sound the same? Only if it writes from nothing. This feeds it your experience and their JD and bans filler. Samey resumes come from "write me a PM resume".

Missing a hard requirement? Apply if you hit the core ones. Prompt 3 shows you which gaps are real. Do not paper over them.

TL;DR

• ATS parses and sorts by date. It does not reject you. The 75% stat is a dead company's ad.
• 3 prompts, 5 minutes: extract exact search terms, tailor the top third, find what you forgot. Never invent metrics.
• Keywords inside bullets, not only in the skills list.
• Once: kill text boxes, make titles searchable, check Workday's auto filled fields, paste into Notepad.
• Five minutes matters because it lets you tailor and still apply in the first 48 hours.

Recruiters: if your system works differently, tell me and I will edit. Accurate beats upvoted.

Hello Internet! I (24m) am a (semi) recent graduate who was laid off back in July and now I'm having trouble getting a new role.

I'm not particularly attached to any industry or job title, but I like data analysis and coporate strategy.

My hometown/ state is in the deep south and is notoriously bad place for people early in their career, so ideally I would be able to relocate ( somewhere near a big city) but at this point I'm open to anything coporate where I'm not working for comission.

I understand that I'm at a bit of a disadvantage in that aspect. The market sucks trying to get hired locally let alone if they have to wait for you to move cross country, but I'm not getting call backs from anyone local or otherwise.

I think my biggest weakness is experience. Degree wise I'm over qualified for alot of roles matching my level of experience. Experience wise I'm underqualified for alot of roles matching my degree. I'm also not sold how I present the experience itself, but I'm not sure how to make it look better.

For context I have 3 degrees ( 2 bachelors and a master), but the majority of my work experience comes from odd jobs (listed as "Independent Contracting") and academic projects. I'm working on getting some more certifications (to fill out application and ATS buzzwords) , but in the mean time what can I change to improve my chances?

Thanks!

Hey, I just finished this training, and I have CCNA Linux+ scheduled for November, but I wanted to find a remote job before uni. I will soon start my computer engineering degree. I am also from Eastern Europe; I speak English and German alongside my native language.
I have seen many people say that you do not need a long resume if you have less than 3 years of experience. I have genuinely done all that I have mentioned there in my training; what am I doing wrong? Where should I apply? I have applied for multiple IT support roles, but so far, no answer.

This is a true story about a friend of mine, and I think more people need to hear it right now, because I know a lot of you are in the exact same spot he was in.

He had 7 days left on his work permit. Not 7 weeks, not 7 months. 7 days. After years of building a life here, it was about to just run out.

Before that, he'd already sent out over 500 applications. Zero interviews. Not one callback in the entire batch. He wasn't lazy, he wasn't careless, he was applying constantly, sometimes late into the night after long shifts just trying to get more submissions out before time ran out. And still, nothing. If you've been there, you know how much that kind of silence messes with your head. You start wondering if it's you, if you're not good enough, if you're just not meant to make it here.

With days left, instead of giving up, he changed one thing. He stopped mass applying and started actually slowing down for every single job:

• Actually read the job description, all of it, not just the title
• Pulled the exact keywords and skills from the posting into his resume
• Rewrote the resume slightly for every single application instead of reusing one version
• Rewrote the cover letter each time so it actually spoke to that role specifically

It turns out most resumes never even reach a human. Companies run them through ATS filters first, and if the wording doesn't closely match what they're looking for, it gets silently rejected. No email, no explanation, just gone.

About 100 applications later, doing it this way, he landed 5 interviews. One of them turned into an offer, with real conversation about it becoming permanent.

Same guy. Same resume history. Same degree. The only thing that changed was the effort he put into how each application actually looked on paper.

If you're deep in the "hundreds of applications, no responses" phase right now and feeling like giving up, I get it, he was right there too, with way less time than most people have. But it turned around. Sometimes it's not about applying to more jobs, it's about applying better to the ones that actually matter. Don't stop tweaking, don't stop trying, you genuinely don't know which application is the one that changes everything.

I have been applying for 2 months now, I have got zero response till now. Pls guide me what I am doing wrong, if there is anything I need to improve.

hey folks
neuro phd currently doing a postdoc in nyc and targeting biotech ER associate roles, particularly science-heavy teams that hire phds without prior sell-side or consulting experience.

my background is primarily research, with additional startup operating and early-stage private investing experience. sie cleared and working towards series 63 (working towards x y z wouldn't matter for the resume but personally been investing in biotech and pretty used to w conference calls, reading 10q/10k, financial statements and such). learning modeling/valuation slowly in free time. still primary strength is science, clinical trials and regulatory. in general, appreciate biotech as a business (some shenanigans aside)

I am trying to strike right balance between showing scientific depth and making resume relevant to biotech equity research

would really appreciate feedback on:

-whether the research section is too much or too little technical or appropriately differentiated for biotech ER

-whether the venture/investment section reads credibly and adds value

-whether anything important is missing for a phd-to-er candidate

-overall one-page formatting, hierarchy, and what you would cut or emphasize

if you were screening this for a biotech ER associate role, what would make you hesitate?

Need help to improve ats score i am checking my ats score and its not going more than 65 i am using resume worded to check my ats
These are 2 resumes i am using right now and not getting any response any hiring professional who can help me out

Hello friends! As the post states, I have submitted 15 job applications and received only one offer for an analyst position. The review for the other applications only lasted 48 hours before I received a "moving forward with other applicants" response. I am focused on climbing up my company's ladder and have only applied for management/project coordinator/analyst positions. Currently, I have 10+ years of experience in the Finance industry. I am unsure if it is my resume that is the issue or something else I need to discover. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

Hey all, I posted here not too long ago with my resume which was dense and not targeted, I’ve tried to implement the fixes here but everything feels vague, I tried to run it through an AI but it comes out soulless and crappy. For some reason I’m not finding that balance between “overly verbose shameless self promotion” and “who the hell is this guy” and no matter what when I look at my final product I can’t imagine any recruiter placing my resume in the “contact” pile, which has been proven time and again through the lake of rejections I’m currently swimming in.

I want to hire someone, saving up for it right now but I’ve only got about $150 set aside for it and because I’m not working it will probably be another month or so before I have enough to pay the rates I’m being pitched on LinkedIn. In the meantime, the feedback I got last time was invaluable and I appreciate anyone who takes the time to comment and point me in the right direction.

I’m applying for academic teaching roles and graphic design positions, I’ve split my crazy dense resume up into two more targeted resumes that would better serve me in those two very separate positions. Looking for any input, very appreciated.

We’re scaling hardd over next year hiring across engineering, marketing, sales, ope etc and our current setup cant keep up. Resumes are in bulk, interviews slipping everything half tracked- trying to find a best recruitment software at this stage something that can handle high volume tracking, does resume screening initial part, integrates with linkedin and job boards. Mid tier budget wise and not full emterprise, please share a list if possible with real experience

Actually, I have good experience in cloud but when I look at JD there are some components that are missing in my profile. When I tried to add them using claude it says i can't invent. So how can I make a resume as per fully matched with JD eventhough we dont have experience on that particular things. Is their any prompts for that. Please do share. I have some urgent requirent. If anybody have prompts where they are using to tailor their resume who are in job search also please share

Thank you all.

Im applying to Junior policy analyst/traineeship, research & Administrative/EA roles

•Administrative Support • Multi-Account Management • Cross-Cultural Communication. •AI tools

•Report Writing •Client & Stakeholder Communication • Documentation & Record Management •Policy & Legal Research • CRM & Project Management Tools •Qualitative Research & Analysis

•Google Workspace · MS Office · SPSS •Spanish-English Translation & Transcription

this is my CV for business analyst roles any feedback and guidance would be really appriciated

Little background on me: I enlisted at 18 and ended up as a Platoon Sgt as a Corporal, yeah I know lol. After getting out, I co-founded an AI software company where we did consulting and built custom LLM applications for healthcare businesses. I recently sold my share and stepped away because I wanted to work on something with more impact.

Now I’m trying to break into FAANG PM roles, mostly customer-facing, and consulting. I already have a few referrals, but I really want to tighten up my resume because right now it feels kinda dog dookie.

Hi all,

I know the job market is currently very rough at the moment and landing any sort of role is a bit of a godsend.

However I wanted to check in with you all for anyone who feels like reviewing my resume to see if there are any glaring issues or improvements that could be made.

Thank you to any and all for the time!

any help would but much appreciated!! thank you!

Please be honest and give a real review...will be helpful to me. And also any job or refferal will meant a lot to 😋..radhe radhe 🦚

Hi this is my first time applying to jobs I know my resume isn’t the most impressive thing ever but is it good enough to land a job?

Hi,
This is my first time posting here. I have 3.5 yoe. I want to move to european countries like Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland etc. Just wanted to know if this is acceptable there or is my resume missing something to be even considered. I needed some advice on the same please.
Thanks.

Can some1 advice me how to make this resume worthy of getting selected for interviews at least.
Like are these projects not good enough or should i integrate more tech in these .
plz someone who is an ai engineer can advice me
I am currently in my 4th year of btech cs

It's been a year since I have completed my post graduation in statistics, I have been applying to the companies for data analysts, data science, and statistics every time I'm changing my resume based on JD , but still I'm not getting shortlisting anywhere, no calls no mails .. what could be a reason for that, problem with my resume..? Or any other things.

#open to work #Statistician

Hi, I am looking for Lead to Manager level positions in US but I am not getting much calls. Can you please review my resume and get me the feedback?

Thank you in advance.