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I wish that your resume was a more clear about what kind of job that you are looking for. It seems like backend (which would mean that front end would not consider you). But, still, it makes the hiring manager guess and leaves them unsure.
I feel that you have too many bullet points for each of your work experiences. I feel that it buries what the points that you really want to get across and that, in the hiring manager’s mind, they just abbreviate it to “did a lot of stuff”.
So to summarize your resume: “I’m probably looking for a backend engineer job, I’ve had 2 jobs were I did a bunch of stuff in each one, some of which was coding, and I have an education.” I’d prefer that your resume leave more specifics in my mind.
If you want more opportunities with jobs in the US, be prepared to relocate.
Remote positions are now mostly reserved for cheap offshore labor, or senior engineers with several years of experience.
>Any idea why I am not getting any call backs. When I applied in 2021, my resume was way worse than this yet I got 5 interviews the first week.
The market has become much worse than it was back then.
Not to get too personal but how far along are you ok your pregnancy term?
I would talk to someone professional i.e lawyer about your options. This can be seen as good case.
I see a lot of “we” instead of “I”.
You talk about how you CONTRIBUTED TO something that achieved XYZ. But that’s not _your_ work. I want to know the impact of _your_ specific work, not your _team’s_ work. Tell me about _you_, not _them._
Obviously teamwork is important, but being a team player doesn’t mean much to me if you cannot show me that you are capable of being a high achiever on your own.
As an example, let’s pretend you and I are entering a baking competition. We decide to bake a chocolate cake. I have no fucking clue what I am doing, so I just grab a random bag of cocoa powder and say, “here, use this.” Now, let’s say you win the competition after baking the cake. I can technically say that I CONTRIBUTED TO your win because I did, after all, pick out the bag of cocoa powder that you used, but did I _actually_ do anything impactful? Nope.
If you are in the U.S., it is very illegal to not hire someone because they are pregnant or because they might become pregnant. And if part of their decision to lay you off was because you were pregnant, oh man…
https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet-recent-eeoc-pregnancy-discrimination-litigation
Remote jobs are extremely competitive now. Since 2021 the number of RTO jobs is very high and people are willing to take significant pay cuts to work for few remaining fully remote positions.
Not a single person pointed out the obvious: your resume is too long, limit it to one page. This sub is truly pointless.
I would recommend keeping the resume a little lighter. The first human to see it will be a recruiter, so imagine trying to explain any of this to them. They’re trying to scan quickly for key words. I feel like a lot of your details are things you can save for an interview with a hiring manager to talk about example projects.
I know the standard Internet resume advice says you must include hard numbers (instead x by y percent). But I don’t think they make sense in this field and they’re probably mostly made up. I decided to skip those on my resume. I’m not like a major expert or anything, but I have interviews at a couple big companies this week.
Also keep it short. Details and projects from school get less relevant overtime.
Also, I’m sorry you were laid off while pregnant, that is so unfair. I wouldn’t totally discount local jobs. A lot of the interview process is probably still remote. They aren’t supposed to discriminate based on pregnancy and pregnant women certainly have been hired before. I get a lot more callbacks from local companies since the remote ones are just slammed with resumes.
You’re not alone here. We’re in the worst market the industry has seen since the 08′ crash.
Do what you can to get through this. You’re not necessarily doing anything wrong. It’s just a hard time for everyone who is on the market right now.
DM me and I can refer you to a job at MANGA (just le me know the job ids beforehand)
I think that your resume is quite hard to read.
Try to improve brevity and contrary to what people will tell you, it’s not all about numbers. Sure, use numbers to beat ATS, but don’t be focused only on that. Pay attention to fonts. Put something that stands out in your CV.
Your resume and experience look great. Some points:
1) I would add more specific technology and programming languages to your descriptions because it sounds like a lot of talking and not enough programming. For example, describe what your SaaS tech stack is in your first job.
2) I would put CMU education at the top of your Education section and frankly remove the Alchemist Accelerator or put it under CMU. CMU is more eyecatching and Alchemist Accelerator sounds like a bootcamp even though it’s an accelerator. I’ve personally never heard of them, I’ve only worked at a YC startup once.
3) Bluntly, it’s going to be hard to find a job the more pregnant you get, especially at a startup. No one will want to hire you and then see you gone for multiple months. It sucks but that’s just the reality especially if you’re targeting startups, because they can’t afford to pay someone who isn’t there.
4) Working from Canada and expecting a remote job in the US, if that’s what you’re doing, is going to be really tough. This is the worst job environment since the DotCom bust. I wouldn’t expect much at all for a while.
You should still apply to local jobs that have a reasonable commute
> Baccalauréat Nationale de Mauritanie
Are you from Mauritania? Do you have work authorization in the US/Canada?
Damn, even in China, an employer can’t fire a pregnant employee. And some employees get pregnant on purpose when there is a rumor of massive layoffs. USA is a hell for workers
I’d drop the blurb about your school’s ranking. It’s a yellow flag when a candidate goes out of their way to highlight something like this.
Anyone who cares about where you went to undergrad will know about CMU.
Things suck really bad right now. It’s probably not you.
People are able to land a job after 500 in 3 months