How to Craft a Compelling Software Engineer Resume
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Loading... - Charlotte Brown
- 22 Feb 2023
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With the variety and volume of software engineers on the market, you need to create a resume that helps you stand out from the crowd. But as you describe your qualifications and experience, it can be easy to drown your most impressive skills in an unoriginal alphabet soup of acronyms and applications. Here’s how to ensure your software engineer resume presents you in the best possible light, no matter how much experience you have.
Research the Company and Position, Then Emphasize the Skills They Want to See
By researching the skills the position requires, then emphasizing them on your resume, you essentially hand-deliver the hiring manager exactly what they want. In many cases, the job requirements, such as those for a project management position, may be right there in the listing. But if they’re not, you have a few choices as you do your research:
- 1. Call up the company and ask the hiring manager what specific skills they’re looking for.
- 2. Check out some projects the company has had a hand in and figure out which languages or frameworks were used in those projects.
- 3. Scour the company’s website in search of the languages, frameworks, or methodologies they use. Many will discuss them openly in their About Us section, project portfolio, or case studies.
You can then leverage this intel to choose which of your skills you want to highlight on your resume. For example, maybe you love SQL and have a ton of experience building databases with it. And even though you have some knowledge of JavaScript, it’s not necessarily your strong suit. But as you research the company, you discover that they do a lot with JavaScript.
It would be a good idea to mention JavaScript multiple times on your resume. For the sake of transparency, you wouldn’t want to overinflate your JavaScript prowess, but mentioning it multiple times can make your resume pop for anyone reading it, including automated resume readers. Read More…
