Table of Contents

1. Why Resumes and CVs are Important

• The Goal of a Resume
• Good Resumes, Great Resumes
• Why LinkedIn is Not Enough
• A Resume Is (Still) Not Enough

2. The Hiring Pipeline

• People in the Recruitment Process
• The Typical Hiring Pipeline
• The Applicant Tracking System
• ATS Myths Busted
• Referrals
• The Priority of Your Resume
• Less Competitive Hiring Pipelines
• Job Aggregators
• Recap

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3. Resumes and COVID-19

• The COVID-19 Job Market
• The COVID-19 Hiring Pipeline: What Hiring Managers Say
• COVID-19 and New Grads/Interns
• Experienced Engineers and The Need For Resumes During COVID-19

4: Tech Resume Basics

• The First Glance
• Ground Rules
• Simplicity and Consistency
• Avoiding Biases: Personal Details and Photos
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Resume

5. Resume Structure

• Structure for Interns, New Grads and Bootcamp Grads
• Structure with Work Experience
• Languages and Technologies
• Tell a Story
• The Summary Section
• Structure for Senior and Above People
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Resume

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6. Standing Out

• Results, Impact and Your Contribution
• Don't Be Humble
• Write a Resume for That Job
• Different Companies, Different Focus
• Keyword Stuffing
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Resume

7. Common Mistakes

• Poor Format
• Forgetting About Your Audience
• Unnecessary Details
• Links
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Resume

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8. Different Experience Levels, Different Career Paths

• Current college and university students
• Bootcamp grads
• Career Changers
• Career Breaks
• Senior and Above Engineers
• Tech Leads
• Engineering Managers

9. Exercises to Polish Your Resume

• Write Two Different Resumes
• Find Out the Impact of Your Past Projects
• Do a Grammar Check, Not Just a Spellcheck
• Ask for Friends or Family to Proofread
• Get Feedback on the Internet
• Keyword Check for That Position
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Resume

10. Beyond the Resume

• LinkedIn Profile
• GitHub
• Technical Blogs
• StackOverflow, Twitter, Instagram, Quora and Other Social Sites
• Cover Letters
• Recap: Actions to Improve Your Application Beyond the Resume

11. Good Resume Template Principles

• Good Resume Template Layout and Principles
• The Top-Down Layout
• Two-Column Layouts
• How Recruiters and Hiring Managers Scan Resumes
• The Results of Using a Good Resume Template
• Recap: Good Resume Template Principles

12. Resume Templates

• Resume Generators vs Resume Templates
• Standard Resume: By Developers, for Developers
• Template Reviews
• 7 Recommended Resume Templates
• 7 Other Resume Templates

13. Resume Improvement Examples

• Software Engineer with 2 Years Experience
• Machine Learning Engineer with 5 Years Experience
• Backend Developer with 6 Years Experience
• Remote Software Engineer With 8 Years Experience
• SRE Engineer with 20 Years Experience
• Other Real Resume Examples

14: Advice for Hiring Managers on Running a Good Screening Process

• Know that your screening process is broken
• Treat recruitment as a partner function
• Write a good job description
• Have a feedback loop
• Learn how others do it