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Engineering Resume Tips by Max Swahn | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog, College, Engineering, Skills
As with every spring, recent engineering grads are now ne-tuning resumes and rushing out to interviews. I myself graduated this past spring and have learned a lot over the course of the application process. It’s important to remember that oftentimes your resume can make or break your chances of obtaining a job. It’s the rst impression and sometimes the nal interaction you will have with a company or recruiter. As a result, it’s important to ne-tune your resume to suit your needs and skills while still keeping it digestible to people outside of your industry sector. When you manage to strike the perfect balance, you only better your chances of scoring an interview and then the job.
Keep it Concise Too many young (and old) engineers invest all their resume writing time into getting every minuscule detail down on the page. Putting it bluntly, human resource and high-level executives are busy and don’t want to waste their time on inconsequential information. Ensure that all of the content serves a purpose and moves your professional history forward. Keeping things concise helps to maintain clarity and ultimately achieve your goal of demonstrating why you deserve the job. As HR Coordinator, Andrew Naslund, described to Kim Isaacs, “Resumes get accepted or rejected in 30 seconds or less, so you must be maxswahn.com/engineering-resume-tips/
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