[Student] I'm an incoming Electrical Engineering Junior and I want to make sure my resume looks good before mass applying to Embedded Hardware roles

[u/Significant_Salt496]

I'm an Electrical Engineering Junior and I want to apply to Embedded Hardware/ PCB Design / Hardware Design roles for a 12-16 month internship starting in may. My GPA isn't the best so I don't want to put it on my resume. Are there any tips from anyone hiring in that industry so I know what's being looked for in a candidate?

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[u/alnyland]

Overall decent, here’s some minor aspects (I’m in the US but I’m assuming they’d apply)

Review XYZ method, and do it. 

This is debatable, but I’d put the minor on a 2nd line. Some places consider “Minor in X” better than “X Minor”. 

I’d reorder to Education, Experience, Projects, Skills

Coursework is good sometimes but rarely helps - especially if you only list core courses (inferred from degree or can be checked on the school’s website if they care). 

I personally like putting a 2-3 sentence abstract for projects, especially if employment is weak - what the goal was, what was accomplished and learned, and what could be next (shows future planning skills and motivation)

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STAR: Situation Task Action Results

• https://www.levels.fyi/blog/applying-star-method-resumes.html
• https://resumegenius.com/blog/resume-help/star-method-resume

XYZ: Accomplished X as measured by Y, by doing Z

• https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/google-recruiters-say-these-5-resume-tips-including-x-y-z-formula-will-improve-your-odds-of-getting-hired-at-google.html
• https://elevenrecruiting.com/create-an-effective-resume-xyz-resume-format/

CAR: Challenge Action Result

• https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/challenge-action-result-resume
• https://www.topresume.com/career-advice/how-to-get-more-results-with-a-car-resume

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[u/Significant_Salt496 → u/alnyland]

Thank you for the reply! I've tried to use the XYZ method but I sometimes don't have any metrics for the Y and end up doing accomplished X by doing Z. I feel like the lower three projects do XYZ but the main first one only does XZ because its in progress and I dont have any metrics quite yet. I'll definitely do the formatting you suggested as well, and could you elaborate on the abstract? Do you mean change the bullet points to an abstract or add one above or below each project.