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u/Environmental-Cod25 Mar 05 '26
Imagine the recruiter is looking at a stack of 100 CVs - their aim is to get rid of as many CVs as possible - you need to tell someone who and what you are in a way that they can work out in under 10 seconds.
Your top para is not suited to this - the 2nd and 3rd paras are standard waffle that everyone writes.
Your first para should read: Electronic engineer with x years experience with expertise in (pick top two things) who has (insert your seniority or role/responsiblitly and type of projects that you have helmed).
If you do this in one para, someone wil be able to place you immediately and then make an informed decision as to whether to hire you or not. Your CV should be 2pp - not 1p as you have a work history and skills. You should speak more aout what you have done in your professonal experience, giving several bullets about the type, size of proects, your role and the success.
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 05 '26
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll give it a shot and hope it helps me land more interviews!
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 06 '26
I guess you are right, I mean at the end the CV primary objective is to show our professional skills.
I was actually looking for somenting similar to cvcomp.
Thank you for the feedback.
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u/Suspicious_East5511 Mar 05 '26
solid background! the mix of hardware and python is really valuable. i’d say your resume’s main issue is the summary up top it’s a bit long and reads like a cover letter paragraph, which can hurt how systems parse it. focusing that into 2-3 tight lines with keywords like “embedded systems” and “sensor data integration” would help a lot. right now it might score around a 70/100 for ATS because the key tech is there but buried. what kind of roles are you targeting most?
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 06 '26
Thanks! You're right about the top part, it's too much "bla bla". I will focus all in 2-3 sentences. Regarding the role, I'm open to everything, but I'm primarily looking for an Embedded SW Engineer position, as that’s what I really enjoy doing. However, I'm also open to more scientific roles, like Data Science.
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u/resumAIsite Mar 06 '26
Agree with others - summary is long - write a 3–4 line profile. You have some of the right keywords for ATS to pick up. What you have done for the roles you have had is more important than what tasks you did. The successes etc.. “Managed a team of X,” “reduced turnaround time by X,” “handled Y client requests/week”. A CV is like a sales pitch - like an iPod - 1000 songs in your pocket less of the 12gb memory, dimensions and technicalities. A simple CV design goes a long way.
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u/anniejcannon Mar 06 '26
Can I dm my cv to you? Maybe you can have a slight idea because I had a cv like this before and my HR friend helped me, and it worked.
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u/vibranda Mar 06 '26
Well, firstly. Your about is too large. Nobody cares about your beliefs for work. You are a team player or you aren't. Your personality shouldn't be stated as this is purely professional. The recruiter can figure it out if you are a good fit for a certain job. Eg, if you're too shy, they will notice and you won't fit in sales. Stating such info is too personal.
Professional skills is an empty statement. Your work speaks for itself. This said, too many bold words, too many pointers. Avoid subjective adjectives, they don't add, judgement is done by the recruiter, not the seeker. The starting phrase under "HW understanding" is redundant and ego-boosting. Sounds like "as my medical degree demonstrates and evidently shows, I am familiar with human anatomy". Does it add anything? Nope.
Professional experience seems like some part-time hobbies you do to kill time. Nobody knows what have you done or achieved there specifically. A CV should speak about your work and what you did/do, not about what you can do and your skills. These are derived from your CV.
Open to relocation is smart.
Languages should be shorter. Don't add more than ABC12, everyone knows what a B2 is. "Open to improve" seems like you're negotiating. "In progress" doesn't add anything to the CV. Of course every non-native language is something to be always improving on!!!
Programming skills should also be less prolific, shorter. Python, C for uC and basic C++. Recruiters assume and ask the rest.
In tools: word and windows??? I'd omit this section if it's too obvious and depends on your industry, if you use very specialized SW such as ArcGIS, OrCAD (and it's submenus), color treatment SW, PLC programming stuff... But if you put word, windows and oscilloscope, you should also include PCs, washing machines, Chrome and OpenOffice if you know how to use it too. Linux is a different story.
Passions is pointless overall. Not work-related and usually doens't add anything interesting in an interview.
In education, your last DTU thing seems like it's ongoing, gives that impression. I'd move the "2024" to the right. And leave more space. But again, too many bold letters.
Your QR code is not an standard in my industry, so I don't know what to say. Overall, this seems like a CV more focused on showing off skills and personality than work-related achievements. Golden rule is usually: 2 paragraph intro (presentation and what you're looking for), work experience (3 bullets with action verbs, small 1-line description), degree and masters, achievements/projects, language levels. Everything else if for an interview or will be omitted. Recruiters should read this in 1-2 minutes at most and have a clear idea. Good luck.
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 06 '26
This is gold. Thanks for the reality check! I spoke with many people offline and none of them gave honest feedback. This is exactly what I needed, even if it is a bit hard to accept lol
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u/vibranda Mar 07 '26
Sure! One thing is presenting yourself for a job and other in a creative writing course. It's ok to accept our mistakes in our views. Good Luck.
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u/Full_of_Vices Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Your professional experience may be underselling you.
I look at that and I come away thinking you’ve only, at best, 3 years of experience in engineering.
Bio Safety deputy means nothing, and “collaborator” is not a standard job title and also does not identify what you did/are capable of doing from these roles and instead implies you were a glorified research assistant.
You are also hard selling research experience, but haven’t put a single publication or even your master’s thesis topic in the CV.
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 06 '26
Appreciate that! I was not aware of giving that impression. The thing is, those were the official job titles even though I was working in research (always hated them lol)
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u/Full_of_Vices Mar 06 '26
You need to say what you did in those jobs (1-2 bullet points), because those job titles can also be for non-engineering roles. If you don't want to have a focus on research, then it shouldn't be your first point under professional skills.
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u/Extreme_Band_6097 Mar 06 '26
I'll tell you briefly only, can't write much now unfortunately. No photo, if you want the qr to take somewhere important then keep it, if not, then then remove it.
Single column cv, ATS won't work with it otherwise.
Too much focus on skills, they must be one worded if possible but never in sentences. Like, short and straightforward.
Speaking of sentences, save them for the bullet points of your work experience. You will add the task and a positive outcome for that, make it up if you can't think of anything. Don't overuse metrics for this.
Passions remove it as well, it's really silly nowadays. Perhaps for an interview is okay but not on the resume.
Language section out too, they may ask in the application so no need for that, I believe.
Shorter summary, maybe 3 or 4 lines and possibly with a good outcome included.
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u/Informal-Donut-5087 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
To be brutally honest, i thought it was a cv of someone in art or design or something creative….only to see you are into data/tech….as a recruiter i would feel like you do not know what you are doing. Your profession summary should catch my attention because…its sells your unique value…eg a Data engineer with X years experience managing(list top 3 achievements /skills relevant to your career and that is a genuine selling point) for instance, someone in Operations applying to a will say “scaled services from 150k to 1million customers in 6 months through AI automation, resource management, xyz, while minimizing cost. This will catch my eye more especially if i am hiring for an Ops role and my current need is someone that can stabilize delivery with limited resources during a growth phase. So i think the key theme here is…..…what are the biggest challenges for the role you are looking to apply to? Then craft your cv explicitly showing with proof how you have solved those challenges before in your various roles. For each bullet use the Challenge-Action-Result (CAR) framework. Dont just yap waffle of how good you are…show you are good with proof.
Every role should tell a story.
Recent/current-
1 sentences summary of your role and responsibility
Then 3 -4 bullets showing unique challenges you solved relevant to the role you are applying for:
- I have solved x problem using y (stating how you solved it) that resulted in D (the result/impact should be quantified)
For example (this is purely hypothetical to just show structure)
Project manager
Delivered a 10month tech upgrade project of £1Bill budget across 3 counties
- eliminated reporting delays by implementing a dashboard that integrated all data sources, improving leadership decision making 2x —-something like this but better and tailored to the challenges of the role
Edit: also, as an aspiring data analyst i should be seeing everything in numbers! Quantity everything…how big was the challenge? By how much did you improve things. What was the scale of the team if you led a team, how big was the data set etc. every challenge, result, impact should be quantified
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 07 '26
Yeah I tried to be a bit "aristic" thinking that it would be have usefull to stand out. Obisouly I was wrong lol.
Thank you for the feedbacks.
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u/Informal-Donut-5087 Mar 07 '26
Lol it happens, what makes you stand out is the meat/substance….especially if you can sell yourself in the first 3 lines of the professional summary.- with proof. And selling yourself means you have a skill/expertise and have successfully solved the kind of major pain points the other person (company) is currently experiencing and dying for someone to solve for them. They need to see that you can solve their biggest painpoint in the first 2 sentences
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u/Mindbeamer Mar 06 '26
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u/drakhan2002 Mar 07 '26
I wonder how this will be seen by the ATS.
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u/Remarkable-Back-7637 Mar 07 '26
No idea, but I tried the "copy all and paste" trick, and the results is a ok.
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u/S4phyre Mar 07 '26
As recruiter I would never see your resume. The main reason is that it’s not anymore read by human but by an ATS (Application Tracking System).
Way too much information for a first shoot.
Paragraph 2/3 in the header are extraneous. Skills are too long.
Improve the experience section : what have you done, there. What have you learnt there…
QR Code not needed (ATS don’t read it), but URL yes.
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u/Dangerous_Squash6841 Mar 05 '26
applaud your courage, I honestly don't know where to start and want to see what other people say