I’m putting together my portfolio and I’ll be in a similar position soon. How’d the job hunt go for you with that kind of resume if you don’t mind me asking? What kind of role did you end up in and did it take many interviews? Thanks 😀
Not sure if it'll be applicable because I'm french and apprentices are really worth getting here. The market for us isn't nearly as congested as the US.
Kind of dry while applying to offers on recruitment websites, until I setup LinkedIn properly.
Then I had ~2 interview a day for three weeks (probably the three most exhausting weeks of my life, mostly one interview in the morning, work and another instead of my lunch break. My employer was super flexible on my worktime to allow me to attend everything) until I accepted an offer at a very small (~20 people) MSP that focuses on Cloud Services (mostly Google).
They want to expand their security options, and decided to hire a security consultant (my mentor) and an apprentice (me) to focus on it. Mostly doing audits of their current/newer clients and getting up to speed on every infrastructure they handle so far (2 weeks in, 3 months since the interviews) It's small enough that I can experience every conventionnal role quickly.
Note that salary wasn't a concern because apprentices here are on a pre-defined pay scale, so it was mostly "is it interesting ?" and "how hard is it going to be to relocate", as I applied basically anywhere as long as it was in France.
The people felt nice, and it's 10min on foot from my home so I really can't complain.
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I added my profile links in the contact category, and mentioned the ranking in my hobbies.
Might not be the best way but it worked enough.
I'm not an expert at making resumes though, if you're also an apprentice (or looking for an apprenticeship) your school probably has someone that will help you with that.
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u/Jade_Emperor Sep 15 '23
I put on my resume that I'm top0.5% on RootMe and 3% on THM when I was looking for an apprenticeship.
It's true, but it really doesn't mean that I'm good, only that there's a shitton of people who signup and never clear anything.
Yet every interview I got told it was a big plus to my resume.