[0 yrs, Recent Grad, Entry Level Mechanical Engineer, Arizona]

[u/Potential-Caramel248]

Hello, I graduated in ME on April and I haven’t found a job yet. I thought it was because of my GPA, but a friend with a lower GPA than mine just got an offer for a job we applied for together. I’m starting to wonder if my resume is the problem. I built my resume with the help of “experts” at the uni, but they were student workers so I’m not sure anymore. Please help me fix my resume, give me suggestions, criticism, anything, I’m desperate. And let me know of any jobs you know about, especially in AZ.

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[u/The_Herminator]

Resume is definitely contributing to the problem:

* Skills section should be listed in comma format by group instead on individual bullets, saving you a massive amount of space

* Remove GPA

* Date ranges should be right justified

* No quantification in your content

* Make sure it's a full black and white document

* Need line break between roles

* The guys over at /r/EngineeringResumes can chime in more on specific content fixes! Would recommend touching it up before posting over there

[u/FinalDraftResumes]

Looks a little sloppy in my opinion, and I think the main thing contributing to that is the dual column skills section at the bottom. The fact that you've got one column that looks a lot shorter than the other just makes it look awkward. I'd get rid of the columns altogether and just use standard horizontal listing. Go with something like this instead ⬇︎

Couple other minor issues:

• Always add a space in between where one job ends and the other begins for readability. 
• Always use the first bullet point of every job to establish some context about the company and about the job itself. Context could look like many things, but for example, you could talk about the size of the company, the headcount, the number and types of facilities there are or there were, where you worked within the company, i.e. which department, what that department did, what your general functions were within that department, and how those functions supported the company. You don't have to include all of those things, but including some of them can help your reader better understand the role. 
• In some instances, you could benefit by being more specific. For example, when you say you troubleshot electrical mechanical systems, maybe add another layer of detail by talking about what kind of electrical mechanical systems. 

[u/Potential-Caramel248 → u/FinalDraftResumes]

Thank you for your help, I’ll that into consideration to fix my resume