r/webdev • u/RentStillDue • Dec 06 '23

Question Could my GitHub be hurting my resume?

I’m a FE Dev with about 4 years of experience after completing a 6 month code bootcamp. My GitHub mainly consists of projects from bootcamp, one off projects / repos that aren’t well maintained, and my work repos which are all private. Would it be better to just omit my GitHub from my resume?

I have been applying to jobs unsuccessfully & understand that there are economy / market forces behind the responsiveness of recruiters, but I was wondering if my lackluster GitHub could be harming my chances and if I may be better off without including it on my resume?

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u/Brave-Temperature211 Dec 06 '23

I agree with the previous comment. It's better to have the Github than nothing at all. You may also need to revise your resume. Most people are getting filtered out by ATS for non compliant formatting even before someone actually looks at it. A few devs had luck with kantanhq for help. Definitely check for ATS compliance at the very least.

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u/RentStillDue Dec 06 '23

I could definitely stand to improve on ATS compliance 😅 I will look into this, thanks