Hi everyone, I quit my last job for a long list of reasons after only staying there for 6 months. It was actually the first place I worked and I hesitantly returned because I was given a more senior title and promised more responsibilities, but it ended up being mostly the same responsibilities as before and I don't feel like I gained any management experience because I was the only employee for most of my time there and I had very little support from my boss. I quit because it was a completely dysfunctional environment and I was dealing with unbearable stress and anxiety. I really wish I'd thought through that decision more, though, because now, 2 months and 36 applications later, I've only had 3 phone screenings and 1 interview. There's much more to the story than my resume tells, but basically my career has been a series of disappointments and bad career decisions since getting laid off from an amazing job last March. I'm worried that my resume makes me look like a job hopper, but the reality is that I desperately want a nice, stable nonprofit role where I can learn and grow for years to come. Any advice or guidance would be welcomed, because I'm feeling really discouraged and wondering if I'll ever be able to achieve my career dreams after getting knocked down over and over again!

I took the advice of many people, mostly making my resume ATS compatible. I used a splash of AI to make sure it passed all of its checks. I also took other advice of highlighting my results and achievements.

Now I feel like my resume is getting buried with all the noise. I got 2 interviews + some recruiter calls with my previous resume. With this new format, same amount of resumes sent, I'm not hearing back anything except rejections.

This resume looks, sounds, and feels like 99% of other resumes out there, there's nothing special about it.

Hi all! I am a Senior Front-End Engineer (React, Next.js, TypeScript), now a Tech Lead of a small team. I want to apply for Senior Frontend and Frontend Tech Lead roles in the US (remote or onsite).

Please review my resume. Thank you!

I’m currently trying to transition into medical device or diagnostic sales and would appreciate some advice from those already in the industry, particularly anyone with hiring or recruiting experience.

My background includes approximately 4 years of B2B sales experience earlier in my career, followed by several years working in healthcare, primarily in oncology and radiology. I’ve been applying to medical device sales and clinical specialist positions and have made it through multiple rounds of interviews, but haven’t landed an offer yet.

I’m considering removing two short-term positions from my resume because they weren’t particularly relevant to my long-term career goals, and I’m wondering whether doing so would help or hurt my chances.

Here’s a simplified timeline of my employment history (company names and job titles intentionally omitted):

• April 2013 – June 2017: B2B/B2C sales
• July 2017 – January 2018: Insurance industry (7 months)
• February 2018 – April 2021: Major cancer center (3+ years)
• May 2021 – August 2021: Academic medical center (3 months)
• August 2021 – April 2024: Returned to the same major cancer center (2 years, 8 months)
• April 2024 – Present: Large health system

The two positions I’m considering removing are the insurance industry role (7 months) and the academic medical center role (3 months).

I left both voluntarily because I realized they weren’t the right fit for me professionally. At the time, I was still figuring out the direction I wanted my career to take. Neither departure involved performance issues or termination.

In the case of the academic medical center, I actually returned to my previous employer, where I remained for nearly another three years before moving on to my current position.

My concern is that removing these positions would create two gaps in my employment history: approximately 7 months in 2017–2018 and 3 months in 2021.

My questions are:

1. Would you recommend leaving these positions on my resume or removing them entirely?
2. Are employment gaps of this length likely to raise red flags with medical device sales recruiters or hiring managers?
3. If I remove them, how should I address the gaps if asked during an interview?
4. Would the fact that I returned to my previous healthcare employer after the 3-month position make that gap less concerning?
5. Given that I’m transitioning from healthcare operations/IT into medical sales, would removing these less relevant positions help make my resume more focused?

I want to present my experience as effectively as possible without being misleading or dishonest. I’d obviously disclose my full employment history if required during a background check or formal application process.

I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from medical device sales reps, hiring managers, or recruiters who have made similar career transitions.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: For the record, I have applied for medical sales positions and interviewed using versions of my resume without the both positions listed. For the 3-month position, I simply just put my cancer center role from Feb 2018 to Aug 2021 and left a time gap for the 7-month insurance position. One job did ask me about the gap and didn't seem to mind when I explained it.

I'm looking for human feedback on how to word my resume better or listen to advice on how to add a splash of personality. Also to ask a few miscellaneous questions on formatting and ATS.

For context, I'm a recent graduate in the field of sleep medicine, having passed my boards not long ago and just receiving my state-issued license. I am aiming for a Tech I position, appropriate for my position as a new graduate, but I need a solid resume to highlight my specialized training. I cobbled together some old resumes and a draft I made last year, sent it through an AI to compile the important bits, and pieced it together on Canva with AI-assistance.

While I'm happy with how my resume is visually presented, I'm under the impression it feels so... sterile. I personally worded my summary and experience bullet points initially, but AI pointed out how inconsistent my statements were and how weak my accomplishments felt. So I used the AI to draft up an example of a strong summary/experience points, then I reworded a few things to make it less corporate. However, it doesn't sound right to me and I need some guidance that isn't AI-driven.

Misc:

- AI claimed my formatting may cause issues with how the information is processed in ATS. May I get some clarification?

- Isn't ATS more of a checklist of things to list on an application/resume? I thought it would be okay to write in a slightly unconventional format for stylistic flair.

- If ATS is a real concern, should I drop the Canva resume and redo everything on a word document?

I just left my job and I'm trying to create a new resume by following some of the advice I've seen here in this subreddit. I haven't had to create a resume in quite a while and it seems like such a different beast than what I remember now that AI is basically everywhere and analyzing everything.

I won't include my first rendition of my resume, but it was like 4 pages long and included literally all of my work experience since I got out of the Army in 2016. I revised my resume to only include the most recent and relevant jobs that I've held.

My current resume is now 2 pages long and I hope that is acceptable, because I really don't know how I can sell myself on one page without omitting some details I think are helpful. The first two images above are my first shot at an ATS friendly resume, but after reading some reviews on this subreddit I thought maybe it was too wordy, so pictures 3 + 4 above are another revision I did where I tried to make it less wordy and then combined the work experience of my Tier 4 and Payments Product positions since they were at the same company.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hello,

I graduated with a finance degree in 2024 and have been in my current job as a business analyst since October 2025. I am hoping to get some sort of job in finance eventually and am looking for tups on how to fix up my resume. Any advice is appreciated.

How do I show this progression on a resume so that it passes easily through ATS, auto-filled applications, etc.?

Expert Support Consultant | March 2019 - July 2021
Senior Support Consultant | March 2016 - March 2019
Support Consultant | March 2014 - March 2016
Associate Support Consultant | September 2012 - March 2014

Served as Team Lead (2017-2021)

I've tried putting just my latest title but had 2012-2021 and then stated over the 9 years I progressed from Associate to Expert and Team Lead. Does that come across as misleading? Do I list them in a row like this? I feel like this layout doesn't translate well through ATS and auto-fill applications. This was all at the same company so separating it into 4 different roles doesn't feel right.

I'd really like a supervisor, team lead, or manager role but my "team lead" experience, while doing all the job duties of an associate manager, was not an official title. How can I quickly convey that I have this leadership experience without it getting lost in a bullet under my job title (which alone doesn't convey leadership experience)?

Thanks for any help!

I'm currently employed, but would like to move into a Data Center Technician role or a Network Analyst or System Administrator role, so any advice would be appreciated.

My main questions are:

Should I include my customer service related experience even though it's at the same company as my experience in Service Desk and takes up more space? I would like to remove it, but I don't want to make it look like I'm hiding work that I did at the same company.

For Technical Skills, should I just separate into just Software/Hardware or be more specific about each item and how I used them and break them up into smaller categories?

Does the Summary look worded properly or is there a way I can improve that?

Im a final year engineering student from India, but Im struggling to land interviews. Would really appreciate some honest feedback and guidance on what I can improve.

29F with a BS in Legal Studies and MBA. Background in paralegal work, legal operations at Meta, and independent contract consulting since 2023.

I’ve reached 6–7 final-round interviews but haven’t landed an offer. Targeting legal operations and contract management roles.

Is my resume competitive? As in on first glance, what does my profile read? Should I add a summary?

Any red flags or changes you’d recommend? Open to honest feedback!

I’ve done so much more than this, but it can’t all fit. So I’d have to say more in an interview (I enabled online payments for the library, I’ve managed the library’s website, lots of other projects… I once worked at an ivy league library, I was an ESL teacher for 5 years before switching to libraries in 2019, got an award for being the top teacher, and I had a sole proprietorship for private tutoring to supplement my income. And I studied Mandarin Chinese and learned Spanish to be a better teacher for ESL students. I’m from south Florida so being conversational in Spanish was critical for helping the most people)

Basically, if anything ever breaks, I work to fix it

And for any new changes in technology, I help to implement it. (Migrating to new catalog software systems, helping to plan the new mobile app we have, helping now to buy all new self checkout kiosks….)

My true title now is “librarian 2 in member services” but people won’t know what that is, so I tried to use descriptions others will understand

I also still work as a normal front-facing reference librarian during the week and weekends, which is why the third position still says to present

I have lots of jobs saved to apply for. A lot of tech troubleshooting or digital project coordination jobs. So this is a general resume I hope to use across the board

I feel like I’m underpaid for all I do, so I’m trying to transition to private companies with less government caps in pay.

I’m essentially doing jobs that a librarian 3 or 4 have done before.

I also commute 1 hour each way and it’s not sustainable for my car… so I’m hoping to give the car a break and free up 5k each year from gas and maintenance to throw at student loans

Any input would be incredibly appreciated

Looking for helpful criticisms of my resume. I recently moved from Canada to the UK on a Youth Mobility visa, Edinburgh specifically, looking for work in data analytics/science. I'm worried I've spent so much time looking at my resume, rewriting the same point, optimizing keywords, etc, that this makes sense to me but not to anyone else.

I'd like to know if what I'm saying makes sense, if the format is ok, if any sections are particularly weak. My roommate is a recruiter and says the two-page format is fine in Europe since so that doesn't worry me.

Hello! I'm a bit lost and could use some advice from people with experience in job applications, hiring designers, or transitioning between design fields.

I'm an architect with 7+ years of professional experience, all within architecture, but my roles have covered a pretty wide range of tasks and responsibilities. I've recently found a job as a secondary packaging designer that really caught my attention. After reading the job description, I feel like I'm a good match for the requirements, thanks to my experience with design development, materials, technical drawings, prototyping, fabrication, etc.

The thing that's confusing me is this application instruction:

"Please submit your CV with a few sentences on your motivation, highlighting one or two relevant projects, your own contribution and the outcome. A separate cover letter is not required."

I'm not sure how to interpret this or structure my application.

For example, I've designed multiple bespoke boxes for architectural models as well as designed and built physical models as a model maker, mockups etc. This seems relevant to the position, but it feels a bit silly to present designing a box or a model as one of my main projects when it was just a part of my broader work. At the same time, I don't want to overlook relevant experience simply because it wasn't a large, standalone project. Maybe there's a smarter way to frame it?

I'm unsure how to fit everything together without making the CV too long or repetitive.

• Projects vs. work experience: What do they mean by highlighting one or two relevant projects? Should I describe them as separate mini case studies (and how..), or simply incorporate them into the relevant work experience section?
• Competencies and software: Since I'm applying outside my original field, I feel like highlighting my relevant skills early on could help the recruiter understand my fit before reading through my experience. Would you put these near the top of the CV?
• Motivation: They ask for a few sentences about motivation but say a separate cover letter isn't required. Would you include a short motivation paragraph at the top of the CV, perhaps alongside the professional summary, or provide it separately?

I think part of my confusion is that I don't know whether I'm overthinking the wording or whether they're specifically asking for a different type of application than the standard CV I'm used to. Or maybe I am overthinking it..

I'd really appreciate some advice on what you think the employer is actually looking for and how you'd approach this application.

Thank you!

Currently graduated and hoping to get IT Audit roles in the Big 4 firm, is it plausible? Any advices or suggestions would really help me, thank you in advance, cheers!

I recently finished university with my MSc in Visual Computing and am now looking for jobs as a C++ software engineer, more specifically in the field of computer graphics & GPGPU programming. I have sent out about 40 applications to junior/graduate positions aswell as up to 2YoE roles with no interviews so far.

I am aware that my CV is not packed with experience, I would simply like to ask for advice on how I could better present myself, the work and projects I have done so far, such that I at least get the chance to proof myself in an interview. Thanks!

I am open to relocation!

Regardless of industry, job title, or experience level, which sections should every resume include?

And which sections are optional and should only be added when relevant?

Interested in hearing your opinions and real world experience especially from people who review resumes regularly.

I am looking for feedback for my resume. I have been applying to jobs for months now but can't even break into an interview. My last role was a one year contract with a Senior Data Scientist title but technically I am a junior. I acted as a one man data department building full system from zero to analytics for a start up.

Open to all feedback to help.

Could use some feedback on my resume. I'm transitioning out of tech and into healthcare. Currently working on getting a nursing degree, but in the meantime am looking for an entry level healthcare job (CNA, PCT, etc).

The biggest concern that I have is that my background is from higher paying tech jobs, so I don't want it to look like I'm not genuine. I've been pursing this for several years now, and now that I have my CNA and BLS cert am ready to fully begin the transition.

Background

I have ~8 years experience as a product manager in tech. It isn't my ideal industry anymore (I'd actually like to go for gov't or a utility in a tech or operational focused role), but given the nature of the economy, changing industry and roles at once is ineffective.

I got laid off earlier this year, and since then I've been doing a variety things to pay the bills - everything from private consulting to dog walking to Instacart/DoorDashing. I've also been doing some admin work for my wife's business.

I'm a generalist and have a pretty broad understanding of different domains in SaaS and e-commerce. The reason for the shift, if it's at all relevant to this thread, is because I simply enjoy (and am better) at the operational aspects than the visionary parts of product development.

On my resume - I haven't had it reviewed yet. Yes, I did use AI to help with phrasing, but made some adjustments after the output (flow was I wrote --> asked AI to review and improve --> reviewed and modified on my own)

Goals

I'm looking to pivot into a product operations or program management role, and am specifically applying for fully remote or hybrid roles in the San Francisco Bay Area - not willing to relocate. Also, no visa issues as I'm a US citizen.

Challenges

I've applied for a few positions in product operations, program management, and strategy & ops. I've gotten 2 interviews in strategy & ops over the past 7 months, but never made it past the panel. I wasn't targeting the S&O roles specifically - it was just one of those "sounds interesting, I'll just throw my resume in).

The challenges I'm facing and would love feedback/guidance on are:

1. How do I frame my resume from my product management background to a product operations / program management role, and what do I need to change about my content?
2. How do I write an effective summary that a) conveys the career change and b) how my experience can be valuable?
3. Guidance on the competencies and tools section, and how I can make it appear less spammy. My intent is to highlight the skillset I have that are relevant to the job, but also assume it's used by the ATS to match fit.
4. How do I get recruiters to not write me off when they see 0 product operations experience, but years of product management?
5. Note: The most recent 2 Sr. PM roles are at the same company.

I was laid off in July this year and have been actively job searching since then. Prior to my layoff, I was earning just over $160k in the financial services/fintech industry.

I've submitted 237 applications as of today, resulting in only 3 HR screenings and no further interviews (I did apply to some stretch positions early on but now I'm only applying to things that are 80% match or higher).

For some context on the screenings:

• Foundever: Ghosted after the screening even though it went well.
• Principal: I'll own that I didn't do a great job of articulating my experience when asked to "walk me through your resume." Looking back, I could have presented my background and career progression more clearly and with better context. I've since worked on my response and feel much better prepared for that question going forward.
• Chime: The screening went really well, but I couldn't move forward because of my location (TX). The recruiter attempted to obtain a remote exception, but unfortunately, it wasn't approved. Location was the barrier to progressing rather than my qualifications or interview performance.

As my resume shows, I've got about 15 yrs of experience in financial services, with a background spanning AML/financial crimes, regulatory change management, compliance governance, and enterprise risk. I'm primarily targeting senior-level IC roles in reg compliance, RCM, governance, and risk management. I'm based in TX, and am considering remote opportunities as well as suitable hybrid and on-site positions.

I've spent a considerable amount of time reviewing resume advice and I'm finding a lot of it contradictory. On one hand, I'll see that resumes shouldn't be a "wall of text" and that bullet points should be concise and easy to scan because HR and HMs don't actually want to read. On the other hand, I'll also see that I should be quantifying my accomplishments, demonstrate impact, and include metrics whenever possible. I'm finding it difficult to determine what advice I should follow and how to strike a good balance especially when I'm trying to communicate the complexity and scope of my roles. I'm also afraid that because my most recent position says "specialist" hiring teams will automatically think that I'm not "senior" enough.

I'd especially appreciate feedback on:

• Are my bullet points too dense, or is the level of detail appropriate for my experience?
• Am I doing enough to demonstrate accomplishments and measurable impact?
• Does my resume effectively communicate the scope, complexity, and impact of my experience?
• Does it position me appropriately for senior-level compliance and regulatory change management roles?
• Does my most recent job title make my career progression appear less senior, despite the scope of my responsibilities?
• Are there any specific changes that would meaningfully improve my chances of getting interviews, rather than just stylistic adjustments?

I'm genuinely open to constructive criticism. I know the job market is atrocious right now. It wasn't this bad when I was laid off the first time (2024). But with so few screenings after the volume of applications I've put in, I want to make sure I'm not overlooking something within my control. Being unemployed for 3 months with no signs of improvement has taken a significant toll on my mental health so I'd really appreciate any feedback being delivered with some compassion.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to review my resume and offer suggestions.