/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.9418453]

>been rejected from so many job listings that I'm starting to doubt my own qualifications
How do I escape this feel?

[Anonymous No.9418461]

[Anonymous No.9418466]

>>9418453
inb4 "start a business" faggots who still live at home

[Anonymous No.9418473]

>>9418453
what are you even applying for?

[Anonymous No.9418498]

>>9418473
Mechanical engineering and software jobs. I have a BSME.

[Anonymous No.9418533]

same here op
I spent over 1k on getting certificates and qualifications if im not qualified enough. I applied for everything in my specialisation, nothing. My references are good too.
So I went lower, applied for mid range jobs, nothing, I went lower and applied for all shit tier jobs. Nothing
Not even the pajeet level dindu jobs will take me that Im so over fucking qualified for.
Im just at a loss wondering why

[Anonymous No.9418557]

>>9418533
did you try applying to out of state jobs?

[Anonymous No.9418562]

>>9418533

maybe u ugly.

ugly is good thing.

it mean u ugly.

[Anonymous No.9418572]

>>9418533
It's because in America, everyone outsources skilled labor. The middle class is a meme...

Your only way out is to know someone who can get you a job or try to work in government.

[Anonymous No.9418648]

>>9418572
I'm in Australia.
Guess you guys have it as bad too.

[Anonymous No.9418673]

Move to Germany. We need qualified people. We literally have open positions for months because there aren't enough good people.

[Anonymous No.9418683]

>>9418673
what about the crime though?
I've been wanting to move and try something new.

[Anonymous No.9418701]

>be police officer in top 5 US city
>my coworkers all work extra jobs
>look down upon them as pitiful wagecucks spending their time off and weekends slaving away for more $$$
>talk to some of them, realize they're making $20-$40k extra per year
>they spend it all on trucks, cars and weddings
>realize I could do it too and invest all the extra money in crypto and get rich in a few years

How do I convince myself to let go of my perfect easy 40 hour work week and be a good wagecuck slaving away from 80 hours every week /biz/

[Anonymous No.9418704]

Roast me.

(This is the version of my resume that I was using to apply to a few software jobs lately.)

[Anonymous No.9418828]

>>9418704
one of the nicer resume's I've seen on /biz/. you'll go far anon. here are my notes

remove "class of Summer." make your major more prominent than your school unless you're from the ivy league
I dont know what your certifications mean, if you're applying for a job that needs strictly them leave it but consider moving the section down or removing it
move your 2nd place award to the top of the award section. remove "ahead of other teams from schools like Cornell and Yale," quite pretentious
explain what you did at the pipeline workshop 2017 better ...
several things wrong with how you presented you GOA. why are your results on github and not published in an academic paper? why are you calling O(n^3) algorithms state of the art if yours is faster? Since your result is not published, I'm skeptical that you've actually done what you claimed. being wrong (even on a technicality) is worse than being right
"design and build" competition is not a sentence. you've now listed the same award twice
how did you collaborate with boeing? if you remove the above duplication, you'll have room to elaborate
remove "wrote scripts," "was able to," elaborate how this helped the city
technical skills section is a mess. random groupings. why is pandas on the same line as redis? why is matlab and oct why is SSH a """skill?""" how are you an expert in four languages? have you actually developed the linux os as your resume claimed, or does "unix development" just mean you've written a program in linux?
im slightly triggered by the spaces after, but not before your slashes

[Anonymous No.9418869]

>>9418453
pretend to be black or a jew on your application. Problem solved

[Anonymous No.9418892]

Your interview might suck

[Anonymous No.9418895]

>>9418704
>Minor correction Dont abbreviate BSc, just post Bachelor of Science
>Place your personal github account in the top of your profile.
>References to verify that your projects are legit

Also i am surprised that with your projects and experience you are still not hired, You probably failed in the interview or exam

[Anonymous No.9418937]

>>9418704
My ass that you know C and those other languages. Put your github on there or else they wont believe you like I do now.

[Anonymous No.9418970]

Lets start from the basics.

How many jobs have you applied to.

Do you know something called empirical statistics?

The more you shoot, the higher chances of hitting a target (spraying like a noob).

I applied to 20 jobs, got invited to 6 interviews and eventually chose 1 out of 3 where i was semi-accepted.

Stop being a fucking pussy and apply to jobs.

>Thread.

[Anonymous No.9418984]

>>9418704
Yea, you're definitely autistic and fail interviews.

Go join a military reserve/guard component with a job that grants a TS clearance and you'll waltz into 6figs

[Anonymous No.9418999]

>>9418466

[Anonymous No.9419023]

>>9418828
>remove "class of Summer."...
Noted.
>I dont know what your certifications mean...
EIT is the licensure exam that engineers have to take. The others are certs in CAD software.
>move your 2nd place award...
Noted. Also how to convey that level of accomplishment without sounding pretentious about it?
>explain what you did at the pipeline workshop 2017 better ...
Noted.
>several things wrong with how you presented you GOA...
It's a carry-over from my undergrad research and I made some improvements. I started working on it again recently since I have no job and I want to avoid big gaps in my resume. It has 350 stars on github, but how do I make this look more credible?
>"design and build" competition is not a sentence...
I was trying to list the specific skills and experiences I gained from working on the mars rover. Any suggestions for how to make that more clear?
>how did you collaborate with boeing?...
They made us sign an NDA, so I'm sort of stuck with that one.
>remove "wrote scripts,"...
Noted.
>technical skills section is a mess...
I definitely need to rework this section. It's a hodgepodge because some of the software stuff was originally "tacked on" as a bonus from my ME resume, and I try to tailor it to the specific job requirements.
>how are you an expert in four languages? have you actually developed the linux os as your resume claimed, or does "unix development" just mean you've written a program in linux?
I've written in programs in all of them, but what's the usual criteria for listing languages on your resume? I wouldn't say I have the entire standard library memorized for all of them if that's what people usually go by. Also the linux/SSH thing was there because those were specific bullet points on the job description for one of the positions I was applying to. I've been using Mint as my primary OS for the last 5 years though.
>im slightly triggered by the spaces after, but not before your slashes
Noted.

[Anonymous No.9419032]

>>9418999

[Anonymous No.9419097]

>>9418895
Will do. Should the references be on the resume or in a separate document? Also should I describe who they are at all, or only give their contact info? I've listed two former professors and also the person I did research under.

>>9418937
How do I appear more credible? Should I take stuff off my resume?

>>9418984
>Yea, you're definitely autistic and fail interviews.
What about the resume makes you say that?

[Anonymous No.9419148]

>>9419097
Because if you weren't, you'd have a job with your qualifications. I also suspect you may be a minority. Strike 2

[Anonymous No.9419156]

>>9419097

Ignore the idiots. Your CV is fine. The problem is that you have too many people with similar qualifications to yours which is why its so difficult to get a job.

[Anonymous No.9419164]

>>9419097
The reference should be at the most bottom. You should format the projects and experience since it is a wall of text and i doubt a HR guy will read that text.

The format is :
Name
Profession and company
Contact Number

And wear pic related to interviews.

[Anonymous No.9419170]

>>9419097
tailor your resume to the job youre applying to. How can you not get a job with an EIT and Mech E degree, are you autistic?

[Anonymous No.9419178]

>>9418453
It's not a feel, it's a fact.

[Anonymous No.9419188]

>>9418673
This dude is writing absolute bullshit btw. He's repeating government propaganda. What he means is we don't have enough "cheap" labour - but really we do.

[Anonymous No.9419190]

>>9418704
Neat resume. Just send a couple more of these out and you'll do fine

[Anonymous No.9419207]

>>9418704

Calling it now. Next terror attack / beta uprising will be by an unemployed college educated student. Finding a job is almost like dating in this day and age when 1000 people apply for like 1 job opening.

[Anonymous No.9419262]

>>9419023
For the rover challenge just say competed against X teams including teams from ivy league schools.

[Anonymous No.9419315]

>>9419148
>I also suspect you may be a minority.
Very white, but I do have a disability.
>tfw partial vision loss
Is this an issue for employers? I thought ((("""diversity"""))) was the current hot topic with HR.

>>9419164
Cool, thanks. Would it make sense to get rid of the "areas of interest" section entirely and replace it with references?

>>9419170
>How can you not get a job with an EIT and Mech E degree
Boeing is shitting up the engineering sector over here. They laid off like 20% of their engineering staff and that totally ruined the job market because all of those guys had 10+ years of really specific experience.

>>9419262
Cool, will do.

[Anonymous No.9419323]

>>9419315
then move. auto industry needs people big time

[Anonymous No.9419330]

>>9419323
I want to, but I can't. I have this really rare eye disease and I have to stay close to my treatment.

[Anonymous No.9419340]

>>9419315
>Very white
Minority then.

[Anonymous No.9419349]

>>9419330
enjoy ssi then

[Anonymous No.9419366]

>>9419315
Good idea. You can remove that

[Anonymous No.9419405]

>>9419349
All those government programs are based on central acuity but I have peripheral field loss. So I'm sort of fucked on that angle.

>>9419366
Awesome, thanks for the feedback.