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Resume consultant needed - Chemical engineering
- Thread starter Animal357
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Didn’t know you needed a resume to start a meth lab these days…
Sirhr
Sirhr
You're in the Bear pit buddy - although I'd have thought a chemical engineer would be all about getting letters'n'shit in the correct order.
Never try and teach an engineer to write. It wastes your time and annoys the engineer.
Sirhr
Engineers. Always making things more complicated than necessary. Right down to writing a resume for getting a job.
There's plenty of places on the web to get an outline for a resume. Download one. Fill in the blanks with your pertinent information. No one wants to cypher through a bunch of bullshit trying to figure out if you are the person that fits.
If you want yours to stand out amongst the others I suggest putting smiley faces and colorful hearts around the border.
There's plenty of places on the web to get an outline for a resume. Download one. Fill in the blanks with your pertinent information. No one wants to cypher through a bunch of bullshit trying to figure out if you are the person that fits.
If you want yours to stand out amongst the others I suggest putting smiley faces and colorful hearts around the border.
In “goals” line write: “It is my goal to make ‘chemical engineer’ a gender.”
You will be in like Flynn!
Sirhr
You will be in like Flynn!
Sirhr
Lemme see if I can 2+2 this mutha fucker over here.....
You have to be pretty intelligent to be a chemical engineer.
You only need an 8th grade education to write up a fairly decent resume, it's not like War and Peace ya know ?
You must suck st this whole chemical engineering thing.
You have to be pretty intelligent to be a chemical engineer.
You only need an 8th grade education to write up a fairly decent resume, it's not like War and Peace ya know ?
You must suck st this whole chemical engineering thing.
You can easily do this without a professional resume writer. However if that's the route you want to go, there are plenty of resume writing services that will be glad to take your $600+ dollars to write a resume for you.
Here's some tips:
- Use ATS friendly format (Applicant Tracking System). Almost any company these days will scan your resume through their ATS system, to be put into their own internal systems. The output of this is what the HR personnel will read, so if the ATS can't read your resume, HR will be looking at garbage. Plenty of resources online that describe the dreaded ATS system, along with ATS friendly resume formats.
- Use brief bullet points under each job using the 'STAR' method to describe what you've accomplished and what the quantifiable benefit was. I.e. "Developed 'X' through the creation of 'Y', resulting in 'X' % profit increase. Lots of examples online.
- KEEP IT SIMPLE. 1 or 2 pages. No head shots, graphics, fancy fonts, etc. A "boring" resume is a good resume.
Reddit has a surprisingly good resume writing resource here: https://www.reddit.com/r/resumes/wiki/index/
I know people are making fun of you because you seemingly can't write a resume, but honestly given the current job market and ubiquitous use of ATS systems, there's definitely an art to writing modern resumes.
Between 'ghost job's (yes, that's a thing), ATS and other screening systems, hundreds to thousands of applicants per job posting, etc., it's an incredibly difficult job market for job seekers right now.
Here's some tips:
- Use ATS friendly format (Applicant Tracking System). Almost any company these days will scan your resume through their ATS system, to be put into their own internal systems. The output of this is what the HR personnel will read, so if the ATS can't read your resume, HR will be looking at garbage. Plenty of resources online that describe the dreaded ATS system, along with ATS friendly resume formats.
- Use brief bullet points under each job using the 'STAR' method to describe what you've accomplished and what the quantifiable benefit was. I.e. "Developed 'X' through the creation of 'Y', resulting in 'X' % profit increase. Lots of examples online.
- KEEP IT SIMPLE. 1 or 2 pages. No head shots, graphics, fancy fonts, etc. A "boring" resume is a good resume.
Reddit has a surprisingly good resume writing resource here: https://www.reddit.com/r/resumes/wiki/index/
I know people are making fun of you because you seemingly can't write a resume, but honestly given the current job market and ubiquitous use of ATS systems, there's definitely an art to writing modern resumes.
Between 'ghost job's (yes, that's a thing), ATS and other screening systems, hundreds to thousands of applicants per job posting, etc., it's an incredibly difficult job market for job seekers right now.
I read resumes for new applicants. Ive always heard people like short resumes. I got one a couple weeks ago, it was 4 pages long. Loved it! Im in engineering.
We are not Taco Bell. We might get 10 a month. The more info the bettter.
We are not Taco Bell. We might get 10 a month. The more info the bettter.
On extra heavy card stock with the pastel rainbow coloring as the background, a Starbucks coupon and, the piece de resistance, the pro Hamas sticker on the envelope.
When I was younger, I mixed a bunch of stuff I found under the kitchen sink together, and it started smoking. I knew right then and there I was a chemical engineer!
Look at Jobscan.com... helps you tune your resume for a specific job post to ensure you get past keyword screens and into a recruiter's hands. Also, some Silicon Valley engineer did a test and found out that a basic resume with only job history and education got the best results in terms of percentage of followup calls from recruiters.
So:
- use the simple Word template
- keep it to one page if you're new to the industry, two if you have experience, maybe three if you have held director or C-level positions
- use a site like Jobscan.com to ensure you have a high percentage of keyword matches to get past ATS resume screening filters
You can also use ChatGPT to help you evaluate your resume against the job posting and ask it for ideas (use 'be specific' in your prompt).
Another tip is to tailor your resume for each job posting you apply for, or at least the jobs you really want.
If a job posting says they are looking for a chemical engineer that has 'x' amount of experience with a specific tool or equipment (or whatever), and you have it, put it in your resume. If it asks for specific experience with a specific software, put it in your resume. If it asks that you have done subject 'X', put it in your resume.
With how competitive the job market currently is, you have to specifically show why you are the best fit for any given job you are applying for. Don't expect recruiters/HR to interpret your resume. You have to spell it out for them.
It's a lot of work. But that's what the current job seeking market requires right now. And a lot of luck.
Also, I'm not a huge AI fan, but it can be a force multiplier for things like cover letters.
There are free AI cover letter writers where you put the job description in, and put in what you think are your qualifications and desirable skill sets, and it will write a cover letter for you.
Since I've been writing hundreds of cover letters, I use it to frame up the CL, and from there I'll edit it to make it more of my words and style, and to fix any errors.
There are free AI cover letter writers where you put the job description in, and put in what you think are your qualifications and desirable skill sets, and it will write a cover letter for you.
Since I've been writing hundreds of cover letters, I use it to frame up the CL, and from there I'll edit it to make it more of my words and style, and to fix any errors.
I saw this on Linkedin and thought that it was clever, although never tried it myself, the guy that did this claimed it worked for him.
He would copy the exact job description, paste it at the end of his resume, and then change it to zero font, thus making it invisible to a person, but the AI/software filtering system would still see it and not reject it so that it would at least get to an actual person to take a look at it.
He would copy the exact job description, paste it at the end of his resume, and then change it to zero font, thus making it invisible to a person, but the AI/software filtering system would still see it and not reject it so that it would at least get to an actual person to take a look at it.
Some people do that and make the font white.
While clever, I've heard this tactic is pretty frowned upon by recruiters, and I think the text still ends up on the back end of their ATS system on your application status, so they will know you copied it.
My plumbing resume is a solid 4 pages. Resumes definitely work better if they're tailored to the specific job posting. I really had to dumb mine down to get past some computer algorithms though. Expanded the bullet "Installed residential electric water heaters" to a full paragraph detailing the process, tools, and materials used.
