Taylor Desseyn breaks down why junior developers aren't getting callbacks: your resume needs to be scannable in 8 seconds so hiring managers instantly see what you built. He does live resume reviews with a Microsoft hiring manager and shares what actually works.
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You need to keep it simple. You need to keep it simple. Because what happens is, obviously I say that jokingly, but like the reason why I say that is because I actually do resume reviews live with a hiring manager from Microsoft. So if you want to connect with me on LinkedIn and send me your resume, we'll do it live if you want. But basically the biggest thing is like it's ease. It's how fast we can tell that you do something, right? Okay. So what happens is a lot of junior resumes out of college or boot camp are like double columns and like it's just very, very packed with wording and it's just It just— I can't tell what you do. I need to be able to tell what you do or what you've done in college or what you've done in boot camp in 8 seconds.