๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ "๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐-๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐" ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐
Instead of saying "built a website," say "built a full-stack application using React/Node.js that reduced data latency by ๐ฎ๐ฌ%." Numbers provide the signal recruiters are looking for.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
If you don't have an internship, use research or hackathons.
Treat research like a job
List specific technologies used
Mention if you presented to a lab or professor
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ
Apply to roles within 24 hours of them being posted. The earlier you are, the higher the chance a human actually sees your resume before the headcount fills up.
It took me a long time to realize that recruiting is a game of ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐, not just skills. Once I changed my approach, everything shifted.
I want to help as many of you as possible break in this year.
๐ If you want my ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ "๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ" and Iโll send it over!
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