Anup Ghatage
Looking back on the résumé he created eight years ago, there are three things Ghatage would keep the same:
One page: Now on the other side of interview panels, Ghatage recommends sticking to a one-page résumé, even if it means trimming down the skills and education sections.
“Honestly, interviewing is a very boring job,” he said, and most technical reviewers want to get back to their more urgent tasks. “I try to keep my résumé short and one page, no matter what I achieve.”
Don’t over-customize: Ghatage said that he was mindful to not include small projects that he undertook many years ago just to seem in line with the role on hand.
“I would rather speak confidently about something tangential or something maybe unrelated but still in the tech field” instead of over-customizing and then fumbling at the interview stage.
Include links: He also liked that his résumé included links to his personal website and project work on GitHub. Instead of sending a long résumé, the links can provide more information if a hiring manager is interested. Adding backlinks, like he did during his career fair, is also a good way to track who is taking an interest in your application, he said.
What he would change
There are also a couple of things Ghatage would change on the document:
Open source contributions: Projects on open source communities like Apache have been a career boost for Ghatage since he started working on them.
“Open source contributions are akin to actual job experience which is validated by industry experts,” he said, about adding them below his education details. “This would serve as a great signal to potential employers that my knowledge and skills have been peer reviewed by industry experts and are already making impact.”
Tweaking work experience: Writing about early work experience is tough because it often had limited impact, Ghatage said.
Still, “I would perhaps research more about how it is more relevant to the jobs that I’m applying to.” He also said he would move work experience above the skills section since it is seen as a bigger value add.
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