Hi all,
I’d really appreciate some honest feedback on my resume. I’m based in Sydney, Australia and applying for control systems, embedded systems, and general graduate engineering roles across Australia. I’m also willing to relocate.
I have a decent amount of embedded & control experience from university projects and some work-related experience. My last job was made redundant, and since then I’ve applied to 80+ graduate and junior positions.
The main issue is that I’m barely getting interviews. For some companies I get through to pre-recorded interviews and then get rejected afterwards. Other times I’m told they moved forward with candidates who had more experience, which is doesn't make sense considering many of these are graduate roles.
The reason I think the issue is my resume is because when I actually do get interviews, I generally perform well and sometimes make it to second or final rounds. Losing at final stages is understandable, but most of the time I’m getting rejected before even speaking to someone.
I also have a fairly decent-sized project portfolio with around 11 projects that I sometimes attach to my CV depending on the job. For cover letters, I always tailor them to the specific application as well.
I mostly based my resume format on this subreddit’s wiki guide, but I feel like I’m still missing something obvious.
Thanks in advance.