r/Resume

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Hey everyone,

Not job hunting yet, but I want to get my CV solid before I start cold-emailing. Would appreciate honest feedback.

Quick background: I've spent the last 2+ years building in blockchain and AI — DeFi protocols, won a few hackathons, built a solo AI product that actually has users. Based in Vietnam, aiming for remote work at a foreign startup or eventually relocating to the US or Australia.

Here's my problem: I don't know anyone outside Vietnam. No warm intros, no former coworkers at companies I'd want to join. The CV has to carry the whole weight.

A few things I'm genuinely unsure about:

1. Does this look credible to a US or Australian hiring manager? The company names, university, everything is local — I worry it just looks unfamiliar and gets skipped.
2. My experience skews heavily blockchain. Should I downplay the Web3 stuff if I'm also applying to non-crypto startups?
3. Should I mention willingness to relocate on the CV itself, or save that for the cover letter?
4. What am I missing? Open source contributions? A personal site? What do startups expect to see that I probably don't have?

CV attached. Don't sugarcoat it.

In January this year, I had to shut down my startup and suddenly found myself applying for jobs again.

I sent out 100+ applications with a solid resume… and got mostly ghosted.

At first I thought:

• maybe my experience isn’t relevant
• maybe the market is just bad

But after looking closer, the issue was simpler:

My resume was too generic for each role.

I tried:

• tweaking bullet points
• using AI resume tools
• different templates

Everything looked polished, but still didn’t lead to responses.

What actually made a difference was this:

Instead of treating my resume as one document, I started tailoring it to each job:

• matching keywords from the job description
• emphasizing only relevant experience
• rewriting bullet points to show clear outcomes

Doing this manually was slow, so I built a small tool to help me with it.

After that, I started getting:

• more replies
• more interview invites
• more relevant conversations

Ended up with multiple offers and just started a new job this month.

Big takeaway:

A good resume isn’t enough anymore, it has to be aligned with the specific job.

I am in the hospitality industry working as a head chef. I have 20+ years of experience and many awards including HACCP and others, and im not able to find myself a job, which im guessing, is due to my CV. I need it professionaly remade that would perfectly fit the standards of saudia arabia, since im planning to leave UAE and move to saudia arabia due to its high potential in hospitality. Where do I find professional help?

Hi everyone,

I am looking for opportunities in Derivatives Trading / Market making roles.

I would really appreciate any feedback on my resume.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

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Hi everyone who is seeing the post, thank you for taking the time to read and guide me.

So my professional career started immediately after I complete my BSc. in Data Science. I cracked the first interview in my company, and that was the only interview I gave.

My career began as a Junior Analyst, but due to less workload in Analytics Team, I was moved to MarTech (SFMC) team. I have worked hard and my growth has been significant since then. By this time, I am one of the most reliable asset and my importance in team has been valuable. I am taking leading roles, nearly managing the entire development pipeline, contributing to Team and Process Development as well. My manager is my mentor and guide, and I look upto him.

I have tried several times to move to Analytics Team, maybe about 2 years straight. And within that timeframe, I didn't stop my learning, and continued to earn Certificates (Paid and Free). Even the data scientist started giving recommendation to reallocate me, but by then my position in the other team was solidified. Nearly 7 were hired along with me and by end of 1 year, 5 were laid off. By end of 2 years I was the only one left in the group. Right now, I am also a key person to whome analysts reach out to understand the data in the SFMC, I also pull reports, do SQL on regular basis (related to campaign), basically there have been contribution to Analysis and Analytics team from my end.

After all failed efforts, I took up distance degree for Masters (MS) in AI and ML. The degree is from Reputed college. Distance Course because I wanted to continue earning and learning, and support my family financially. Though even today my family supports that I can leave my job and persue whatever I need to better my career (My dad has retired from his job still, I am lucky in this case).

Now, my Masters is complete, the facilitator has provided us paid platform to apply for job. I have even started applying in Naukri.

BUT! The problem still boils down to, I am 4 years overall experience but 0 Relevant Experience for AI ML. Having passion for the subject and tech, and not able to work in the domain is kind of disappointing. I know career switch can and will happen. I just need to struggle and work more. But my patience is dying. After lots of efforts, I want a easy breakthrough (I know its not possible).

Many have guided that to fake my resume. I understand, but I don't know the best way to do it. It feels bad, and honestly when modifying it, I don't know how much to fake, how much to be true.

I want to hear some experience, need some guidance, or anything that helps me anyway.

Not sure if this is the best platform, but I had to get my heart out. And also ask for guidance. So if you read all my rant, Thank you. And I look forward to some valuable insights and guidance.

TL;DR

With 4 years of overall experience and 0 relevant experience in AI ML. I need guidance on how to make my way through and get job as AI ML engineer.

Hello.

I have ~5 years of experience at startups and Big Tech in general Software Engineering as well as Applied AI.

I haven't been getting many calls and I am wondering if there is something wrong with my resume, but I can't seem to figure out what.

I have been applying for mid-level/senior AI Engineering and Backend/Backend Leaning Full Stack Engineering roles at startups, scale-ups as well as Established companies (Big Tech and the like).

Would appreciate if folks here could review it, maybe you all see something I don't.

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okay so I’ve been in hiring for 10 years and I got tired of seeing good people get passed over for stuff that’s honestly so fixable

I built a little free tool about it. still rough, still testing it. no sign up, no credit card, nothing to sell you.

Landedd.com

also happy to answer questions about what hiring actually looks like from the other side — ask me anything