Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the last two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate.
  • reflex
    99•1 year ago

    Basile says he’s also spent his free time studying AI tools, and he keeps tweaking his resume, cutting it from 10 pages to two, then beefing it up to 24.

    Maybe he should start by dropping that tome of a resume.

    • @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      Yeah, there’s no way anything over a couple pages is going anywhere but the trash. No one is going to want to spend the time figuring out how he’s inflating his resume.

      My field has quite a bit more educational and licensing requirements than most tech jobs, and I’ve been practicing for nearly two decades… I still don’t think I could make a 24 page long resume.

      • HubertManne
        3•1 year ago

        I use a multipage resume where the first page is functional as one and if they want more detail they can flip.

    • @BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55•1 year ago

      1 page (niche industries maybe 2). If you can’t get your point across in 1 page then that’s a huge red flag…24 pages? When I was in HR I wouldn’t have even read that resume, I’m amazed he’s gotten a single interview with that let alone 60.

      • @Dkarma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        I thought this too and then I saw the requirements to apply for federal jobs. They require literally 24 pages of content.

        You’re right tho 2 pages and maybe a portfolio is more than enough.

        • @BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          Government (US) job applications, interview process, and selection criteria etc are so far removed from any civilian process that it needs to be a completely separate conversation. If he’s ocassionally changing his resume down to 2 pages or getting 60 interviews a month he’s not applying to US government jobs.

      • @lagomorphlecture@lemm.eeEnglish
        33•1 year ago

        I was just thinking that a 10 page resume sounds like you’re going to be a nightmare to work with. If any work gets done it will be needlessly complicated and make everything harder for everyone.

        • @agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14•1 year ago

          Exactly. Either they are clueless about or refuse to follow conventions like using 1-2 page resumes, are incapable of taking outside advice, are unable to communicate succinctly, or have some other major issue.

    • Zima
      26•1 year ago

      It seems that he has not even taken the time to understand the basics of how to find a job with a 10 page resume… let alone 24.