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winter17 - resume #6

Open jxnl opened 7 years ago

jxnl commented 7 years ago

Resumes should tell one story.

Jason Liu

There are a few things I'd like to highlight when thinking about the data science resume.

Career Stage

Define Data Science

Who is your audience

Filler

jxnl commented 7 years ago

I might also (near the end) discuss stuff to do during the interview. (what questions to ask, is this the right job for me)

sarthfrey commented 7 years ago

Maybe add something about providing stats in points for exp and projects, I find interviewers/recruiters love points like "Did X and generated Y% user growth over a period from A to B" or something like that. Shows you had real impact and legitimizes yourself as a candidate.

sarthfrey commented 7 years ago

Also I completely agree with the conversation starter line, the best projects seem to be the ones that are interesting and interviewers want to talk to you about them

sarthfrey commented 7 years ago

Also at some point it's worthwhile mentioning that often on WaterlooWorks (jobmine etc) there are job positions that aren't data science but actually involve data science work, so good to look out for those too

sarthfrey commented 7 years ago

A few other points: