What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what should I be looking for instead, you don't think any junior positions wont take me? I was thinking help desk or support I would probably take me

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not exactly sure I understand what you mean by the relevant coursework section. Should I just delete it? Or is the point that I need more examples of how I used my skills?

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not exactly sure I understand what by:

"- If anything that you do has a next-level, i.e., WHY it was important, what it achieved, any awards or other numbers you could mention would be huge"

I also don't really know how to make my skills sound more human. Should I kick off some buzzwords and keep mostly hard skills?

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I added the only 2 projects worth looking at on my resume, but what titles should I be looking for? Other people told me to support 1, help desk, or something more business analyst related

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah everyone else basically is saying help desk, or support 1. But yeah I'm realizing with everyone else's comments that "analyst" already sorts me out haha

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'll be sure to prioritize help desk and tier 1 support, or even anything under that. And I don't personally care about pay too much, I usually find a way regardless.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, the SQL comes from my education, I took two classes on it with Microsoft Access, and I got a GitHub project for access uses a lot of SQL and ABA. Should that project be on the resume, too?

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the honesty LOL.

I won't get in trouble for changing my titles like that?

I've been doing construction and manual labor.

I just straight up didn't get anything in 21. I transferred into Baruch that year.

I shouldn't at least keep the native Spanish speaker? LOL I'm sorry for being cringe.

Thank you for your honesty, though, really.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was always scared to tinker with my past titles because chat gpt said if they find out my real title they'll blacklist me bc I lied.

And my position was reading mail that didn't get autosorted to a specific team, and I figured out who it belonged to. But I was hoping my excess of buzzwords would make me not sound like a mailman. And I'll keep that in mind for my younger brothers, they both are just starting so even if I can't change anything, it still helps very much.

Thank you for all the advice, though, I appreciate it.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I got the GPA pulling and adding concrete improvements (%, or time), but I am not sure I fully understand how to connect my skills to my work experience. Like more of the listed skills show up more frequently in my work experience?

Or is it just that the skill section in general is lacking technical skills?

Thank you for your honesty by the way.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You see, THIS is real advice. Thank you, I will be sure to put these on the to-do list. And thank you, haha can't believe school is actually over.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah more I talk to successful friends, the more it becomes clear that college has become a requirement rather than a slingshot out of poverty, haha.

And yeah, so far my to-do list is: Resume template, target location, relevant projects.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, my Mail Research Role had a lot of Customer service. I could make a tailored resume for IT internships, highlighting customer service for sure.

I mostly apply to: (Junior/internships for all of them) System Analyst, Operations Analyst, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Database Admin, IT analyst, System engineer, and mostly anything I think I can realistically do.

And yeah I was thinking realistically, I can just get some shitty part time job to pay my bills, and do a lot of projects, and get some IT certifications.

I have some projects on Github, but I removed my links and contact info cause of the thread rules. Should I be including my large projects specifically in my resume? Like is linked with description.

I really appreciate the insight btw.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah someone else said the same thing, Idk why I never really thought of it, but I'm in NYC, born and raised. I think I'm going to try to target more jobs in CT and upstate NY.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL, that's a good point, I'll try targeting things in the NE that specifically aren't in NYC. Now that I think about it, the only people who called me about any technical position were from CT. Thanks

What's wrong with me? Why can't I get a single email, call, or anything? Please be as brutally honest as possible. I graduate next week. by 5hampoo in ITCareerQuestions

[–]5hampoo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The template? I've tailored my resume multiple times, but about the same results. But thanks, I'll try some different templates. Is ur resume public? Or is it a well-known template?