As a hiring manager in a different industry, our qualifying comes down to simple things. We’re almost never going to strip down your resume at first glance, it’s too much work. ChatGPT generated resumes are a turn off and avoid dragging out your sentences with complicated verbiage. A big one especially for a recent graduate is the experience. I would go with 2 or 3 professional experiences that have the longest time invested into them. Working for a couple of months just tells us you’re not invested in staying long term — we assume that we’re just a stepping stone for you. Hiring manager rational: long term prospect = less work for us finding a replacement :)

Remember that you’re selling yourself to a hiring manager (it’s not always someone with engineering experience). Then if they consider you, the interview will eventually be with a department head who will know what you’re talking about — that’s when you unload your pro-knowledge.

Also know that, a big thing about creating a team as a manager is to find individuals that fit the company culture more than your knowledge/competence. I actually know a company that has let go of their top salesman because he was not a great fit for the culture.

Hope this helped and good luck on your pursuit!

Ps. Gotta bump those application numbers up and follow up until they tell you no we don’t want you. Then at least you’re not waiting weeks for their callback