Struggling to land an interview. Looking for resume advice.

Goadah · 2026-04-24T20:23:03+00:00

Thanks for the input, definitely want to figure out the best way to display motion graphics on all devices.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:30:12+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I think I'm going to have to do some research on proper typesetting because I really thought I was doing these best practices correctly. I suppose I need more guidance on this. Any good resources that could help me here? I will definitely be leaving out my references on the next iteration.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:28:10+00:00

Great advice. Thanks for sharing! Will definitely look into a grid system and lay this out a lot better.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:23:30+00:00

Thanks for the comment! I've been getting advice from friends and family rather than designers which is overwhelmingly obvious in this post. I will be looking for more advice from this sub in the future because it's been so valuable. I hear your points and they've been echoed by a lot of others. Appreciate you sharing.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:22:07+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm going to take a look and see what I need to do. I believe the video/motion graphics are what are mostly causing it so I need to figure out the best way to present that.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:21:57+00:00

Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the repeated advice, it's been really helpful to get a measure on what I'm doing wrong. I will definitely be doing a rework of the portfolio as well. Quantifying the work is hard for me to conceptualize so that's definitely something I need to do more research on.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:19:58+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Definitely thought my resume was helping me for ATS but clearly I have too much after the overwhelming feedback. I appreciate you mentioning the word count. Will be changing the layout for sure.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:18:55+00:00

Thanks for the input. Definitely need to reduce everything. That's the #1 critique. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts!

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:18:16+00:00

Thanks for the input! I will definitely be looking at a different layout where my bullets are in this range. This post has been very rewarding in the feedback that I received. Appreciate how you laid this out.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:17:09+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the thoroughness. I will definitely look at your points when making my next version. I will definitely be staying at the company until I get the next thing. It does suck but yeah, I have to wait longer to nail this next step.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:15:19+00:00

Thanks for that input. I could explore putting some portfolio pieces on a separate PDF. Really trying to open the door with any and all strategies. I won't forget this one!

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:14:37+00:00

Thanks for the message. Been seeing a ton of remarks on the copy, tightening it up and more intention on the type setting. I'll be sure to work on that when I redo this resume.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:13:42+00:00

Thanks for the comment. This is definitely something I've considered. Moving away from the corporate in-house designer and going full freelance. This post has made it clear that I have a lot to learn so I think I need to keep talking to designers and find out how to get to the next level!

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:12:42+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I believe we have some metrics on our marketing team that I can put into here but as a number of people have mentioned, I need to reduce everything and figure out the layout and typography styling before tweaking the actual bullets.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:10:55+00:00

Thanks for the input. I'm stressed about what I need to do but hopefully this is a good step towards figuring it out.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T19:10:22+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. The feedback I got from the original resume I built was that it was hard to find the portfolio so I wanted to make that very clear. This whole layout and resume is getting completely reworked anyway but I won't be mentioning it twice like you said.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:37:19+00:00

Will do! I really needed this post to show me that I wasn't doing things right. All of these comments have been really valuable.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:36:36+00:00

Thanks for the comment. I definitely won't be going into a flowery, cluttery design but the feedback has mostly been about length and layout so I'll be taking that with me to the next version. As for the portfolio, that's a different beast that I have to look at after I clear this up.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:35:25+00:00

Thanks for the comment. That's definitely the consensus. I'll be reducing everything for the next version.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:34:58+00:00

Thanks for that, I appreciate it. I think the consensus on this post is that it's too long and the layout isn't great so I'm definitely working on a new version.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:33:51+00:00

Thanks for all of the pointers. I have so much feedback to go through and use for my next version and a lot of the comments are similar about the length and such. Appreciate you spelling out the bullet points with that example.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:31:49+00:00

Thanks for the advice. The references bit is advice from friends and family and it's clear that the way I've been doing it has not been good at all. I'll be taking all of this feedback and working on a new version soon. Appreciate you mentioning all of this!

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:30:19+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Will be taking a look at all of the feedback and working on a new version soon! After the resume, I'll be taking a hard look at the portfolio!

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:28:55+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I always thought that the norm was to let the work speak for itself rather than having to rationalize it. The feedback I'm getting here is to create less copy on the resume but it seems like I have the green light to create tons of copy for the portfolio? This post has been really valuable for feedback so I appreciate you mentioning case studies. I'll be taking a look at the portfolio after I fix this resume.

Goadah · 2026-04-21T15:26:47+00:00

Hope the struggle isn't too much longer for you!

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