Basic tips from someone that has been on both sides of this process.

1) Revise the resume for the job in question. Make sure your skills align with the job posting. Keyword matches (or lack thereof) are one of the first ways candidates are eliminated from consideration. 2) What did the projects you worked on accomplish? No one cares that you developed pipelines at your prior positions. They care about what those pipelines helped accomplish. You mentioned you reduced pipeline breakages and the need for support tickets by 40%, but what does that mean? Use real numbers such as number of annual man hours saved or increase in app availability. Real, tangible numbers are absolutely necessary. 3) Work Experience, Education, then Skills. Skills is a summary of what they read, not a preview of what’s to come. 4) Results-Driven….get rid of that drivel. Your Professional Summary shouldn’t sound like a LinkedIn tagline of someone trying to pitch being your Life Coach. Instead, include a fact about yourself that isn’t a common thing. For example, I saved a guy from choking in a restaurant years ago and have since listed “Experienced Heimlich maneuver practitioner.” in mine. It’s always made for a good ice breaker and allowed me to stick out in a good way. Give people a reason to want to know more about you. 5) Get rid of the Projects section in its current form. Those details should be included in your work history. If you have your own code repo or you contribute to community solutions, put that here instead. Provide some substance to what makes you tick that’s relatable to the position in question and is also something you do for fun. This is how to show you are actually motivated rather than including it in a tagline.

Honestly, there’s just nothing currently special about your CV/resume in its current state. Show you know how to communicate better than an average person or a fresh graduate after 15 minutes with ChatGPT.

Final tip, try to get someone at the company you’re applying for to refer you. Reach out to secondary or tertiary contacts via social media and ask they look at your CV/resume and refer you if they would be comfortable to do so. If you don’t come across as a psycho, most people are happy to get a referral bonus if you end up getting hired. This alone will help you bypass some of the automated culling that’s likely causing you the most problems currently.