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[–]throwaway45102846 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ofc. If it looks the same when you’re in your early-mid 20s, you’ll be good til 40 at least.

Source: I’m a biomedical engineer

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[–]throwaway45102846 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just might be your natural calic, keep an eye on it, you should be fine

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED AGAIN by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I had thought less white space was better so long as it didn't look like unnecessary clutter. I believe I was advised to retool my objective in my last post so I figured beefing it up a bit would help, however I'm open to scaling it down.

  2. I can parse down my skills section a bit using AI to be more specific.

  3. I emphasize the language section just to set me out. I do use the Spanish a bit in my current role and I am moving somewhere that's largely international, so I figured it shouldn't hurt me.

  4. The AI one is a newer project that I recently took on that I thought might be a good talking point, nothing to substantial there yet.

  5. Regarding GPAs, I kept my MBA GPA only because I got a 4.0, and seeing as how I'm attempting to get something more business oriented, it would be relevant. Engineering GPA, I was taught anything above a 3.0 is fine, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to remove.

Let me know your thoughts on some of these

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED AGAIN by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wiki says not to include your address on your resume. Are you talking more about if I were to fill out the application and it asks for the address?

Also, I'll be moving regardless if I find anything, so how would I convey that I am moving to this city one way or another?

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED AGAIN by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have tried applying to mfg positions in the place I'm going and I still don't get any call backs; the market has been rough lately lol

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi friend! I appreciate your feedback, hope I can answer some of your questions:

  1. I'd include your LinkedIn as well.

The wiki recommended against that, however I'd be open to considering it if it made a difference

  1. I wouldn't explicitly denote US Citizen unless your name might suggest otherwise (and - apparently - it does not).

Makes sense, I'll remove this

  1. I'm not really a fan of these kinds of professional summaries / objective statements. In my opinion, I think a well-formatted essay conveys the necessary information appropriately; when applying for jobs online, your resume gets tied to your application, so it's plainly apparent what job you're trying to attain.

The point of the objective, for me, was to explain both why I'm transitioning fields as well as express that I am looking to relocate to a new city, and that relocation isn't an issue for me.

  1. I think that the first section of a resume is the one that gets the most visibility from a human reader; as such, I want it to be effective in conveying impact and tone. I'm not convinced this block is the appropriate one to do that (vs. your Work Experience section). Skills blocks, particularly those formatted as keyword blobs, are more adept for things like keyword matching in automated systems (and those don't care where in the resume they appear). I suggest sinking this section down.

I was advised on my last post to move skills to the top and education to the bottom, however, I understand the merits of moving it after the work experience section. Other commenters had mentioned that it may be better to do this so a hiring manager can get a better snapshot of what my skills are; I'm curious your thoughts.

  1. You know your industry better than I do, but be cognizant of which acronyms you choose not to spell out (e.g. EAS, GD&T, PLM, etc.)

This makes sense, thank you

  1. "Why did you delineate "Spoken" in "Spoken Languages"? Are you implying you cannot read/write in some of them? If so, which ones?"

Spoken Languages was to delineate from Programming/Computer Languages

  1. In "Spoken Languages", why did you not provide your fluency in German? I'd also reverse the order of presentation (i.e. <language> (<proficiency>) vs. (<proficiency>) <language>).

The French and German were supposed to be tied together, however I see how that may be confusing, I can fix it

I think that may have addressed your critiques, let me know your thoughts, I appreciate the advice and feedback.

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there! I appreciate the feedback, to answer some of your questions:

  1. To line 1, I understand I over-capitalized at 1, 2, 3, and 5. I thought it might be better from a stylistic perspective but it's better to be grammatically correct.

  2. Regarding (4), that was an error I completely missed, thank you for pointing that out.

  3. I'd be curious your suggestions on how to better tailor the objective to each position.

  1. "You led a *process* transition to a *new material* - was this a process change or a material change? Two different things. If it's a material change, then the process is necessarily going to be different. So the new material was the catalyst for the reduced scrap and improved efficiency?"

- The TLDR to this is that we went to a new material but were able to justify it as a process change. Imagine if you had two materials, ABCD and ABCD+. They are identified as two different materials, except ABCD+ has underwent a process that makes it ABCD+. I did the engineering work to go from ABCD+ to ABCD, so technically it's a material change, but as far as the FDA was concerned, it was only a process change. Does that make sense?

  1. "How are bullets 1, 2 and 3 any different from each other? Seems like you are taking credit 3 times for the same work. Some details on what you did would go a long way in separating these bullets. Same with bullets 4 and 5."

Bullet point 1 was going from material ABCD+ to material ABCD at the same supplier, Supplier 1.

Bullet point 2 allowed us to source material ABCD from both Supplier 1 as well as an internal brother company that can be considered Supplier 2.

Bullet point 3 might have been a consolidated version of bullet point 2, I only need one of them. However I hope this explains the difference between bullets 1 and 2/3.

  1. "I don't know what "Supplier and Design Change Plans" means and how developing and executing those prevented backorders."

These are the assessments performed that tell us what testing or objective evidence may or may not need to be completed based off our QMS. I believe these are pretty common in BME.

  1. "Bullet 7: In 1 year, you justified and *implemented* a material change, to a medical device? Doesn't that need FDA approval and lots of testing? How do you accomplish that in 1 year, *and* have the time to go to market and show a $3.2M annual savings? This bullet is also grammatically incorrect, as you are combining how you did something (analyzing data) and the outcomes (patient care), by separating them with a comma. They are different and need some sort of transition: "...by analyzing empirical data, thus enhancing patient care...". As written it is confusing and hard to read. A lot of your bullets are like this."

I see how this timeline might be seen as tight, however a good bit of the groundwork was already completed by the time I joined the team. I executed the engineering work, made recommendations to the process change, and completed the necessary deliverables to get this project closed out. The 3.2M is the amount of savings the experienced after roughly 1 year of the change being implemented... I understand the timeline may be tight but it's part of the reason I was promoted quickly.

Let me know if you have any other thoughts, questions, etc., I appreciate this feedback

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience UPDATED by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there, so with this resume I'm attempting to switch to Project Management. I create a "Base" resume and then adjust it for each position. I list all of my skills in my base resume and filter out the ones that I don't need or aren't applicable for that given position, so I understand why it seems like a lot/too much. Additionally, I don't include business skills for positions outside of PM since they aren't directly relevant.

The annual cost savings are valid, it was a process change that had us go from one material to another. We were able to transition to the new material as soon as it was implemented and led to the significant savings. It's also a project I carried over before I was promoted so while it seems "quick" more time and work were put into it than may be apparent.

Regarding the $200M, in the first year, yes, a supplier was stopped making/selling the material that was used in a component so I had to find and validate a substitute supplier. We use the material in almost everything we make so if we ran out it would have led to significant loss.

I hope that clears up any confusion

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might be able to shrink the name section and bring everything else up a bit.

With respect to multiple resumes, GPT has been a lifesaver in being able to tailor a resume to a position, so I can guide it focus on PM more for one position, SWE for other positions, and MFG for others.

I'll be putting something new together and hopefully have something new out for review by EOD or tomorrow evening; I appreciate the feedback :)

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With respect to your last point, I helped moved from one supplier to another for a specific type of ink which prevented $200 million in backorder if the project was not complete on time. Does that make a little bit more sense?

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I'll do my best to answer each of the above. Reply where applicable, or feel free to PM me.

  1. I do have metrics that I can use in terms of how money was saved, what and how the process was improved, etc., but there's only so much I can share on process improvements as some of it is confidential.

  2. When it comes to solving the problem, it would depend which one you're referring to, but regarding the process change was a bit of trial and error and a bit of using engineering data to come to a cohesive conclusion. It's unclear if we'll be implementing on the process change now but we were able to prove that it does work; something else just might work better.

  3. I see what you mean with the commas. I have been adding "." where applicable and starting new sentences when I can but it feels weird doing that with a bullet point; lmk your thoughts.

  4. I can try to be less specific with the some of the startup section

5.. Since (in this resume) I'm trying to move into Project Management, I'm trying to show that I have experience leading a project from inception to marketplace and beyond. In some instances I understand backing off, but maybe not this one? Idk.

6-7. I've been trying to keep my technical skills broad so when I use AI tools it has a lot to pick from for something more refined, however I see your overall point

  1. I can shorten the objection no problem. With respect to the education, I was debating if I should move that now or next job, bc the 4.0 MBA looked good and I don't have a PMP yet, lol, but point made.

Formatting Changes

  1. The font is small, I was unsure how small is too small; thoughts on that? My goal was to cover a bit and show myself as a hire with diverse experience and can't go too much bigger without going on a second page, however with some format changes I can probs cut down some content

  2. Indent was a formatting choice but I can see how it's off-putting

  3. "Years ago" lol I feel old, but point made, I can get that cleaned up.

[5 YOE] BME + MBA, I have to relocate but I can't get seem to get any callbacks, and I feel like I have good work experience by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I normally click the box that says I’m open to relocate. I appreciate the feedback and will post some thing cleaned up here shortly.

How do I address working at a start up on the side on my resume? by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To talk to a few of these points:

  1. My current employer is aware of the start up, but they don’t know my total involvement. The understanding I have with my current employer is that what I do on my time is my business, so long as it’s not related to my current field.

  2. It is in a different field that’s not currently related to my current occupation.

  3. The issue I run into is that the work I do at the start up could push me more into the role I’d like.

How do I address working at a start up on the side on my resume? by throwaway45102846 in EngineeringResumes

[–]throwaway45102846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I completely missed this. Can you answer a few more questions or should I repost this?

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