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… 7. Pattern of short job history. Some companies might not care. But if you have a consistent pattern of only working somewhere for 6 months (again, very common) then it tells me you are just job hoping. I know the saying that this is the best way to get a raise in tech. But if youve had 4 jobs in 2 years then I won't waste my time. It will take you 6 months to even start to provide value at the company, and i don't want to be replacing your position twice a year. Im fine with a single job that has a short stint. Just as long as its not a pattern of behavior. Its really common to get resumes with engineers that have 6-8 jobs and only 3 years of experience (Its very common). I'm not delusional enough to believe that our company will be the one you stick around with. So I move on from this. As long as you have an average pattern of at least a year with jobs, then you're fine. If you worked contract, this is different and you should list that in the job description. 8. No good bullet points. With each job you should list things you accomplished. …

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the_jendsHN

I think this write up is a good resource for those who got called into at least an interview. I wonder how does one improve if the rejections come even before a single interview? At that stage companies typically will not give you any reason for the rejection either for legal reasons or simply convenience. This leaves you hesitating whether to apply to other companies for fear they will reject you for the same unknown reason. Maybe someone who has been in the other side of equation can explain, what are the common reasons would get someone discarded before an interview and is there really no way to communicate those better to the rejectee?

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the_jendsHN

Thanks for the answer. I honestly don't know about the photo thing. LinkedIn itself has a photo of the person and I would assume companies at least check a candidate's linkedin profile in which case they will see the photo of the candidate. Some companies also look at your social media presence which also has your photo.

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mejutocoHN

Overall great points. The photo bit is highly country-dependent. In Germany, for example, everyone attaches professional quasi studio photos on the cv.

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ojlHN

> If I look at someone who has worked somewhere for 3 years and didn't get a title change or promotion during that time, then I get worried that they aren't providing good quality work. In a country where people care a lot about titles this might be more important. In most Scandinavian companies I have worked in most developers were just “Developer” or “software developer” or similar, no “junior developer” -> “developer” -> “senior developer” and so on. Some large companies might have some internal level system. It might change though, I have started seeing more junior, senior, principal compared to ten years ago.

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vehemenzHN

Home address establishes transparency and that the applicant is a real person (usually). I agree it doesn't matter for hiring purposes beyond that, but I've found home address to be a good indicator of a non-generated resume.

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flamebreath447HN

I spotted at least three typos in your response so I stopped reading. Maybe spelling is hard for them or English isn’t their first language.

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