Hello again! Anyone got any advise for a graduating MBA student to land a job even internships? I feel like Linkedin isnt doing me any good since im not just focused in a single area of expertise. I really dont care about the pay at this point I JUST NEED TO SURVIVE!!!Industries im interested in are (in no particular order;- AI/ML- Product Management- Data Science- Data, Cloud &/or Software Engineering- FinTech- HealthTech- Consulting- Business and/or Data Analysis- Customer Success- Gaming- Defense- SecurityThis is a long list (I Know!) but as someone trying to lauch an actual career any area will surfice! My MBA introduced me to Python, SQL & now Cybersecurity and i continued teaching myself to code in Javascript, React etc. Also self studying UiPath automation, AWS, Product Management & Data Science. Was recently accepted to two competitive courses at the same time, one focused on Product Management with real-life simulations, and the other in AI/ML via Samsung. Not sure if these certifications will lead me to actual jobs in the field but I thought since they're so competitive might as well add their certs to my resume when they're completed. Even paid for a short entry level IT course to see if i can gain the skills quickly to land a help desk job. As you can see i'm doing A LOT but thats because I dont have the luxury to be picky when i'm unemployed and these bills wont pay themselves 😭. Sorry for my long rant. Any useful advise and mostly referrals would be helpful! 🙏I have attached my resume. Any advise on that too would be very helpful. Thank you all!

I have some tips for your resume: First, you should aim for one page unless you are a seasoned vet with many considerable achievements and are being recruited right now. Since you're trying to introduce and make a name for yourself a resume is meant to grab a recruiter's attention. So at the very least put the more important things like job experience on the front. A Professional summary is pretty outdated these days and the same objective is typically achieved through a cover letter so I would recommend getting rid of it completely. Try to get rid of some of the necessary white space as well, it makes it seem bland and unstructured since the distribution of the white space isn't very symmetrical. Add substance to your past experiences, you should be able to give examples of what you achieved while in those positions and add a few bullet marks for projects and responsibilities that you had while in said position. Be sure to quantify when possible. e.g. improved sales revenue by x% or worked with so-and-so amount of data to achieve _____. Some things can also be consolidated into one category such as internships and professional experiences. Also technical skills and certifications. I am sure your college has resources to help with your resume, and see if you have a professional development dept. and try to schedule a meeting. worst case use Purdue's website they have a lot of great examples. Just remember that if it's on your resume it should be serving a purpose. Here's my LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/corbinskaff/ My resume can be seen on my account, although I do not have that much experience (going into the workforce this year) I take pride in my formatting. Note that after graduating Education should go to the bottom since work experience is what is most important. Good Luck!

Here's something you can do: Go build a toy web app that has enough complexity to show your skills. It could be an Instagram Clone with cut-down features. From there, make sure you understand the way how your site is built and be able to explain why you built a certain feature the way you built it. This way you can communicate to your hiring manager your thought process and be able to make them feel that you know what you're talking about. Wishing you the best on your job hunt!

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Hello again! Anyone got any advise for a graduating MBA student to land a job even internships? I feel like Linkedin isnt doing me any good since im not just focused in a single area of expertise. I really dont care about the pay at this point I JUST NEED TO SURVIVE!!!

Industries im interested in are (in no particular order;

- AI/ML

- Product Management

- Data Science

- Data, Cloud &/or Software Engineering

- FinTech

- HealthTech

- Consulting

- Business and/or Data Analysis

- Customer Success

- Gaming

- Defense

- Security

This is a long list (I Know!) but as someone trying to lauch an actual career any area will surfice! My MBA introduced me to Python, SQL & now Cybersecurity and i continued teaching myself to code in Javascript, React etc. Also self studying UiPath automation, AWS, Product Management & Data Science.

Was recently accepted to two competitive courses at the same time, one focused on Product Management with real-life simulations, and the other in AI/ML via Samsung. Not sure if these certifications will lead me to actual jobs in the field but I thought since they're so competitive might as well add their certs to my resume when they're completed.

Even paid for a short entry level IT course to see if i can gain the skills quickly to land a help desk job. As you can see i'm doing A LOT but thats because I dont have the luxury to be picky when i'm unemployed and these bills wont pay themselves 😭.

Sorry for my long rant. Any useful advise and mostly referrals would be helpful! 🙏

I have attached my resume. Any advise on that too would be very helpful. Thank you all!

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AngryDuckling22Data Analyst 2 months ago

I was in exactly your position ~1 year ago looking for a job. About to graduate with bills looming over the horizon so willing to get any job that will pay me lol. My advice would be that it’s ok to have a couple different areas of interest, but your resume shouldn’t reflect that. You should have multiple resumes with targeted skills and experience listed for the specific role that resume is targeting. For example I had 1 for Bioinformatics roles and 1 for Data Engineering roles. Looking at your resume, it seems like you would make one targeting Data Analyst roles and one for Software Developer roles. I would take out the skills like “Customer Success” and “Customer Service” and remove the activities and societies section. Try and reduce it down to one page and I would move the internships right below the skills.

A note on Linkedin, I know money might be tight but if you can subscribe to Linkedin Premium for the in mail credits that can be a huge help. When you find a job that you want to apply to message an individual at that company in that role and ask if you can hop on a call for ~15 minutes to ask them about the position because you are interested in it. At the end thank them for their time and ask if there is anybody else who might be able to share more information about the role with the goal of them hopefully referring you to the hiring manager.

You got this! Make sure to carve out time to relax, make sure you have somebody close who you can vent to every once in a while. Won’t be long till you have a great position.

joBusiness Administration & Management at Lamar University2 months ago

I appreciate you thank you so much!

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