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How I created my resume/logo/portfolio in the last 3 hours

Aashir Khan on August 10, 2020

So, I'm back again and πŸ™ˆ sorry for not posting for a while again and again. So, What's happening? (Summary in 1 paragraph) COVID-19 kil...
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JkImExploring

I've been thinking about redoing my portfolio based on my resume too. I'm really not happy with my current site so this is the project on my to do list for the month. Maybe I can even get it done in a day or two 🀣 but I am still a baby dev so there'll be lots of troubleshooting.

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Aashir Khan

Troubleshooting is what makes us feel exhausted and successful at the same time. (Weird Feeling).

Yoda was also baby one day, then after the realization of force. He achieved mastery. (Star Wars Reference)

Would love to see your portfolio soon πŸ˜…

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JkImExploring

I really enjoy troubleshooting and debugging, it's the initial code I kind of dread πŸ˜…

I love that comparison!!

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Matthew Perez • Edited

Hey Aashir, cool article.

How does the resume perform on scanning software used by recruiters/websites/etc? It looks pretty cool but it feels a bit difficult to read as-is, primarily the font size and section order. There's also a lot of empty space on the bottom right. Have you seen what it's like to print it?

I've been re-writing my resume constantly over the past few months, mainly because of the hundreds of auto-rejects with only two further inquiries. I found out my resume wasn't scoring well on those services by using stuff like ResumeWorded.com.

Aside from getting past the screeners, the number one thing I got out of the constant rewriting is that you need to put yourself in the reader's shoes and think of what's important to them. How do you get your information into the head of a stranger that reviews dozens or hundreds of applications on a regular basis?

One study finds the time spent reviewing a resume is only 6 seconds. Time spent trying to understand a resume means less time left to actually process it.

I think the branding stuff and signature is a pretty cool idea and definitely something to use on your portfolio website, but you should check to make sure your resume isn't shooting yourself in the foot.

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Aashir Khan

Agghh, Thanks alot for allowing me to think from such a different perspective.

I'm already thinking about it.
Let me read more about the resume best practices + I' think
Current resume will work great as a website but I'll optimize the print version.

❀️

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

This looks nice!

I wound up reworking my resume based on my website as well.

I also created a logo for myself, based on my username and signature bow ties. It appears on slides in my conference presentations. (I never include it on resumes!)

CodeMouse92

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Aashir Khan

Aye aye Captain.

Logo looks cool, and funny.

I'll also need a logo-mark for myself, maybe some mascot.

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Uchena Miller

Best 1 page resume I've seen in months!!!!!!

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Aashir Khan

Thanks ❀️

Canva got some amazing one-page resume templates.

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Uchena Miller

I am going to checkout canva. Thanks

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peter279k

Thanks for sharing your resume! It's very helpful for me to scratch :).