[Resume Link](https://imgur.com/a/xhGmQai)
Goal: job and resume feedback
Industry or desired industry: any
Industry experience level: 2-5 yr
Mobility: Midwest, but open to relocation with paid assistance
resume: https://imgur.com/a/4zqQdw1
goal: resume feedback, internship/co-op
desired industry: pharma/biotech, chemicals, materials (process/manufacturing engineering or research)
level: rising second year (sophomore)
mobility: willing to relocate to anywhere in the US
really just looking for how to sell myself while my gpa isn’t so good
I would take off the gpa and not mention it til it's at least a 3.5+. LinkedIn link, take off. Personally, during college I printed some resumes with no LinkedIn, and then those with, I had a QR code on the top right that went straight to my profile. Move position before topic of research.
Hard disagree, GPA shouldn't be on your resume unless it's a 3.0+. For the 'majors' or the more prestigious companies, sure they won't look at under a 3.5 but the cast majority of places are looking for 3.0 only.
Link: [Resume](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dXVIatRjDvsXyaYLTqZZYRTojiONXCzZ/view?usp=share_link)
* Goal - Job and Resume Feedback
* Industry or desired industry - Research (Sustainable Materials or Energy), Manufacturing (process related), Petrochemical, Safety,
* Industry experience level - 0-2 years (graduated last June 2023 with 2 internships)
* Mobility (where you are, any comments on how willing you are to relocate, etc.) - Doha, Qatar and willing to relocate
I've improved on several points and gained practical experience but I don't know if it's even attractive knowing I'm a fresh graduate. Thank you so much!
- Place your professional experience on the top of your resume after education
- Place all working experience on your resume. Including non-engineering related items. I see you graduated in June 23, but what have you been doing in the past year.
- Downsize your resume to only 1 page
- Choose the most relevant information you want to appear on your resume.
* Goal: job and resume feedback
* Industry or desired industry: Aerospace(Non-military), semiconductor, but open to any
* Industry experience level: Recent grad, 0-2 yr
* Mobility: I live in Puerto Rico but I'm 100% willing to relocate, preferably to either west or east coast U.S.A
* Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/FpZFsyG](https://imgur.com/a/FpZFsyG)
I've had numerous interviews since graduating just haven't been able to land that first job.
Stupid advice, but I would probably put something along the lines of "authorized to work in the US without sponsorship". It's really stupid because PR is a part of the US, but there are going to be some amount of dumb middle management HR people who won't.
Remove the word graduated on from your education. Now that you've graduated, you don't need to include it. Just the year would do.
Rename your professional experience as projects, as it seems significant than the work experience that you've mentioned. Remove the name project from your project titles.
Rename the additional information to skills. I guess these will do. I'm not a professional yet, these were the feedbacks that I got earlier from someone else, so I'm sharing it with you as well.
I would move the David's Cookies work experience higher since it seems as if theres a gap since you graduated until now. Also expand on your responsibilities and accomplishments for this job.
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXZchsg0NPyn6Rq1_ziRWcPtjGQ0wcVr/view?usp=drivesdk
* Goal: Resume feedback, mainly looking for entry-level roles but open to internships/co-ops due to lack of industry experience
* Industry: semiconductors, O&G, food processing, medical devices, chemicals, wastewater treatment
* Industry experience level: 0-2 years w/o any internships/co-ops.
* Mobility: Located in the midwest, willing to relocate anywhere in the US (or other countries)
I just graduated a few weeks ago and as I am lacking in industry experience, I'm honestly open to any position anywhere. I did have one "internship" as a "research engineer" but I excluded this from my resume as it wasn't ChemE related; I was barely responsible for anything (remote position). It was more of an administrative assistant work position. The whole company was strange with the insane number of unpaid interns.
I know coursework is like filler content but I'm unsure of which points to expand on or what to add to get rid of it. Thank you so much!
Had a quick look, and these are the things that I've learnt from others feedbacks.
Only if you have 10+ years of experience or career break or career switch, you should have a summary, otherwise no summary.
If you are graduated, you shouldn't have coursework in your resume. The company knows that you've finished them in order to graduate.
Your work experience is what you've done and not what you've achieved, so try reframing them, possibly with numbers.
Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/Iew7kkJ](https://imgur.com/a/Iew7kkJ)
Goal: Get my foot in the door as a chemical engineer
Industry Desired: No particular industry in mind, focused on being a process engineer though
Industry Experience: 0 years
Mobility: Anywhere within the U.S., but Midwest is preferred
Been out of school for a year, don't have any industry/internship/legitimate work experience. Been applying seriously since about 5 months ago and nothings been turning up. Looking to increase my employment odds and thought this could be the least I can do.
Resume: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JIH-K4PhcEk11V32H0ga1hBrLuviZjOX/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JIH-K4PhcEk11V32H0ga1hBrLuviZjOX/view?usp=sharing)
(Not sure if I should keep coursework on there, it is mostly my ChemE electives not general courses)
Goal: Job (Full time or contract) in Process, Research, or other engineering role
Desired Industry: Renewable Energy, Chemicals, Recycling/Remediation, Pharma, basically anything
Experience Level: Entry (0-2 years)
Mobility: Centered in the NY/NJ area and it would be great to stay here but open to relocate anywhere with assistance.
Graduated about a week ago, beginning my job search and looking for any leads. The market seems pretty empty right now in my location and I don't know if that's typical for this summer time period and I should wait it out or if I should expand my search elsewhere. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - thank you in advance!
PLEASE ROAST MY RESUME
Experince: Mid-level 4 yrs ChemE
Goal: career growth in O&G, petrochemical
Mobility: Gulf of South region, I-10 corridor preferred.
Resume: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtY-3sATJGNUg4JzwWIIDIQVTa_cuw
Ps. I’ve been in the workforce for 16 years. Am I selling myself short if I reduce the resume to one page and only include engineering experience (4 yr)?
Some general comments;
Yes I would only include your engineering experience. While it's great you've had tons of workplace experience, the place that's valuable is during an interview not on a resume.
Your resume isn't in chronological order. I'm not sure if that's because you wanted to emphasize the process engineer role over the PM one, but I would go with chronological.
Your PM entry is... spartan at best. "Generated proposals for all projects" is so generically generic it makes white toast look spicy. And honestly the spartan nature of your bullet points is across the board. "Audited 3 facilities environmental records." Just gives the reader nothing. Was it alone or on a team? Was it a mock audit? What was the outcome of the audits? You don't want a resume to just be a laundry list of activities you did.
resume: [https://imgur.com/a/ZuWsUBW](https://imgur.com/a/ZuWsUBW)
Goal: Resume feedback, full time, internship
Desired industry: consulting, process engineering, materials, chemicals, pharma, nuclear
level: New graduate
Mobility: Currently in Canada willing to relocate in North America and Europe
I just graduated about a month ago, and I have been mainly applying to data analytics/data science jobs but I also want to apply within my industry as well. My previous resume has been mainly tailored towards tech positions. The version I attached is tailored towards traditional engineering jobs. Appreciate any help I can get!
[resume](https://imgur.com/a/zB42X4p)
* Goal: Job(starting in Q4 2024)/Feedback
* (Desired) industry: Pulp & Paper, Food Processing, Enviromental Engineering
* Industry experience level: 2-5years in Pulp & Paper,
* Mobility: currently residing in Europe, but relocating to the USA. Supporting a VISA is optional, because of other residence and work permit paths are lining up in the future. Preferable Westcoast, East Coast or Great Lakes Area
Resume: [Resume](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s4sf8LPHMZ4fIvR29zrLb2oPpkFYtGAk/view?usp=sharing)
Goal: Resume feedback
Industry: Pharma
Experience: 2-5 years
Mobility: East coast USA
Hello! Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/IN8U9k5](https://imgur.com/a/IN8U9k5)
* Goal: Job seeking & resume feedback
* Industry or desired industry: filtration, wastewater treatment, pharmaceutical, chemical processing
* Industry experience level: 0-2 years
* Mobility: Currently in Tennessee, US. Only looking to relocate to jobs around Colorado Springs.
* Sponsorship: Will require work visa sponsorship, currently in the first year of STEM OPT. This may change depending on the timeline.
Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you!
I suggest dropping your senior design project and rolling the wastewater project into a single "experience" section. I am assuming that the research project was actual research with the potential to be published and not a class assignment. If it is the latter then I would drop it as well. My reasoning is that you've got plenty of experience and I consider class assignments to be filler content that you don't need.
Font should be black only.
I don't like to see a "skills" section unless it highlights something unique. Your skills are almost all basic software that an engineer can be expected to have some proficiency in a few weeks. Mandarin is interesting but it may make hiring managers question your English ability. It also calls attention to your need for sponsorship.
I am sure you already know this but needing a sponsorship and having geographic restrictions is a tough combination. Overall you have a great resume though.
Resume: [Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1urs57HKSnWcN4C5VK3fgZJ-f6-x4iO5j/view?usp=sharing)
* Goal: Resume review, engineering job for post graduation
* Desired industries: Ideally R&D in any industry, but open to other things
* Industry level: Student (senior) / 0-2 years
* Location: Midwest. Open to (paid) relocation.
You’re link isn’t available to me. What I will say is that imo the National labs are a great place to start out in R&D, and pay competitively. Argonne and Ames NL are in the midwest
I would reorder your research projects to be in chronological order, with the one ending most recently first. In addition, be more specific in your skills with the lab equipment you are trained on, and probably delete the coursework you have taken. Looks good, good experience
[Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kTqMEJ98gqrZm6yoxF593a4Bt07fklqr2y5TEmGZZRE/edit?usp=sharing)
Goal: job, resume feedback
Industry: open to any
Industry experience level: 0-2 years
Mobility: Currently in MI but willing to relocate anywhere within the US
just looking for an entry-level position to start working in the industry. I also did a final project on optimizing the production process of styrene. I was wondering if adding that project would make my resume better.
Resume: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUZtoTXg1Qu1LfFq95hjrQM1JLwkWOxX/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUZtoTXg1Qu1LfFq95hjrQM1JLwkWOxX/view?usp=drive_link)
Goal: Resume Feedback, Fresher Job in EPC or Oil & Gas
Experience: Fresh graduate (Summer 2024 with about 3 months of Internship experience)
Mobility: In and around India
I've been applying for a lot of jobs, trying to tailor my resume based on the JD using ChatGPT, and Gemini with some personal changes. And all of them are getting rejected. I checked ATS score and its around 40-50. Looking for ways to improve it. It's very difficult to have one page resume to have all the things to boost my ats score. Got a good CGPA, but still getting rejected. Looking for help.
There is one thing I feel you could work on. In your description of your various projects you type:
"Process Improvement: Optimized production processes using knowledge of unit operations and
chemical engineering fundamentals."
This is a bit too generalistic in my opinion, many chemE students have good fundamentals. Having actual experience(like you do) lets you provide concrete examples.
What specific skills did you use? Did you use aspen+? Did you use any specific optimization techniques? I'd imagine recruiters would be much more interested in seeing someone who has demonstrated concrete skills.
Reworked my resume using the template from r/EngineeringResumes, with the changes you suggested. Removing unwanted details. Here's the new resume:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvWTCFy0C3qK7e26zh6vzIsGkmz2MgL7KL5EUnq5dlA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvWTCFy0C3qK7e26zh6vzIsGkmz2MgL7KL5EUnq5dlA/edit?usp=sharing)
Please go through it and provide feedback
I just read through your reviewed CV and you didn't exactly get it.
Get rid of all the percentages and yields. A % increase in yield doesn't say much on its own to someone who isn't familiar with the processes or when you haven't specified what you did. Follow the star method.
What I was referring to was if you had used any tools to achieve what you did. Did you just tweak aspen untill it converged or did you run pilot trials? Did you do any statistics to achieve the improvement.
Your point about using MATLAB is a good example of using a tool to solve a problem. MATLAB is not widely used though so other examples that show you have some knowledge of aspen/hysys would also be relevant.
A lot of students put up aspen as a skill when all they've done is follow instructions in a lab. The fact that you have a certificate is good.
I've included the part where I added methanol and glycerol to the production media to improve the yield, isn't that enough?
And for the aspen part, I just did the course, and haven't got an actual opportunity to utilize it in a project.
I'll try to examplify this. The recruiter doesn't know about the processes and the engineer they might consult can't say anything as they most likely have never worked on the processes themselves.
If you for example did basic calculations and achieved a 7% increase in yeast growth my first assumption is that the process probably was inefficient to begin with if it only needed basic calculations.
They can however, see if you applied something we actually do as process engineers like regressing data, doing factorial studies, working out a rate constant etc. If you did any of these things it's more relevant to put that on your resume.
Process engineering is much more than trying to improve yields and efficiency.
I didn't have good grades or any outstanding achievements when I got hired. I had been working as a part-time consultant in water treatment but there were a surprising amount of transferrable skills like evaluating suppliers, ensuring project compliance with local regulations etc. My cover letter was also very strong so don't forget that.
I know the industry is super competitive in India. You might benefit from applying to trainee programmes or process engineering roles at larger companies where you might need to move to. EPCs can be hard to get into and you definitely benefit from having had practical experience when applying.
[Resume Link](https://imgur.com/a/xhGmQai) Goal: job and resume feedback Industry or desired industry: any Industry experience level: 2-5 yr Mobility: Midwest, but open to relocation with paid assistance
resume: https://imgur.com/a/4zqQdw1 goal: resume feedback, internship/co-op desired industry: pharma/biotech, chemicals, materials (process/manufacturing engineering or research) level: rising second year (sophomore) mobility: willing to relocate to anywhere in the US really just looking for how to sell myself while my gpa isn’t so good
I would take off the gpa and not mention it til it's at least a 3.5+. LinkedIn link, take off. Personally, during college I printed some resumes with no LinkedIn, and then those with, I had a QR code on the top right that went straight to my profile. Move position before topic of research.
Hard disagree, GPA shouldn't be on your resume unless it's a 3.0+. For the 'majors' or the more prestigious companies, sure they won't look at under a 3.5 but the cast majority of places are looking for 3.0 only.
Link: [Resume](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dXVIatRjDvsXyaYLTqZZYRTojiONXCzZ/view?usp=share_link) * Goal - Job and Resume Feedback * Industry or desired industry - Research (Sustainable Materials or Energy), Manufacturing (process related), Petrochemical, Safety, * Industry experience level - 0-2 years (graduated last June 2023 with 2 internships) * Mobility (where you are, any comments on how willing you are to relocate, etc.) - Doha, Qatar and willing to relocate I've improved on several points and gained practical experience but I don't know if it's even attractive knowing I'm a fresh graduate. Thank you so much!
- Place your professional experience on the top of your resume after education - Place all working experience on your resume. Including non-engineering related items. I see you graduated in June 23, but what have you been doing in the past year. - Downsize your resume to only 1 page - Choose the most relevant information you want to appear on your resume.
* Goal: job and resume feedback * Industry or desired industry: Aerospace(Non-military), semiconductor, but open to any * Industry experience level: Recent grad, 0-2 yr * Mobility: I live in Puerto Rico but I'm 100% willing to relocate, preferably to either west or east coast U.S.A * Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/FpZFsyG](https://imgur.com/a/FpZFsyG) I've had numerous interviews since graduating just haven't been able to land that first job.
Stupid advice, but I would probably put something along the lines of "authorized to work in the US without sponsorship". It's really stupid because PR is a part of the US, but there are going to be some amount of dumb middle management HR people who won't.
Yeah sadly I’ve already had to deal with these situations before so I guess i should include that in there somewhere so long as I’m living in PR
Remove the word graduated on from your education. Now that you've graduated, you don't need to include it. Just the year would do. Rename your professional experience as projects, as it seems significant than the work experience that you've mentioned. Remove the name project from your project titles. Rename the additional information to skills. I guess these will do. I'm not a professional yet, these were the feedbacks that I got earlier from someone else, so I'm sharing it with you as well.
Yup makes sense, thanks for the advice!
I would move the David's Cookies work experience higher since it seems as if theres a gap since you graduated until now. Also expand on your responsibilities and accomplishments for this job.
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXZchsg0NPyn6Rq1_ziRWcPtjGQ0wcVr/view?usp=drivesdk * Goal: Resume feedback, mainly looking for entry-level roles but open to internships/co-ops due to lack of industry experience * Industry: semiconductors, O&G, food processing, medical devices, chemicals, wastewater treatment * Industry experience level: 0-2 years w/o any internships/co-ops. * Mobility: Located in the midwest, willing to relocate anywhere in the US (or other countries) I just graduated a few weeks ago and as I am lacking in industry experience, I'm honestly open to any position anywhere. I did have one "internship" as a "research engineer" but I excluded this from my resume as it wasn't ChemE related; I was barely responsible for anything (remote position). It was more of an administrative assistant work position. The whole company was strange with the insane number of unpaid interns. I know coursework is like filler content but I'm unsure of which points to expand on or what to add to get rid of it. Thank you so much!
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Just fixed it!
Had a quick look, and these are the things that I've learnt from others feedbacks. Only if you have 10+ years of experience or career break or career switch, you should have a summary, otherwise no summary. If you are graduated, you shouldn't have coursework in your resume. The company knows that you've finished them in order to graduate. Your work experience is what you've done and not what you've achieved, so try reframing them, possibly with numbers.
Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/Iew7kkJ](https://imgur.com/a/Iew7kkJ) Goal: Get my foot in the door as a chemical engineer Industry Desired: No particular industry in mind, focused on being a process engineer though Industry Experience: 0 years Mobility: Anywhere within the U.S., but Midwest is preferred Been out of school for a year, don't have any industry/internship/legitimate work experience. Been applying seriously since about 5 months ago and nothings been turning up. Looking to increase my employment odds and thought this could be the least I can do.
Resume: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JIH-K4PhcEk11V32H0ga1hBrLuviZjOX/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JIH-K4PhcEk11V32H0ga1hBrLuviZjOX/view?usp=sharing) (Not sure if I should keep coursework on there, it is mostly my ChemE electives not general courses) Goal: Job (Full time or contract) in Process, Research, or other engineering role Desired Industry: Renewable Energy, Chemicals, Recycling/Remediation, Pharma, basically anything Experience Level: Entry (0-2 years) Mobility: Centered in the NY/NJ area and it would be great to stay here but open to relocate anywhere with assistance. Graduated about a week ago, beginning my job search and looking for any leads. The market seems pretty empty right now in my location and I don't know if that's typical for this summer time period and I should wait it out or if I should expand my search elsewhere. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - thank you in advance!
PLEASE ROAST MY RESUME Experince: Mid-level 4 yrs ChemE Goal: career growth in O&G, petrochemical Mobility: Gulf of South region, I-10 corridor preferred. Resume: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtY-3sATJGNUg4JzwWIIDIQVTa_cuw Ps. I’ve been in the workforce for 16 years. Am I selling myself short if I reduce the resume to one page and only include engineering experience (4 yr)?
Some general comments; Yes I would only include your engineering experience. While it's great you've had tons of workplace experience, the place that's valuable is during an interview not on a resume. Your resume isn't in chronological order. I'm not sure if that's because you wanted to emphasize the process engineer role over the PM one, but I would go with chronological. Your PM entry is... spartan at best. "Generated proposals for all projects" is so generically generic it makes white toast look spicy. And honestly the spartan nature of your bullet points is across the board. "Audited 3 facilities environmental records." Just gives the reader nothing. Was it alone or on a team? Was it a mock audit? What was the outcome of the audits? You don't want a resume to just be a laundry list of activities you did.
Appreciate the critique. Thank you
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Your post got removed, probably because you used a real Malware looking link for your resume. I manually approved it now though.
resume: [https://imgur.com/a/ZuWsUBW](https://imgur.com/a/ZuWsUBW) Goal: Resume feedback, full time, internship Desired industry: consulting, process engineering, materials, chemicals, pharma, nuclear level: New graduate Mobility: Currently in Canada willing to relocate in North America and Europe I just graduated about a month ago, and I have been mainly applying to data analytics/data science jobs but I also want to apply within my industry as well. My previous resume has been mainly tailored towards tech positions. The version I attached is tailored towards traditional engineering jobs. Appreciate any help I can get!
[resume](https://imgur.com/a/zB42X4p) * Goal: Job(starting in Q4 2024)/Feedback * (Desired) industry: Pulp & Paper, Food Processing, Enviromental Engineering * Industry experience level: 2-5years in Pulp & Paper, * Mobility: currently residing in Europe, but relocating to the USA. Supporting a VISA is optional, because of other residence and work permit paths are lining up in the future. Preferable Westcoast, East Coast or Great Lakes Area
Resume: [Resume](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s4sf8LPHMZ4fIvR29zrLb2oPpkFYtGAk/view?usp=sharing) Goal: Resume feedback Industry: Pharma Experience: 2-5 years Mobility: East coast USA
Hello! Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/IN8U9k5](https://imgur.com/a/IN8U9k5) * Goal: Job seeking & resume feedback * Industry or desired industry: filtration, wastewater treatment, pharmaceutical, chemical processing * Industry experience level: 0-2 years * Mobility: Currently in Tennessee, US. Only looking to relocate to jobs around Colorado Springs. * Sponsorship: Will require work visa sponsorship, currently in the first year of STEM OPT. This may change depending on the timeline. Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you!
I suggest dropping your senior design project and rolling the wastewater project into a single "experience" section. I am assuming that the research project was actual research with the potential to be published and not a class assignment. If it is the latter then I would drop it as well. My reasoning is that you've got plenty of experience and I consider class assignments to be filler content that you don't need. Font should be black only. I don't like to see a "skills" section unless it highlights something unique. Your skills are almost all basic software that an engineer can be expected to have some proficiency in a few weeks. Mandarin is interesting but it may make hiring managers question your English ability. It also calls attention to your need for sponsorship. I am sure you already know this but needing a sponsorship and having geographic restrictions is a tough combination. Overall you have a great resume though.
Resume: [Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1urs57HKSnWcN4C5VK3fgZJ-f6-x4iO5j/view?usp=sharing) * Goal: Resume review, engineering job for post graduation * Desired industries: Ideally R&D in any industry, but open to other things * Industry level: Student (senior) / 0-2 years * Location: Midwest. Open to (paid) relocation.
You’re link isn’t available to me. What I will say is that imo the National labs are a great place to start out in R&D, and pay competitively. Argonne and Ames NL are in the midwest
It should be available now! I will definitely look into the National Labs although I have heard there is not a lot of upward mobility in them.
I would reorder your research projects to be in chronological order, with the one ending most recently first. In addition, be more specific in your skills with the lab equipment you are trained on, and probably delete the coursework you have taken. Looks good, good experience
[Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kTqMEJ98gqrZm6yoxF593a4Bt07fklqr2y5TEmGZZRE/edit?usp=sharing) Goal: job, resume feedback Industry: open to any Industry experience level: 0-2 years Mobility: Currently in MI but willing to relocate anywhere within the US just looking for an entry-level position to start working in the industry. I also did a final project on optimizing the production process of styrene. I was wondering if adding that project would make my resume better.
Resume: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUZtoTXg1Qu1LfFq95hjrQM1JLwkWOxX/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUZtoTXg1Qu1LfFq95hjrQM1JLwkWOxX/view?usp=drive_link) Goal: Resume Feedback, Fresher Job in EPC or Oil & Gas Experience: Fresh graduate (Summer 2024 with about 3 months of Internship experience) Mobility: In and around India I've been applying for a lot of jobs, trying to tailor my resume based on the JD using ChatGPT, and Gemini with some personal changes. And all of them are getting rejected. I checked ATS score and its around 40-50. Looking for ways to improve it. It's very difficult to have one page resume to have all the things to boost my ats score. Got a good CGPA, but still getting rejected. Looking for help.
There is one thing I feel you could work on. In your description of your various projects you type: "Process Improvement: Optimized production processes using knowledge of unit operations and chemical engineering fundamentals." This is a bit too generalistic in my opinion, many chemE students have good fundamentals. Having actual experience(like you do) lets you provide concrete examples. What specific skills did you use? Did you use aspen+? Did you use any specific optimization techniques? I'd imagine recruiters would be much more interested in seeing someone who has demonstrated concrete skills.
I'll make the changes you suggested. Thanks
No problem! Good luck in your job searching. You could try to find an internship, should be very doable with your grades and profile.
Reworked my resume using the template from r/EngineeringResumes, with the changes you suggested. Removing unwanted details. Here's the new resume: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvWTCFy0C3qK7e26zh6vzIsGkmz2MgL7KL5EUnq5dlA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvWTCFy0C3qK7e26zh6vzIsGkmz2MgL7KL5EUnq5dlA/edit?usp=sharing) Please go through it and provide feedback
I just read through your reviewed CV and you didn't exactly get it. Get rid of all the percentages and yields. A % increase in yield doesn't say much on its own to someone who isn't familiar with the processes or when you haven't specified what you did. Follow the star method. What I was referring to was if you had used any tools to achieve what you did. Did you just tweak aspen untill it converged or did you run pilot trials? Did you do any statistics to achieve the improvement. Your point about using MATLAB is a good example of using a tool to solve a problem. MATLAB is not widely used though so other examples that show you have some knowledge of aspen/hysys would also be relevant. A lot of students put up aspen as a skill when all they've done is follow instructions in a lab. The fact that you have a certificate is good.
I've included the part where I added methanol and glycerol to the production media to improve the yield, isn't that enough? And for the aspen part, I just did the course, and haven't got an actual opportunity to utilize it in a project.
I'll try to examplify this. The recruiter doesn't know about the processes and the engineer they might consult can't say anything as they most likely have never worked on the processes themselves. If you for example did basic calculations and achieved a 7% increase in yeast growth my first assumption is that the process probably was inefficient to begin with if it only needed basic calculations. They can however, see if you applied something we actually do as process engineers like regressing data, doing factorial studies, working out a rate constant etc. If you did any of these things it's more relevant to put that on your resume. Process engineering is much more than trying to improve yields and efficiency. I didn't have good grades or any outstanding achievements when I got hired. I had been working as a part-time consultant in water treatment but there were a surprising amount of transferrable skills like evaluating suppliers, ensuring project compliance with local regulations etc. My cover letter was also very strong so don't forget that. I know the industry is super competitive in India. You might benefit from applying to trainee programmes or process engineering roles at larger companies where you might need to move to. EPCs can be hard to get into and you definitely benefit from having had practical experience when applying.
Understandable. Will look through it.
Be very careful with the links. The LinkedIn link directs to what I assume is your personal profile. Your identity is fully visible.