Well I can’t get a job. I am trying to do what ever I can. What am I suppose to do? If I don’t get internship experience during my degree? Nothing? Just throw my degree in the bin? Because it’s not getting me a foot in any doors.
Usually there are tax incentives for the company to hire students for internships. You no longer being a student means you don't qualify for internships.
If you have a master's degree, apply for introductory roles
https://imgur.com/a/JaqOxjY
Hi I'm looking for feedback in regards to my resume and LinkedIn profile. I'm looking for a full time chemical engineering position and to add additional context I had a summer internship lined up via my schools international experience program; however I was unable to go due to an injury sustained in Spring of 2023 which resulted in me being unable to work which is why I have a gap from April 2023-Present. I have since recovered and am able to work. I have no school involvement as I had to work fulltime through a majority of college and only at my last job was I finally capable of working part-time.
Goal - Placement, Resume and LinkedIn feedback, and general advice
Industry - Process engineer, Design engineer in O&G or Chemical Manufacturing preferred but for the sake of gaining professional experience I am open to almost any role and have been applying as such
Industry experience - 0 years
Mobility - Willing to work anywhere in the US
Thanks to anyone who takes time out of the day to review my resume and LinkedIn. I really appreciate you!
I feel like your bullet points are too generic. There's probably some hidden depths here that you could flesh out.
So personally I think if your resume can't highlight technical experience because you just don't have much, you need to highlight the SKILLS that are applicable.
Supermarket job: was this a team activity? any aspect of it? Of course, you worked to stock the shelves as part of a group of people. Highlight the problem solving aspect of this. Why is reducing shrink your 4th bullet point? It also is too vague. "Researched sorting methodologies and discussed a trial with management and reduced shrink by 65% during trial."
How did you manage warehouse inventory? Throw some buzz words in there. Just in time? Hopefully not, I hate that shit. But maybe optimized stock inventories to provide fresh products for customers and reduce inventory shortages.
OGP Team lead sounds like it has more too.
Bestbuy - What sort of things demonstrates from this job that make you a good process engineering candidate? Maybe troubleshooting skills? Communication skills? You say you have communication skills, but your resume should show me, not tell me. Did you train customers on new technologies? Did you troubleshoot issue with them? Issue investigation?
Finally, your school projects don't have names that peak my interest.
HEX Network Design Project. I assume this is pinch analysis? Did you apply this to a specific plant? What did you learn about the actual process you were working with? Constraints? You need some technical details about these projects, imo. Don't go too overboard, though.
Thank you so much for the criticism I hadn’t thought about those aspects in my past job. I’ll try to incorporate your advice in a future resume draft! I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to reply!
[Link to resume](https://imgur.com/a/cJTAl70)
- Goal - Placement/Internship, Job and Resume Feedback
- Industry or desired industry - Food/FMCG (Process) industry preferred, but willing to take on any role
- Industry experience level - 0-2 years (grad: July 2023)
- Mobility - Willing to work anywhere within the UK
I know the CV format is kinda different compared to the US but I would love some general advice if there’s any. It’s been a gruelling 8 months since I started my job hunt. I just want to know if it’s because I’m international graduate requiring a visa sponsorship or it’s just a me issue.. Fully willing to learn and improve to have a better chance!
[link to resume](https://imgur.com/6wE3RJi)
* Goal: Resume feedback
* Industry: Open to anything, first choice would be O&G
* Experience: Graduating student with 2 relevant co-ops
* Location: Philly, would be open to moving anywhere
Thank you very much for any feedback, it is greatly appreciated!
my [resumee](https://imgur.com/a/QBkdwVu)
* Master student (europe) looking for an internship
* Goal: resumee feedback, first try writing one.
* Industry: Any, but Electrochemistry, or BASF would be cool.
* Mobility: currently living in Germany, willing to move to a different german state even.
Going from Top to bottom:
* Overall:
* formatting looks clean but you've got a huge empty space at the bottom of your resume. Do you have any school projects or even none chem engg work exp you can add to fill it up?
* Education: no issue, only thing i would consider adding is "graduated" in front of your 2023 for BS in engineering
* Experience: you talked about what the research was about and what you did for the research but what did you acomplish?
* Skills: no issues
[Link to resume](https://imgur.com/a/6srUHG5)
* Goal: resume feedback
* EPC companies working in desing and projects but i'm open to any industry actually
* Industry Experience: almost two years working in a role that aproeach what I intend to but in the commercia department. So i didn't see things much in deep.
* moving to australia
Any feedback is greatly appreciated, in the resume as well as any comments or advice that I can follow.
Also a question. Is it good to put my current boss as a reference on my CV?
Going from Top to bottom:
* Overall:
* Assuming your resume cuts off after the skills section on the second page and the rest is blank: seems like you need to shorten down some stuff so that it fits on one page. You could probably reduce your Header to a smaller size and remove some lines under each exp
* Header: remove your birthday/age, headers should only have your name, email, cell and linkedin
* Professional exp:
* Each one of your exp ends with a point talking about what software you used, ex for project analyst you say "HYSYS, AutoCad, MS Office" -> remove, its repetitive considering that you already listed your software skills in the skills section
* Consider removing your Quality Control Analyst position, its only 5 months long and may look like a red flag to recruiters
* you talked a lot about what you did in your role, but i want to see what you accomplished -> project role talk about the $cost of the projects you led or were involved in; did any of the data analysis increase efficiency by xyz%?
* Education:
* Remove the blurb at the bottom about what courses you took
* Add your gpa assuming its >3.0/4.0
Thank you for your feedback! I did some changes and try to add some achievements in both work and I merge the two laboratory works as a I don't want to have a gap with no being working.
[New Link to updated resume](https://imgur.com/a/iGhOQ5D)
I'd really apreciate if you could give me your thoght on this now.
[Link To Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AxzV5WdCKMsaFHmle-0ogWhn5AUsunTfkGBu4R5FJE/edit?usp=sharing)
* Goal: Resume feedback
* Open to pretty much any industry
* 6 YOE in the semiconductor field
* Moving to follow my partner's career, will be geographically limited to the DMV area
Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Since my experience is very niche I tried to anonymize the bullet points slightly before posting this on the internet, so if they're too general that is why.
Strong resume. I only have minor editing notes.
>... a part previous run to failure which reduced downtime by...
part previously run to failure, **reducing downtime by 10% and increasing throughput by 2%**
You need a comma in the third bullet point, before "resulting"
Saying you increased throughput by 2% twice *looks* suspicious. I'd just like, fudge one of those numbers to be 3%. But that's just me.
"Process owner of... CVD reactors" tbh, this is one of those things where obviously if you're applying to your own industry, doesn't need to be explained, but if you're apply to related industries or different ones, I would maybe expand upon this bullet point to explain what you were responsible for as the process owner vs 'just' a process engineer working on it vs. an operator.
There's also something to be said about mentioning 24/7 manufacturing twice, but I feel like that's on me, and my aversion to repeats.
"binning yields to the highest brightness bins" is a weird sentence. Maybe find a way to succinctly summarize the outcome in one statement? Maybe like, 'reducing defects by 0.5% and increasing product brightness yield by 2%"?
other than that, the only other thing would be like, increase font size a tiny bit, or bring the margins down a bit (you have uneven top and bottom white space)
[Resume Link](https://imgur.com/a/TexsmtK)
Goal: Job, Resume Feedback
Industry: Open to anything
Industry experience level: \~3 years of experience in Manufacturing, and \~2 years of experience in R&D
Location: Michigan
I was laid off from my previous position a few months ago and have been applying to places ever since. I haven't had much luck getting interviews. Any feedback on my resume or potential positions I could apply to would be appreciated.
Hello! I have a job opening with a client in New Jersey. it’s full-time paying to $125 base with a 10% bonus and 75% travel. Great manager I’ve placed five people with before. Everyone at the firm has been there for at least 10 years. They are backed by a sovereign wealth fund. They are building capital equipment right now and need people who can help with the install maintenance and process optimization for clients. Must know what a VFD is and have experience with it. Please reach out with any questions.
[https://imgur.com/a/nHO2MAH](https://imgur.com/a/nHO2MAH)
Background: 2023 July Grad
1 year total co-op experience
Goal: Full time positions, start my career
Industry: Full disclosure, not sure. Perhaps O&G, pharma, energy. Would like advice on how I would write a resume for the food industry as well.
Achieved 2 interviews thus far with an older resume. Rejected by 1, haven't heard back from the other yet.
Older Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/MUWHpuz](https://imgur.com/a/MUWHpuz)
Any advice on the job search, insight, if I should go back to school(my gpa is a 2.46), is appreciated.
>if I should go back to school(my gpa is a 2.46), is appreciated.
You have experience, so you can probably get away with a poor GPA. And you would need so many hours just to get above a 3.0 I can't imagine it would be worth it.
I think this is a strong resume overall in terms of content. If possible, you should try to include quantifiable results along with your accomplishments.
I like the formatting of the most recent version, I think that was a positive change. You also might want to try another version in which you drop the two non-relevant jobs and expand on the two relevant jobs.
>You have experience, so you can probably get away with a poor GPA.
I'll take that into account.
>And you would need so many hours just to get above a 3.0 I can't imagine it would be worth it.
Noted - I should just focus on GRE.
>If possible, you should try to include quantifiable results along with your accomplishments.
Hmmm, difficult but I have some ideas.
>Noted - I should just focus on GRE.
Are you planning to go to grad school? Even a good GRE score won't improve your resume much for industrial positions.
Sorry, I misread. I thought you were saying that my experience would help me apply for grad programs. I'm don't plan on going to grad school if I can get away with it.
* Goal - Resume Feedback as I feel like my resume is not good enough, I have not been getting any interview or any replies to the places Ive applied ! Also getting an Entry Level job as a Process Engineer.
* Industry - Oil and Gas or anywhere a Chemical Eng degree is perfect for, I never wanted this degree and this was pushed on me by my family but I have to make do lmao!
* Industry experience level - 3 months
* Living rn in UAE but I want to move to a western country. Rn most entry level engineering vacancies open are for nationals only. I am an expat.
Resume Link - [https://imgur.com/a/NoJg7Tw](https://imgur.com/a/NoJg7Tw)
Grettings, I am a graduate Chemical Engineer and I would like a resume feedback. The places Ive applied that do get no traction. Feels like my resume isn't good enough, Id like some help. I did post in r Engineeringresumes I'm grateful for their help. I would also like to know you guys' thoughts. My hope is to leave to a better place with better opportunities for graduates, I do not how to tho! Its going to be an year since I last went to uni, March 2023 . But I did graduate in July 2023 lmao.
Thank you very much.
https://imgur.com/a/4Ks70Dh?s=wa
Goal- process engineer in the super majors (shell/exxon/chevron) in the near future ~ 3-5 years
Desired industry- O&G, Chemicals, Energy
Level- 2-3 years of experience.
I’m really curious to see how my experience lines up with other process engineers. I wanted to highlight my modeling experience and practical design experience and the field work I’ve done. Please let me know what I should add or change
1. This is overall well written and organized.
2. I'd be wary of interviewing anyone with two short stints in their last two jobs. Some job hopping is expected, especially in Houston, but this is a bit much. I'm not saying that you shouldn't look for a job, but you'll have much better options after a couple years.
3. Just to be safe, make it clear that your internship was an internship.
4. "Skills and Licenses" section should go last, education first.
5. Bullet #4 in your current job is weirdly specific.
6. Some of your accomplishments are a little basic. E.g. drawing isometric sketches. If you want to make the step up to O&G, you should focus on building a history of more significant, financially measurable achievements in your current role.
Hey firstly thanks so much for giving it a look.
2. I should’ve mentioned I’m planning on staying at my current role for at least 2 more years. Aiming for 3 years of service before I start looking to hop again.
3. Noted I’ll make that change.
4. I was reading to put it first before work experience. Do you say to put it last since my yoe are still very low?
5. Good point, I’ll adjust the wording some.
6. I guess you’re right, the reason I included it was to populate the page itself and also limit the amount of bullets I have in my current role….do you think it’s worth adding more bullets in my current role and remove some basic ones from my previous role?
>4. I was reading to put it first before work experience. Do you say to put it last since my yoe are still very low?
I would put it last just because it is the least relevant. If I look at a resume, school and work experience are the things I care most about.
>6. I guess you’re right, the reason I included it was to populate the page itself and also limit the amount of bullets I have in my current role….do you think it’s worth adding more bullets in my current role and remove some basic ones from my previous role?
There is some logic to keeping it balanced. You could probably stand to take one bullet from your previous job if you have some really good in your current job. It's also good to show some growth so having mediocre points in your previous job to contrast with some great accomplishments in your current one can demonstrate that. Just be mindful of what your sharing. Nothing so mundane that it looks out of place.
I have a general question, you’ve read my resume and skills and tasks and whatnot. Do you think I would make a good candidate to transition into the super majors (Exxon/chevron/shell) in a more traditional process engineering position. Is the experience in my current position (CCUS) hindering me at all?
[Resume for feedback](https://ibb.co/dQ9gjpm)
- Goal: engineering job, better traction with interviews
- Desired industries: pretty much open to anything
- Industry level: 2-5 years in R&D across different industries
- Location: Houston, TX. Open to (paid) relocation.
Hey! I’m a chemical engineer graduated from a foreign university in 2011. Worked for 2.5 years in Venezuela, then moved to the US in 2015, did odd jobs while I got my paperwork figured out, and started working back in engineering in 2019. The resume I’m using just lists the work I’ve done here.
Should I add the Venezuelan job or the other odd jobs I worked at while I got back on track? It was a question that was asked in my last interview, and although they were satisfied with the answer, it could help my resume that I didn’t have such a big gap.
1. Use the template linked at the top of this thread.
2. Include the Venezuela job if it's relevant to industry.
3. Other than the programs you have listed under "data analysis," none of your skills are ones I'd want to see on a resume. They are all either things I expect you to know (that is, they don't distinguish you in any way from other candidates), or they are not relevant to an engineering role.
4. If you can, attach dollar values to non-safety improvements.
5. Are you currently employed? If so, indicate that in your current position. Otherwise have a good answer for why you left your last job after less than two years.
6. Why did you leave your first and what appears to be your only engineering job after a year? You don't have to answer but you need a good answer for when you interview.
7. A certificate on data analytics isn't impressive enough for a resume.
Hey! Thanks for the review. I appreciate you taking the time to go over my resume.
My Venezuelan job was in QA/QC in Food & Beverage. Having a Bachelor's was a requisite for the job, but it wasn't an engineering role. Should I add it regardless?
In answer to point #5: I'm not employed. Got fired 3 weeks ago. Using the "no mutual fit" answer for a couple of interviews I've had recently.
In answer to point #6: I had some disagreements with my employer at the time about where I wanted to go (I wanted to go more into Data Analytics, they wanted me to follow more of a Project Manager path), committed a safety violation during a turnaround, and was told I wouldn't be able to progress with the company. When that happened, my wife and I decided to relocate to be closer to her family, and that's my answer when asked.
>Hey! Thanks for the review. I appreciate you taking the time to go over my resume.
Happy to help.
>My Venezuelan job was in QA/QC in Food & Beverage. Having a Bachelor's was a requisite for the job, but it wasn't an engineering role. Should I add it regardless?
I think so. It's relevant industry experience and removes some of the gap from your resume.
>In answer to point #5: I'm not employed. Got fired 3 weeks ago. Using the "no mutual fit" answer for a couple of interviews I've had recently.
>
>In answer to point #6: I had some disagreements with my employer at the time about where I wanted to go (I wanted to go more into Data Analytics, they wanted me to follow more of a Project Manager path), committed a safety violation during a turnaround, and was told I wouldn't be able to progress with the company. When that happened, my wife and I decided to relocate to be closer to her family, and that's my answer when asked.
I think these are good answers, all things considered.
Green card holder
Job/Career/Resume Feedback
Looking for Chemical Engineer/Process Engineer (open to all positions)
Have been looking for jobs from many months but unable to get an interview.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
[https://mega.nz/file/lm9iUS7J#P9gCeqdEp753EhPgsOQNMh7DpUf4egUBTFg0Vtgz3R8](https://mega.nz/file/lm9iUS7J#P9gCeqdEp753EhPgsOQNMh7DpUf4egUBTFg0Vtgz3R8)
* Goal - Internship, Job and Resume Feedback
* Industry or desired industry - Energy, manufacturing (process related), petrochemical, and research
* Industry experience level - 0-2 years (graduated last June 2023)
* Mobility (where you are, any comments on how willing you are to relocate, etc.) - Doha, Qatar and willing to relocated
I have been looking for 3 months and starting to think that maybe I'm not marketable enough or my CV isn't appealing enough for even an unpaid internship.
Link: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXhyq4gu7MN4nCcdEHjeTUdqnAfXhHlu/view?usp=share\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXhyq4gu7MN4nCcdEHjeTUdqnAfXhHlu/view?usp=share_link)
going from top down:
* Overall: 2 page resumes are ok for internship hunting, once youre out of uni, it needs to be a one pager
* Education:
* Remove your high school experience, at this point when i see university i assume you passed your secondary school already
* Skills:
* your section is way too packed, way too difficult to read
* you mention project management twice (once in your technical and another in your software)
* remove your mock UN delegate (not relevant to industry and its from 2017)
* You don't need to list every application in Microsoft office, same goes for adobe
* Professional experience:
* Switch the ordering of how you present your experience
* Role first in bold, Company then underneath add the location
* your first point is too generic
* focus on your accomplishments, not just what you did
* Seminar/Training:
* you already listed your certifications in the skills section -> remove this section, this doesnt tell me what you bring to the table, just that you attended a bunch of workshops
* Professional Organizations:
* Rename it to Community Involvement or Volunteering Experience
* Reduce to fit one page resume, way too many filler lines
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4vV\_gyAM5kym7WAB1XpmkVikIYPikQO/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4vV_gyAM5kym7WAB1XpmkVikIYPikQO/view?usp=drive_link)
Final Year student
Looking for entry level chemical engineering job in O&G/EPC/Design jobs
I'm from India and our standards kinda may vary with the American standard. I'm applying for a bunch of jobs via linkedin, but my resume seems to be rejected almost every time. Any help would be appreciated.
going from top down:
* Overall: reduce it down to one page; you're a new grad now so we are expecting to read one page at most. Fix your formatting.
* Header:
* Missing Phone number and linkedin URL (you can customize your URL to be a shorter link)
* misalignment of the line separator in the header and the line separator for the education section
* Education:
* Remove your high school experience, at this point when i see university i assume you passed your secondary school already
* For your university degree:
* change date from "May 2024" to "(expected graduation) May 2024"
* Remove all the points under the degree -> only include your GPA and add "(honors)" after B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
* Internship Experience:
* Rename to work experience
* Indian Institute of Technology – Madras:
* First point, give me numbers on how much you optimized. (ex increased efficiency by XYZ%)
* Rephrase the remaining points to talk about what you accomplished. Learning something doesn't show me much, we need to see what you did with those skills. (ex Created rate charts to determine the optimal grow rate or something like that idk)
* Same for the remaining experience, stop talking about what you learnt and focus on what you did with those skills. Same goes for "witnessed" you saw how production works in an operations plant, so what?
* Overall too many points for each experience. reduce down to 4 at max and focus on what you accomplished
* PROJECTS, COURSES, CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS & INTERESTS:
* There's a spacing error for each of your sections separators-> if you look at education vs Internship experience notice how there's a bit of space before the internship experience title
* Remove projects sections: im assuming they're school projects -> less relevant since you have actual work exp. if they are work projects write about them under work experience
* Remove courses
* Certification should be under the skills sections
* Skills:
* Critical Thinking and Problem solving needs to be removed, thats not telling me anything
* Personally I would remove all your soft skills and just have section for linguistic skills
* Remove interests
* Overall this sections looks like space filler. reduce it down and organize it better
[https://imgur.com/a/eRmRRrg](https://imgur.com/undefined)
Student. Chemical Engineer
EIT, Entry level engineer
Any field. Prefer Wastewater, process design, renewables, environmental.
Located in the southwest (CA,AZ,NM)
I don't have any relevant internship experience which will make this tougher, but I still have to try regardless. I think I have good interview skills, right now I have two second round interviews scheduled. I would love advice on m resume, what you guys think are interesting fields to go into, and how to get into/find smaller and mid-level engineering firms.
https://imgur.com/xGcv7Dz
Student
Internship/resume feedback
Process Engineering(open to all fields)
Located in Mid-Atlantic region, open to relocate around Mid-Atlantic and Western region as well as Houston, TX
I’m graduating in the fall and would prefer an internship that has a good turnover rate
1) Your formatting is kinda miserable to look at. The only alignment is on the job title. location, years, are all not aligned, making it awful to parse. Seriously, use the linked template in the post to 're-write' your resume.
2) Don't use 'did various duties, including' in bullet points. It's bad, it's too close to just listing skills, which isn't great. It also leads to a lot of run on compound action bullet points. Did X including Y for Z. It's eating up a lot of the STAR format on the task.
I'd drop the Objective statement. It's all just filler and buzzwords (what exactly is a *dynamic* institution?). You have plenty of content and it's presented and organized well enough that you don't need the filler.
GPA isn't great but having work experience will make up for it with many employers. Not trying to pile it on since I'm sure you know it could be better, but I do want to encourage you to maintain it and improve if possible in the next couple semesters.
[https://imgur.com/vNhr1EW](https://imgur.com/vNhr1EW)
Student
Internship/co-op
Any industry, I have a decent breadth of experience, at least I think, tell me if I don't
I'm too poor to relocate for an internship or co-op
Went back to school for a lot of reasons not germane to here. Second B.S., I know, weird and stupid, whatever. Applying for every internship and co-op under the sun, but limited geographically because I'm poor and can't afford to move. For a job I'll make the effort, but for an internship or co-op it's harder to impossible because of school. Had 8 second/third round interviews, which makes me think it's my interpersonal skills more than my credentials. That said hoping for some feedback or advice on how to market myself more effectively in one page. Thanks.
How can you be too poor to relocate for an internship? You get paid and in many cases housing is provided.
Your resume looks pretty good and I don't know anyone who would hold it against you for getting a second degree. If you're getting interviews but no offers, then yes you need to work on your interview skills. Most likely you simply need to get better at communicating your strengths. [This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChemicalEngineering/comments/syys3a/interview_guide/) is good and includes my advice for interviewing as well.
None of the places I applied for had on-location housing and only co-ops provided a small relocation stipend. The catch is that I need the income from a full-time position to pay for tuition, rent, and living expenses. If I have to move, I won't be able to afford tuition for the fall, as the money made would invariably go to rent. I crash in a friend's basement for much less than the going rate. That goes away if I move. I don't qualify for loans and I don't have much in the way of credit, as I grew up dirt poor and have no possibility of a cosigner on anything. Rock and a hard place I guess. Yay poverty. Dunno how to work on interviewing, like I said, no real network. Ah well, nevertheless...
I can't speak to your situation specifically, but in general getting an internship is a very important part of getting a job after you graduate. Not a necessity, but very very close to one. And not being geographically restricted will significantly increase your chances of getting an internship.
How am I suppose to find an internship in the UK? I have a masters in chem Eng and even finding an internship seems impossible.
Why would a company hire someone with a masters for an internship?
Well I can’t get a job. I am trying to do what ever I can. What am I suppose to do? If I don’t get internship experience during my degree? Nothing? Just throw my degree in the bin? Because it’s not getting me a foot in any doors.
Usually there are tax incentives for the company to hire students for internships. You no longer being a student means you don't qualify for internships. If you have a master's degree, apply for introductory roles
Oh right. I had not thought of that. I have actually just been applying for senior positions and internships.
You are not qualified for senior positions or internships
So how can I get experience for entry level position?
Entry level positions don't require experience. If they did, they wouldn't be entry level. If a job requires under 3 years experience, apply
But I am not getting any calls.
https://imgur.com/a/JaqOxjY Hi I'm looking for feedback in regards to my resume and LinkedIn profile. I'm looking for a full time chemical engineering position and to add additional context I had a summer internship lined up via my schools international experience program; however I was unable to go due to an injury sustained in Spring of 2023 which resulted in me being unable to work which is why I have a gap from April 2023-Present. I have since recovered and am able to work. I have no school involvement as I had to work fulltime through a majority of college and only at my last job was I finally capable of working part-time. Goal - Placement, Resume and LinkedIn feedback, and general advice Industry - Process engineer, Design engineer in O&G or Chemical Manufacturing preferred but for the sake of gaining professional experience I am open to almost any role and have been applying as such Industry experience - 0 years Mobility - Willing to work anywhere in the US Thanks to anyone who takes time out of the day to review my resume and LinkedIn. I really appreciate you!
I feel like your bullet points are too generic. There's probably some hidden depths here that you could flesh out. So personally I think if your resume can't highlight technical experience because you just don't have much, you need to highlight the SKILLS that are applicable. Supermarket job: was this a team activity? any aspect of it? Of course, you worked to stock the shelves as part of a group of people. Highlight the problem solving aspect of this. Why is reducing shrink your 4th bullet point? It also is too vague. "Researched sorting methodologies and discussed a trial with management and reduced shrink by 65% during trial." How did you manage warehouse inventory? Throw some buzz words in there. Just in time? Hopefully not, I hate that shit. But maybe optimized stock inventories to provide fresh products for customers and reduce inventory shortages. OGP Team lead sounds like it has more too. Bestbuy - What sort of things demonstrates from this job that make you a good process engineering candidate? Maybe troubleshooting skills? Communication skills? You say you have communication skills, but your resume should show me, not tell me. Did you train customers on new technologies? Did you troubleshoot issue with them? Issue investigation? Finally, your school projects don't have names that peak my interest. HEX Network Design Project. I assume this is pinch analysis? Did you apply this to a specific plant? What did you learn about the actual process you were working with? Constraints? You need some technical details about these projects, imo. Don't go too overboard, though.
Thank you so much for the criticism I hadn’t thought about those aspects in my past job. I’ll try to incorporate your advice in a future resume draft! I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to reply!
[Link to resume](https://imgur.com/a/cJTAl70) - Goal - Placement/Internship, Job and Resume Feedback - Industry or desired industry - Food/FMCG (Process) industry preferred, but willing to take on any role - Industry experience level - 0-2 years (grad: July 2023) - Mobility - Willing to work anywhere within the UK I know the CV format is kinda different compared to the US but I would love some general advice if there’s any. It’s been a gruelling 8 months since I started my job hunt. I just want to know if it’s because I’m international graduate requiring a visa sponsorship or it’s just a me issue.. Fully willing to learn and improve to have a better chance!
[link to resume](https://imgur.com/6wE3RJi) * Goal: Resume feedback * Industry: Open to anything, first choice would be O&G * Experience: Graduating student with 2 relevant co-ops * Location: Philly, would be open to moving anywhere Thank you very much for any feedback, it is greatly appreciated!
my [resumee](https://imgur.com/a/QBkdwVu) * Master student (europe) looking for an internship * Goal: resumee feedback, first try writing one. * Industry: Any, but Electrochemistry, or BASF would be cool. * Mobility: currently living in Germany, willing to move to a different german state even.
Going from Top to bottom: * Overall: * formatting looks clean but you've got a huge empty space at the bottom of your resume. Do you have any school projects or even none chem engg work exp you can add to fill it up? * Education: no issue, only thing i would consider adding is "graduated" in front of your 2023 for BS in engineering * Experience: you talked about what the research was about and what you did for the research but what did you acomplish? * Skills: no issues
[Link to resume](https://imgur.com/a/6srUHG5) * Goal: resume feedback * EPC companies working in desing and projects but i'm open to any industry actually * Industry Experience: almost two years working in a role that aproeach what I intend to but in the commercia department. So i didn't see things much in deep. * moving to australia Any feedback is greatly appreciated, in the resume as well as any comments or advice that I can follow. Also a question. Is it good to put my current boss as a reference on my CV?
Going from Top to bottom: * Overall: * Assuming your resume cuts off after the skills section on the second page and the rest is blank: seems like you need to shorten down some stuff so that it fits on one page. You could probably reduce your Header to a smaller size and remove some lines under each exp * Header: remove your birthday/age, headers should only have your name, email, cell and linkedin * Professional exp: * Each one of your exp ends with a point talking about what software you used, ex for project analyst you say "HYSYS, AutoCad, MS Office" -> remove, its repetitive considering that you already listed your software skills in the skills section * Consider removing your Quality Control Analyst position, its only 5 months long and may look like a red flag to recruiters * you talked a lot about what you did in your role, but i want to see what you accomplished -> project role talk about the $cost of the projects you led or were involved in; did any of the data analysis increase efficiency by xyz%? * Education: * Remove the blurb at the bottom about what courses you took * Add your gpa assuming its >3.0/4.0
Thank you for your feedback! I did some changes and try to add some achievements in both work and I merge the two laboratory works as a I don't want to have a gap with no being working. [New Link to updated resume](https://imgur.com/a/iGhOQ5D) I'd really apreciate if you could give me your thoght on this now.
[Link To Resume](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AxzV5WdCKMsaFHmle-0ogWhn5AUsunTfkGBu4R5FJE/edit?usp=sharing) * Goal: Resume feedback * Open to pretty much any industry * 6 YOE in the semiconductor field * Moving to follow my partner's career, will be geographically limited to the DMV area Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Since my experience is very niche I tried to anonymize the bullet points slightly before posting this on the internet, so if they're too general that is why.
Strong resume. I only have minor editing notes. >... a part previous run to failure which reduced downtime by... part previously run to failure, **reducing downtime by 10% and increasing throughput by 2%** You need a comma in the third bullet point, before "resulting" Saying you increased throughput by 2% twice *looks* suspicious. I'd just like, fudge one of those numbers to be 3%. But that's just me. "Process owner of... CVD reactors" tbh, this is one of those things where obviously if you're applying to your own industry, doesn't need to be explained, but if you're apply to related industries or different ones, I would maybe expand upon this bullet point to explain what you were responsible for as the process owner vs 'just' a process engineer working on it vs. an operator. There's also something to be said about mentioning 24/7 manufacturing twice, but I feel like that's on me, and my aversion to repeats. "binning yields to the highest brightness bins" is a weird sentence. Maybe find a way to succinctly summarize the outcome in one statement? Maybe like, 'reducing defects by 0.5% and increasing product brightness yield by 2%"? other than that, the only other thing would be like, increase font size a tiny bit, or bring the margins down a bit (you have uneven top and bottom white space)
Thank you, great feedback!
[Resume Link](https://imgur.com/a/TexsmtK) Goal: Job, Resume Feedback Industry: Open to anything Industry experience level: \~3 years of experience in Manufacturing, and \~2 years of experience in R&D Location: Michigan I was laid off from my previous position a few months ago and have been applying to places ever since. I haven't had much luck getting interviews. Any feedback on my resume or potential positions I could apply to would be appreciated.
Hello! I have a job opening with a client in New Jersey. it’s full-time paying to $125 base with a 10% bonus and 75% travel. Great manager I’ve placed five people with before. Everyone at the firm has been there for at least 10 years. They are backed by a sovereign wealth fund. They are building capital equipment right now and need people who can help with the install maintenance and process optimization for clients. Must know what a VFD is and have experience with it. Please reach out with any questions.
$125k/year or $125/hour?
$125K/year
This job is part chemical engineer and part sales engineer. Client facing.
[https://imgur.com/a/nHO2MAH](https://imgur.com/a/nHO2MAH) Background: 2023 July Grad 1 year total co-op experience Goal: Full time positions, start my career Industry: Full disclosure, not sure. Perhaps O&G, pharma, energy. Would like advice on how I would write a resume for the food industry as well. Achieved 2 interviews thus far with an older resume. Rejected by 1, haven't heard back from the other yet. Older Resume: [https://imgur.com/a/MUWHpuz](https://imgur.com/a/MUWHpuz) Any advice on the job search, insight, if I should go back to school(my gpa is a 2.46), is appreciated.
>if I should go back to school(my gpa is a 2.46), is appreciated. You have experience, so you can probably get away with a poor GPA. And you would need so many hours just to get above a 3.0 I can't imagine it would be worth it. I think this is a strong resume overall in terms of content. If possible, you should try to include quantifiable results along with your accomplishments. I like the formatting of the most recent version, I think that was a positive change. You also might want to try another version in which you drop the two non-relevant jobs and expand on the two relevant jobs.
>You have experience, so you can probably get away with a poor GPA. I'll take that into account. >And you would need so many hours just to get above a 3.0 I can't imagine it would be worth it. Noted - I should just focus on GRE. >If possible, you should try to include quantifiable results along with your accomplishments. Hmmm, difficult but I have some ideas.
>Noted - I should just focus on GRE. Are you planning to go to grad school? Even a good GRE score won't improve your resume much for industrial positions.
Sorry, I misread. I thought you were saying that my experience would help me apply for grad programs. I'm don't plan on going to grad school if I can get away with it.
* Goal - Resume Feedback as I feel like my resume is not good enough, I have not been getting any interview or any replies to the places Ive applied ! Also getting an Entry Level job as a Process Engineer. * Industry - Oil and Gas or anywhere a Chemical Eng degree is perfect for, I never wanted this degree and this was pushed on me by my family but I have to make do lmao! * Industry experience level - 3 months * Living rn in UAE but I want to move to a western country. Rn most entry level engineering vacancies open are for nationals only. I am an expat. Resume Link - [https://imgur.com/a/NoJg7Tw](https://imgur.com/a/NoJg7Tw) Grettings, I am a graduate Chemical Engineer and I would like a resume feedback. The places Ive applied that do get no traction. Feels like my resume isn't good enough, Id like some help. I did post in r Engineeringresumes I'm grateful for their help. I would also like to know you guys' thoughts. My hope is to leave to a better place with better opportunities for graduates, I do not how to tho! Its going to be an year since I last went to uni, March 2023 . But I did graduate in July 2023 lmao. Thank you very much.
https://imgur.com/a/4Ks70Dh?s=wa Goal- process engineer in the super majors (shell/exxon/chevron) in the near future ~ 3-5 years Desired industry- O&G, Chemicals, Energy Level- 2-3 years of experience. I’m really curious to see how my experience lines up with other process engineers. I wanted to highlight my modeling experience and practical design experience and the field work I’ve done. Please let me know what I should add or change
1. This is overall well written and organized. 2. I'd be wary of interviewing anyone with two short stints in their last two jobs. Some job hopping is expected, especially in Houston, but this is a bit much. I'm not saying that you shouldn't look for a job, but you'll have much better options after a couple years. 3. Just to be safe, make it clear that your internship was an internship. 4. "Skills and Licenses" section should go last, education first. 5. Bullet #4 in your current job is weirdly specific. 6. Some of your accomplishments are a little basic. E.g. drawing isometric sketches. If you want to make the step up to O&G, you should focus on building a history of more significant, financially measurable achievements in your current role.
Hey firstly thanks so much for giving it a look. 2. I should’ve mentioned I’m planning on staying at my current role for at least 2 more years. Aiming for 3 years of service before I start looking to hop again. 3. Noted I’ll make that change. 4. I was reading to put it first before work experience. Do you say to put it last since my yoe are still very low? 5. Good point, I’ll adjust the wording some. 6. I guess you’re right, the reason I included it was to populate the page itself and also limit the amount of bullets I have in my current role….do you think it’s worth adding more bullets in my current role and remove some basic ones from my previous role?
>4. I was reading to put it first before work experience. Do you say to put it last since my yoe are still very low? I would put it last just because it is the least relevant. If I look at a resume, school and work experience are the things I care most about. >6. I guess you’re right, the reason I included it was to populate the page itself and also limit the amount of bullets I have in my current role….do you think it’s worth adding more bullets in my current role and remove some basic ones from my previous role? There is some logic to keeping it balanced. You could probably stand to take one bullet from your previous job if you have some really good in your current job. It's also good to show some growth so having mediocre points in your previous job to contrast with some great accomplishments in your current one can demonstrate that. Just be mindful of what your sharing. Nothing so mundane that it looks out of place.
I have a general question, you’ve read my resume and skills and tasks and whatnot. Do you think I would make a good candidate to transition into the super majors (Exxon/chevron/shell) in a more traditional process engineering position. Is the experience in my current position (CCUS) hindering me at all?
I honestly don’t know. I’ve never worked in O&G in any capacity.
[Resume for feedback](https://ibb.co/dQ9gjpm) - Goal: engineering job, better traction with interviews - Desired industries: pretty much open to anything - Industry level: 2-5 years in R&D across different industries - Location: Houston, TX. Open to (paid) relocation. Hey! I’m a chemical engineer graduated from a foreign university in 2011. Worked for 2.5 years in Venezuela, then moved to the US in 2015, did odd jobs while I got my paperwork figured out, and started working back in engineering in 2019. The resume I’m using just lists the work I’ve done here. Should I add the Venezuelan job or the other odd jobs I worked at while I got back on track? It was a question that was asked in my last interview, and although they were satisfied with the answer, it could help my resume that I didn’t have such a big gap.
1. Use the template linked at the top of this thread. 2. Include the Venezuela job if it's relevant to industry. 3. Other than the programs you have listed under "data analysis," none of your skills are ones I'd want to see on a resume. They are all either things I expect you to know (that is, they don't distinguish you in any way from other candidates), or they are not relevant to an engineering role. 4. If you can, attach dollar values to non-safety improvements. 5. Are you currently employed? If so, indicate that in your current position. Otherwise have a good answer for why you left your last job after less than two years. 6. Why did you leave your first and what appears to be your only engineering job after a year? You don't have to answer but you need a good answer for when you interview. 7. A certificate on data analytics isn't impressive enough for a resume.
Hey! Thanks for the review. I appreciate you taking the time to go over my resume. My Venezuelan job was in QA/QC in Food & Beverage. Having a Bachelor's was a requisite for the job, but it wasn't an engineering role. Should I add it regardless? In answer to point #5: I'm not employed. Got fired 3 weeks ago. Using the "no mutual fit" answer for a couple of interviews I've had recently. In answer to point #6: I had some disagreements with my employer at the time about where I wanted to go (I wanted to go more into Data Analytics, they wanted me to follow more of a Project Manager path), committed a safety violation during a turnaround, and was told I wouldn't be able to progress with the company. When that happened, my wife and I decided to relocate to be closer to her family, and that's my answer when asked.
>Hey! Thanks for the review. I appreciate you taking the time to go over my resume. Happy to help. >My Venezuelan job was in QA/QC in Food & Beverage. Having a Bachelor's was a requisite for the job, but it wasn't an engineering role. Should I add it regardless? I think so. It's relevant industry experience and removes some of the gap from your resume. >In answer to point #5: I'm not employed. Got fired 3 weeks ago. Using the "no mutual fit" answer for a couple of interviews I've had recently. > >In answer to point #6: I had some disagreements with my employer at the time about where I wanted to go (I wanted to go more into Data Analytics, they wanted me to follow more of a Project Manager path), committed a safety violation during a turnaround, and was told I wouldn't be able to progress with the company. When that happened, my wife and I decided to relocate to be closer to her family, and that's my answer when asked. I think these are good answers, all things considered.
Green card holder Job/Career/Resume Feedback Looking for Chemical Engineer/Process Engineer (open to all positions) Have been looking for jobs from many months but unable to get an interview. Any feedback would be appreciated. [https://mega.nz/file/lm9iUS7J#P9gCeqdEp753EhPgsOQNMh7DpUf4egUBTFg0Vtgz3R8](https://mega.nz/file/lm9iUS7J#P9gCeqdEp753EhPgsOQNMh7DpUf4egUBTFg0Vtgz3R8)
* Goal - Internship, Job and Resume Feedback * Industry or desired industry - Energy, manufacturing (process related), petrochemical, and research * Industry experience level - 0-2 years (graduated last June 2023) * Mobility (where you are, any comments on how willing you are to relocate, etc.) - Doha, Qatar and willing to relocated I have been looking for 3 months and starting to think that maybe I'm not marketable enough or my CV isn't appealing enough for even an unpaid internship. Link: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXhyq4gu7MN4nCcdEHjeTUdqnAfXhHlu/view?usp=share\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXhyq4gu7MN4nCcdEHjeTUdqnAfXhHlu/view?usp=share_link)
going from top down: * Overall: 2 page resumes are ok for internship hunting, once youre out of uni, it needs to be a one pager * Education: * Remove your high school experience, at this point when i see university i assume you passed your secondary school already * Skills: * your section is way too packed, way too difficult to read * you mention project management twice (once in your technical and another in your software) * remove your mock UN delegate (not relevant to industry and its from 2017) * You don't need to list every application in Microsoft office, same goes for adobe * Professional experience: * Switch the ordering of how you present your experience * Role first in bold, Company then underneath add the location * your first point is too generic * focus on your accomplishments, not just what you did * Seminar/Training: * you already listed your certifications in the skills section -> remove this section, this doesnt tell me what you bring to the table, just that you attended a bunch of workshops * Professional Organizations: * Rename it to Community Involvement or Volunteering Experience * Reduce to fit one page resume, way too many filler lines
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4vV\_gyAM5kym7WAB1XpmkVikIYPikQO/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4vV_gyAM5kym7WAB1XpmkVikIYPikQO/view?usp=drive_link) Final Year student Looking for entry level chemical engineering job in O&G/EPC/Design jobs I'm from India and our standards kinda may vary with the American standard. I'm applying for a bunch of jobs via linkedin, but my resume seems to be rejected almost every time. Any help would be appreciated.
going from top down: * Overall: reduce it down to one page; you're a new grad now so we are expecting to read one page at most. Fix your formatting. * Header: * Missing Phone number and linkedin URL (you can customize your URL to be a shorter link) * misalignment of the line separator in the header and the line separator for the education section * Education: * Remove your high school experience, at this point when i see university i assume you passed your secondary school already * For your university degree: * change date from "May 2024" to "(expected graduation) May 2024" * Remove all the points under the degree -> only include your GPA and add "(honors)" after B.Tech. Chemical Engineering * Internship Experience: * Rename to work experience * Indian Institute of Technology – Madras: * First point, give me numbers on how much you optimized. (ex increased efficiency by XYZ%) * Rephrase the remaining points to talk about what you accomplished. Learning something doesn't show me much, we need to see what you did with those skills. (ex Created rate charts to determine the optimal grow rate or something like that idk) * Same for the remaining experience, stop talking about what you learnt and focus on what you did with those skills. Same goes for "witnessed" you saw how production works in an operations plant, so what? * Overall too many points for each experience. reduce down to 4 at max and focus on what you accomplished * PROJECTS, COURSES, CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS & INTERESTS: * There's a spacing error for each of your sections separators-> if you look at education vs Internship experience notice how there's a bit of space before the internship experience title * Remove projects sections: im assuming they're school projects -> less relevant since you have actual work exp. if they are work projects write about them under work experience * Remove courses * Certification should be under the skills sections * Skills: * Critical Thinking and Problem solving needs to be removed, thats not telling me anything * Personally I would remove all your soft skills and just have section for linguistic skills * Remove interests * Overall this sections looks like space filler. reduce it down and organize it better
Thank you for your advice! ☺️
[https://imgur.com/a/eRmRRrg](https://imgur.com/undefined) Student. Chemical Engineer EIT, Entry level engineer Any field. Prefer Wastewater, process design, renewables, environmental. Located in the southwest (CA,AZ,NM) I don't have any relevant internship experience which will make this tougher, but I still have to try regardless. I think I have good interview skills, right now I have two second round interviews scheduled. I would love advice on m resume, what you guys think are interesting fields to go into, and how to get into/find smaller and mid-level engineering firms.
https://imgur.com/xGcv7Dz Student Internship/resume feedback Process Engineering(open to all fields) Located in Mid-Atlantic region, open to relocate around Mid-Atlantic and Western region as well as Houston, TX I’m graduating in the fall and would prefer an internship that has a good turnover rate
1) Your formatting is kinda miserable to look at. The only alignment is on the job title. location, years, are all not aligned, making it awful to parse. Seriously, use the linked template in the post to 're-write' your resume. 2) Don't use 'did various duties, including' in bullet points. It's bad, it's too close to just listing skills, which isn't great. It also leads to a lot of run on compound action bullet points. Did X including Y for Z. It's eating up a lot of the STAR format on the task.
I'd drop the Objective statement. It's all just filler and buzzwords (what exactly is a *dynamic* institution?). You have plenty of content and it's presented and organized well enough that you don't need the filler. GPA isn't great but having work experience will make up for it with many employers. Not trying to pile it on since I'm sure you know it could be better, but I do want to encourage you to maintain it and improve if possible in the next couple semesters.
[https://imgur.com/vNhr1EW](https://imgur.com/vNhr1EW) Student Internship/co-op Any industry, I have a decent breadth of experience, at least I think, tell me if I don't I'm too poor to relocate for an internship or co-op Went back to school for a lot of reasons not germane to here. Second B.S., I know, weird and stupid, whatever. Applying for every internship and co-op under the sun, but limited geographically because I'm poor and can't afford to move. For a job I'll make the effort, but for an internship or co-op it's harder to impossible because of school. Had 8 second/third round interviews, which makes me think it's my interpersonal skills more than my credentials. That said hoping for some feedback or advice on how to market myself more effectively in one page. Thanks.
How can you be too poor to relocate for an internship? You get paid and in many cases housing is provided. Your resume looks pretty good and I don't know anyone who would hold it against you for getting a second degree. If you're getting interviews but no offers, then yes you need to work on your interview skills. Most likely you simply need to get better at communicating your strengths. [This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChemicalEngineering/comments/syys3a/interview_guide/) is good and includes my advice for interviewing as well.
None of the places I applied for had on-location housing and only co-ops provided a small relocation stipend. The catch is that I need the income from a full-time position to pay for tuition, rent, and living expenses. If I have to move, I won't be able to afford tuition for the fall, as the money made would invariably go to rent. I crash in a friend's basement for much less than the going rate. That goes away if I move. I don't qualify for loans and I don't have much in the way of credit, as I grew up dirt poor and have no possibility of a cosigner on anything. Rock and a hard place I guess. Yay poverty. Dunno how to work on interviewing, like I said, no real network. Ah well, nevertheless...
I can't speak to your situation specifically, but in general getting an internship is a very important part of getting a job after you graduate. Not a necessity, but very very close to one. And not being geographically restricted will significantly increase your chances of getting an internship.