6 tips to project strong resume when you are applying for your first programming job

The IT Jobs market is flourishing and continuously attracting aspirants in the world of new ideas. But the question is how can one get the entry in this market being at a position of fresher? Why a company chooses you over other candidates applying for the same position? The first tool is your strong resume presentation to step- in this IT Market. It’s simply mean; your resume should be an eye-catcher for an employer to create interest in him to have a whole look of your resume.

Following seven tips can help you to make your resume interested for employer to get your first job as a programmer. (Sources: tech Republic)

1. Tailor it

First thing, do the research on profile. That means to see what skills are required on profile and what skills are in-demand in the market, and specifically at the company, and highlight where there’s a skills match.

Hired's vice president of talent, Trent Krupp encourages specificity. "When you're going through your CS degree and when you're doing internships, you get exposed to a lot of different things... I think it's really important to really tailor your resume to something relatively specific," he said.

2. Know who you are

Don’t try to express employer with your diversified working areas, because sometimes it confuses an employer to find out your area of interest or USP, instead, be focus on your specific line. For example, be focusing being a strong Javascript developer or a strong end developer. It’s become easier for employer to get a right candidate on the right place.

3. Show Passion

Stallworth said that in talking to companies from Google, Yahoo, and Apple, down to small startups, they're not getting hung up on whether a candidate has a perfect GPA. "The thing that's coming out resoundingly, is they're looking for passion," he said.

Your passion can be reflected through projects handle and extra-curricular activities.

Recruiters don’t want to listen same class projects, not merely cranking out some code for a class won’t work it. They are interested to know, what makes you standout? Where a candidate can say "This is what I did and this is how I did it, and how it will help.”

4. Point to projects, have a GitHub

Use URL, GitHub to point out or give reference to your project. It helps the employer understand and reach your capability easily.

"Employers want to see a GitHub profile, open sources projects, we want to be able to go to your homepage and click through some of the work you have out there and see some of the underlying code," Krupp said. It helps the employer understand the candidate.

Stallworth cited an example of a student who didn't have the highest GPA, but still moved forward in the process on the strength of his work. "The interviewer clicked in their GitHub account, and their software was so well executed and so well documented, that it immediately put this kid up at the top of the list," he said.

Showing projects plays into demonstrating competence. Academic classes can also prove this point, Stallworth said. "The course work that you enjoyed, the courses that showed you have some competence, that's important as well."

5. Don’t over hype

Don’t mention the words in which you not have much knowledge. Don’t over sell your resume and profile. “If you put down Java on there as a language that you know, you best know Java," Stallworth said.

6. Don’t use filler

Fresher candidates should not have a lengthy resume. Avoid listing common words like Microsoft Excel as a skill. "I'm sure Google doesn't really care, and it's assumed that you know how to use it," Stallworth said. And if you've been mindful throughout college of setting yourself up to land a good job, filler shouldn't even be a problem for you.

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