How to Write a Good Resume
For software engineers at every stage, from new graduate to engineering manager or career switcher, who want their applications read and taken seriously. You will build a master resume that parses cleanly, leads with outcomes and scope, and holds up in the interview, then tailor it to any job description in about thirty minutes (30 lessons in 15 sections, about 11 hours).
Course Content
Find your starting point by career stage, see what a resume can and cannot do, and choose between the full build loop and a 90-minute first pass. 2 lessons, about 20 minutes.
Understand the four gates a resume decides, how fast it is actually read, and why it is the highest-return hour in your interview preparation. 2 lessons, about 30 minutes.
Follow an application from the ATS to the interview, learn what each reader wants from your resume, and diagnose where your own funnel breaks. 2 lessons, about 40 minutes.
Get the mechanics right: length, file format, contact block, typography, section order, and the writing conventions readers expect. 2 lessons, about 45 minutes.
Build each part of the page, from the summary and experience entries to impact-first bullets, honest numbers, skills, education, and projects. 3 lessons, about 60 minutes.
Move from correct to chosen by cutting noise, showing scope and ownership, naming real scale, and tailoring to each job description. 2 lessons, about 50 minutes.
Spot and fix the mistakes that get resumes rejected, from responsibility lists and rating bars to unexplained gaps, overclaiming, and layouts that break parsing. 2 lessons, about 45 minutes.
Adapt the resume to where you are: new graduate, bootcamp graduate, mid-level or senior engineer, manager, career switcher, or returning after a break. 2 lessons, about 55 minutes.
Improve your draft with six checkable drills, including the six-second test, a bullet rewrite drill, an evidence audit, and a job-description diff. 2 lessons, about 60 minutes.
Line up LinkedIn, GitHub, a personal site, and cover letters with your resume, and learn to ask for referrals and handle recruiter outreach. 2 lessons, about 45 minutes.
Judge or build a template that parses cleanly, skims well, and stays easy to edit, and pick the right tool to build it in. 2 lessons, about 35 minutes.
Work from five annotated templates for new graduates, mid-level and senior engineers, managers, and career switchers, and adapt them without breaking them. 2 lessons, about 40 minutes.
Study five before-and-after rewrites and the few edits they all share, then run the same checklist on your own draft. 2 lessons, about 60 minutes.
See screening from the hiring side, with job descriptions, structured rubrics, bias controls, and calibration, and learn what that means for how candidates write. 2 lessons, about 45 minutes.
Run the final checklist, keep your resume current with a quarterly update and a brag document, and decide where to go next. 1 lesson, about 20 minutes.