Tips for ideal resume for me to get hired in full-time permanent position?

[bingbongbangbung]

I omitted my startup experience because it'd make me overqualified for the only jobs that I am fully qualified for, which would be low end jobs for retail, food services, warehousing, and hospitality. Even in other industries like manufacturing/assembly, logistics, and (software) engineering I'm not qualified for either cause I lack experience or they're looking for specialized qualifications. Sucks that I can't drive and even if I could, I can't afford gas, insurance, and other costs for a car so jobs that just need that are off the table for me.

My only experience are volunteering at a food bank and volunteering at a thrift store; I did technically work at a warehouse for Toys R Us via recruiting agency many years ago, but since that lasted me several hours I exclude it from my resume. I've attended university before for social sciences but never finished it, then I transferred to college and took computer programming and recently graduated, and I have no plans on going back to school. Aside from whatever I got from LinkedIn, I don't have any certifications and I frankly am too lazy to pursue apprenticeship for the time being.

Should I be more honest and include my experience for my startup (still in the seed stage so hasn't taken off yet) as well as my warehouse experience? I've mass applied to many jobs across many industries over on Indeed and got a few interviews, but never got hired; I've also mass applied for various retail and restaurants on company websites and same thing. Obviously I know I should tailor my resume to each job application to focus on quality over quantity because most job sites use ATS, which is a load of BS and I gotta compete so hard with students and graduates.

[Oliverlogan263]

Here's what I would try man:

- Definitely include the startup experience. Even if it hasn't taken off yet, it shows initiative and skills. Just frame it as learning experience.

- Same with the warehouse job - anything is better than nothing. As long as you don't make it sound super short term.

- For your resume, focus on keywords from the actual job postings. Tailor it each time to match as much as you can.

- Play up any transferable skills from college, volunteering, hobbies. Even if not the same job, companies wanna see you'll be trainable.

- Reach out to your college career center too. Sometimes they know local companies looking to hire grads.

- Consider contacting recruiters on LinkedIn in your area, send them your resume directly. Personal connection helps.

- Keep at it man, job hunting sucks but don't get discouraged. Something will stick if you keep applying everywhere. Stay optimistic, you got this!

Keep me posted how it goes. Happy to look over your resume too if you want a second set of eyes on it. Wishing you the best dude!

[bingbongbangbung]

Finally someone with good advice

[bingbongbangbung]

Well my startup has taken off in terms of it being real instead of it being an idea in my head, but I haven't finished making my products so it didn't enter the market

[bingbongbangbung]

What do you mean super short term? I literally worked in that for mere hours

[Oliverlogan263]

Even if your startup hasn't fully launched products yet, I'd still include it. Just be honest about the stage it's at - "Founder of X startup (currently in development stage)" or something like that. Any signs of entrepreneurial initiative or business experience can only help, even if small scale so far.

And yeah, I get you worked at that warehouse job for just a few hours through a temp agency. That's definitely super short term. I'd still list it, but keep the description brief - "Warehouse Worker, Toys R Us (June 2020, temporary position)". The key things are 1) it shows you're willing to work any job and 2) hiring managers often care more about the skills than the specific role. So focus on what transferable skills you learned even in just a few hours, like following instructions, working efficiently as part of a team, etc.

Qualify it as short term if you want, but I'd avoid dismissing it altogether since any experience is better than a completely empty resume, you know? Just be prepared to elaborate on it positively if they ask in an interview. The goal is to highlight what you can offer the position, not dwell on past failures or rejected applications. Keep your chin up - you got this!

[Nikki1989]

There is an art to writing a good resume. There are many free online courses that will give you some ideas.

[bingbongbangbung]

Waste of time when I can ask ChatGPT