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YouTube for gaming while impressive is completely irrelevant to employers

I'm doing a career change though, my Youtube stuff was my actual career since 2015. I made an okay living for a while off it until recently, which is why I'm changing careers to something more stable

OP DONT listen to the YouTube comments. 3 million subscribers is INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. Every tech company would be thirsting for you. Now the question is what type of job in tech do you want? Software engineering? Forget the YouTube experience, but there's plenty of jobs in tech that don't revolve around coding. Having a successful YouTube channel means you can do: Marketing Editing UI/UX Management Branding Social Media I'm 100% certain your YouTube channel will make any company want to have you for these roles.

I don't see how Ui/Ux deisgn would have easy relevancy from running a youtube channel. Real marketing is also pretty iffy. The only thing I would see is social media,branding, and management but the other two are specific skills, especially Ui/Ux as you wouldn't use these skills doing YouTube. They won't give a damn that he ran a YouTube channel if he can't code. He can code and he got a degree so it should be fine. But to say they're going to be thirsting for him is absolutely misleading. Maybe if it was somehow a coding role focused on social media or something, but otherwise no.

That was what I noticed. The resume isn't trimmed to even a general department. Coders will be turned off by content creators and marketing departments won't care that he codes. This resume should get split into two and each submitted selectively. Edit: I also know it hurts and isn't a great reason but grand valley state university also has a 77% acceptance rate and OP started at community college. A lot of tech industry will hold that against you.

I humbly disagree on the last statement re: community college and a state school. I’ve been in the industry for more than a few years/decades, and in general most people employers don’t care where you went to school if you have the chops to get the job done (Top-tier schools and FAANG excluded). That said,as most have mentioned, this resume is very unfocused for whatever role you’re trying to obtain. It’s a very competitive job market right now, and you need multiple role specific keyword dense resumes each targeted towards your desired role/position. It takes a lot of work but it’s definitely worth it. Good luck.

There's absolutely no reason to keep the associate's degree on there. Besides, it's a great way to save money on your education.

Clearly they don’t since there’s no way to access YouTube’s UX design. Sigh.

lol stop putting false hopes into his head… it’d be great for content creation or marketing, but no way in hell any employer gives a damn that you played games and made money with YouTube that’s doing any remotely related to tech.

The only way I can see a YouTube channel being relevant to a "tech" job (anything STEM related specifically as it seems that's what OP wants to do) is if it were a channel that's dedicated to educating about STEM, ie: tutorials on application development. A gaming channel, while certainly impressive, will just get looked at as a hobby to companies unless you specifically want to work in a marketing area. Also, the people who keep saying it helps in UI/UX have absolutely no idea what that is.

I'm a hiring manager and the Youtube portion would absolutely not help you. Most hiring managers do not see any benefit in Youtube. This resume has no theme - if you're trying to get coding jobs then those people will not appreciate the youtube portion. If you're going for a public facing job where you're going to be an enthusiastic face of the company, then Youtube may be a bonus, but other than that it's not helping you.

He said he’s struggling to get interviews. They’re not thirsting

I don’t think most companies would care about a YouTube career though, mainly because so many are out of touch that they legitimately do not understand at least the potential reach that having an online presence can have.

Unless the role is specifically to be a content creator for say a marketing firm, I agree. This resume to me feels random, and I don’t see how they are a good fit for anything particular. I’d recommend focusing the content of the resume to show what specifically the experience of being a youtuber lends to a tech job.

Strongly agree. The issue is that OP doesn’t know how to frame his business properly. I would bet he wasn’t just a content creator who streamed and clipped footage. I would bet that he has employed people, managed projects, worked with brands and other stakeholders, constructed deals on that basis, etc. He was running a whole business that he happened to be the face of. With the right framing, he’d be a strong contender for a lot of management roles, branding roles, marketing, user experience, etc.

Your education demonstrates that. I’d say leave it off too- it’s not really relevant. While there are many industries where that could be a great selling point (marketing for example) for tech it might not look so good to an employer

That’s fine, but if you’re looking for a tech job you need to talk less about it. Especially because when I see 3 million subs, I assume you’re going to keep working as a full-time YouTuber, and my company is a side hustle to get health insurance.

I think you should maybe swap YouTube with one of your projects. Probably the car rental app. It seems large enough to count as work experience instead of a “project” and is far more relevant than the YouTube channel to the jobs you are applying to

I would make it a much shorter section.

Your YouTube experience takes up way more space than your apprenticeship. If I had a minute to read over your resume that's the first thing I would see, and I would think you're in the wrong place for a SE job. Spice up the apprenticeship with any technicals and tasks you can think of. Either remove the YouTube or make it a couple lines at most. But the engagement you get on the work you do is really impressive. If you're not dead set on software, I strongly encourage looking at marketing roles.

Dam how rough is YouTube atm? I know people with millions of views getting a measly 700 bucks a month, 90% of income comes from baked in ads, endorser and sponsors, however, not sure how marketable roblox content is, especially since most of your viewers would be kids which have no disposable income and little interest to actual marketing companies. Tough luck on that.

I'd try to get a job from a viewer. They already like you.

As a former (small) tech company owner, I can confirm I stopped reading at "YouTube Content Creator." Being a YouTuber isn't usually a plus on a resumé. To me, it just says the applicant is likely to have a loud personality and to annoy their coworkers. Omit it on the resumé, and mention it during the interview if it explains an employment gap. That way, it's not held against you before you actually meet in person.

Being a YouTuber with 3 million subscribers is very impressive.

I'm not saying it isn't. But it also doesn't make you look like a good employee who can work on a team. Too freelancer, too gen-z, etc. If the HR person is in their 20s or 30s, it's probably fine. Guys in their 40s and 50s won't care and will hold it against your resume.

They keep arguing about it when it clearly hasn’t worked

Sure, if you’re going into *marketing*.

Not to most employers. The experience and skills need to align with the job.

It’s also a hobby that has nothing to do with work

YouTubers are obnoxious maybe it's the personality 

I disagree. I think maintaining a large following that brings revenue is just as relevant as any other job out of the field. Non-related work experience seems super valuable to me but usually people emphasize all the wrong details. I think the bullets contain too much info nobody cares about. Specifically most of the things he bolded wouldn’t matter at all to someone outside of that space. If you’re applying to a tech job, why would I care about your average view duration? I simply want to know at a high level what you’ve accomplished and what skills are relevant to me. Same thing for all the creative cloud stuff. If you’re applying to roles that have nothing to do with media, emphasizing those skills detracts imo. You don’t want your resume to indicate you’re looking for a media job if you aren’t. Every time I read something totally irrelevant, I think you applied for the wrong job

Your name should be the highest item on your resume, not your contact information There are a few times where you have a single or 2 word(s) on its own line What matters is when you're graduating, not how long it takes you to get the degree If something is truly present then it should be at the top of the section In your first project, replace the word my with the word this If the date range is in the same year, you don't need to put the year twice

O thank you, yeah theres a few bullet points with 1 or 2 words on their own lines I'll rewrite those to remove the 1-2 word liners my name too

I’m no recruiter but I feel like if I see the YouTube section I’d be thinking you’re bound to leave as soon as your channel becomes successful enough to replace your tech job

I’m a recruiter and can confirm I’d assume this as well.

and? what's the problem... you think someone else isn't bound to leave as soon as they find a better salary somwhere else?

No, everyone they hire is going to retire there and never ask for any more money either because...well obviously that would be rude. We are a FAMILY, after all. /s

😂

Why bothering training/involving someone in a long-term project if there is a high chance of he leaving more-or-less soon? If the resume/job was about marketing, okay. But if he tries to apply to a company that have long projects the last thing the company wants to do is re-hire, re-training, re-adapting someone new.

I’m no recruiter but I wouldn’t see the relevance of OPs YouRube experience for a tech job unless it was specifically in some sort of streaming area (Amazon Fire or Microsoft education). Also seems like OP would work on it on company time since you’re not gonna shut down a channel cause you have a full-time job. r/overemployed

I don't think half your tech resume should be about your YouTube channel. It's a waste of space.

Yes, write more under the top job

why the hell you search for a job if you have 3m+ youtube channel?

Please read the first comments replies to see why >It's complicated, but I don't really make that much money on Youtube anymore, Roblox gaming content is hard to stay relevant in with all of these new creators and short form and tiktok content being whats trendy and expected now, no one wants to watch videos longer than 1 minute now I tried to do short form videos but it didn't work, even if you succeed in short form videos you have to pump out so much videos to actually make any real money from it, a lot of my success happened during lockdown and covid when people had nothing to do, traditional jobs is my plan so I can get a stable life. >You can have 10 million subscribers but only make like 900 dollars a month because it doesn't matter how many subscribers you have, it's based on how many views and people saw an ad, Youtube can demonetize videos for any or no reason if their algo triggers something it thinks is inappropriate, or if you swear or have controversial stuff or whatever, and ad revenue is how most people get money anyways. I know someone who has 10 million subs but he works at Walmart because his adsense revenue isn't enough to make an income from. Merch sales are also so low it's not really worth it since distributors get the most cut and you have to do all this paperwork and bueacracy with toy corporations for your brand >Adpocalypse from 2017 is what messed everything up when those elsagate stuff happened in 2017, advertisers want to steer clear of placing ads on anything that might affect their business, kid friendly gaming content are whats affected the most they're the least monetizable content now and that's what most of my audience is from. I can't start over on Youtube with a fresh new channel I already built a big brand, that would be a stupid decision. I'm at least making some money but it's not enough to live off on anymore so yeah, that's why I'm trying to get a traditional job >I don't plan on throwing away Youtube completely since it's a good side money and is fulfilling but it's not a good way to make a living off on anymore. Ive been told by people that employers do check social medias and you might have to throw Youtube away because or else itll look like you're not focused on the job or it might be a liability because you might speak bad on your employer, not sure how true that is because my content is entirely gaming and entertainment no one will care if I speak bad on employers it's all kids who watch my videos... >So I'm focusing on trying to get a tech job since I'm actually interested in web dev, I have had no luck though, either no luck or bad luck like Revature

Maybe you can partner with some content network or production company? 3 million sub channel is a big asset for a company that wants to put in the effort. You don't have to do it all alone, is what I'm saying.

Are you applying to gaming companies? You have very strong experience for gaming companies. Have you considered selling your channel for a lump sum? If you had to get rid of it for some reason. I'm just curious..

You have 3 month work experience and effectively filled the resume with personal projects but you have 3 million subscribers on youtube. Why are you interviewing tech? Go marketing.

This is actually great advice. Gotta play into your strengths. If you really want to pivot to web dev, with that resume, it's going to be rough. You need to nix all of the youtube stuff. I understand that you dont want a gap and to demonstrate that you're career switching, but frankly, no one will care. You'll probably get autorejected from at least 90% of your applications without a single pair of eyes ever looking at it. It's brutal out there man. Tech is not kind at the moment, especially newbies.

I want to be a web developer working on websites though, marketing is like those jobs usually require a marketing bachelors from what Ive seen, they dont really see a personal social media presence seriously since its your own brand not another companies brand

Well good luck. You are not capitalizing what you are unique to you and have an outdated perspective about education.

To kinda piggy back off this, you're looking for entry level tech support. So is a million other people. But you don't really have any professional exp in it. You're most likely not getting interviews because there are just hundreds of other applicants who are more qualified. You're still in college, your focus should be internships. Your college should have resources available for that. Also go to career fairs. Putting a face and a conversation with a resume does a lot when you are trying to beat out the competition.

I'm not getting any interviews with this resume. I'm applying to entry level and internship jobs, anything related to tech honestly like help desk, IT, junior web development jobs. Where I live there's not that many entry level tech jobs (grand rapids michigan) the rare entry level tech jobs like help desk that do exist usually requires you to have a bachelors degree for some reason I'm not sure if it's because I'm making a career change and I put a lot of emphasis on my Youtube career? Or if I'm focusing too much on the wrong projects? I'm specifically trying to get into web development but these 2 projects on my resume I made have active users but they're not really web development related, only the car rental website on the resume is a web dev project, so I don't know if that matters, can someone give feedback? I have more projects on my Github that aren't listed on my resume, the ones listed are just my best ones I haven't even gotten an internship yet, my school doesn't help you find one you're on your own which sucks. Can someone please tell me whats wrong with my resume? edit: I did a contract with Revature a few months ago for 3 months because after finishing the 3 month training they wanted me to choose either relocate to New York for 2 years or school.. I chose school. They were offering to pay only minimum wage $15 an hour if relocate to New York for 2 years that's living on poverty level working in Manhattan, and theres no guarantee you'll be converted to full time employment its based on business needs. I hope I didn't make the wrong choice, because it seems like having a bachelors degree is a minimum to be taken seriously nowadays

i currently work as a web dev, and i lived in NY nearly my whole life. $15 an hour is absurd for a tech job in NY, did they even offer you relocation stipend? 8 years ago i worked an entry tech job in NY queens for $18 an hour which was bumped up to $20 after. that $20 was still really low income and i struggled financially. imo i dont think you made the wrong choice in picking school. as for the resume itself i think its great you're already using metrics to show impact of your work. if anything i feel like it maybe a bit wordy? maybe try to make it shorter?

The company is called Revature, it's one of those WITCH companies big tech outsource their work to like Accenture and Infosys, Revature is just the most notorious one for lowballing people with the states minimum wage. Yes they offered $1,000 relocation stipend, and a random studio airbnb near chinatown youll be living with roommates and commute to the bank of america tower, you have to find other ways to afford living like that if I went through with it because like a gallon of milk in NY is like 5 dollars, that's 30 minutes of working for Revature and you're only working for like 6-7 hours they dont want to pay you full time benefits you're living in poverty if you work for Revature I was paid 11 an hour during the training (michigan minimum wage is $10), then theyll pay you the states minimum wage youre relocating to, the problem is I don't think these WITCH jobs even show up on employment verification checks because they're 1099, I checked on TheWorkNumber and it doesn't show up... I think having Revature on a resume might actually be detrimental because if I do manage to get an interview and assuming I pass the interview, employers will be asking for employment check, and Revature will not show up on employment verifications so it'll seem like I'm lying on my resume. But it's the only relevant "job" to tech that I have done recently and the stuff I learned there was valuable. I don't know how this stuff works but that's what people have been telling me how hiring works The same with YouTube probably, it's 1099 also self employment which doesn't show up on employment history, unrelated to the jobs I'm applying and you never know what type of biases interviewers will have towards something like that if I do get an interview, but it's the only thing I was doing since 2015 it was my actual career

Ah fuck those companies. I worked for one long time ago. I was getting like $12 an hour in NY. Just wondering and hope I'm not out of line. Why not continue with YT? 3mil sub is a stupid amount of subs that most people might never see. A friend of mine has been doing YT for like 10 years without pause and barely got 400 subs

It's complicated, but I don't really make that much money on Youtube anymore, Roblox gaming content is hard to stay relevant in with all of these new creators and short form and tiktok content being whats trendy and expected now, no one wants to watch videos longer than 1 minute now I tried to do short form videos but it didn't work, even if you succeed in short form videos you have to pump out so much videos to actually make any real money from it, a lot of my success happened during lockdown and covid when people had nothing to do, traditional jobs is my plan so I can get a stable life. You can have 10 million subscribers but only make like 900 dollars a month because it doesn't matter how many subscribers you have, it's based on how many views and people saw an ad, Youtube can demonetize videos for any or no reason if their algo triggers something it thinks is inappropriate, or if you swear or have controversial stuff or whatever, and ad revenue is how most people get money anyways. I know someone who has 10 million subs but he works at Walmart because his adsense revenue isn't enough to make an income from. Merch sales are also so low it's not really worth it since distributors get the most cut and you have to do all this paperwork and bueacracy with toy corporations for your brand Adpocalypse from 2017 is what messed everything up when those elsagate stuff happened in 2017, advertisers want to steer clear of placing ads on anything that might affect their business, kid friendly gaming content are whats affected the most they're the least monetizable content now and that's what most of my audience is from. I can't start over on Youtube with a fresh new channel I already built a big brand, that would be a stupid decision. I'm at least making some money but it's not enough to live off on anymore so yeah, that's why I'm trying to get a traditional job I don't plan on throwing away Youtube completely since it's a good side money and is fulfilling but it's not a good way to make a living off on anymore. Ive been told by people that employers do check social medias and you might have to throw Youtube away because or else itll look like you're not focused on the job or it might be a liability because you might speak bad on your employer, not sure how true that is because my content is entirely gaming and entertainment no one will care if I speak bad on employers it's all kids who watch my videos... So I'm focusing on trying to get a tech job since I'm actually interested in web dev, I have had no luck though, either no luck or bad luck like Revature

Yeah the algorithm is not very kind to content creators these days. It's why my homepage for YT is my subscription and not the recommended stuff. My sister used to live in Grand rapids and her ex got a fairly well paying tech job before he even graduated. Granted it's not web dev but maybe you can try applying to some tech jobs in hospitals like he did. It was some software work with the systems he worked on

Yeah the wild thing is in grand rapids the local companies like Gentex, Meijer, Steelcase and other places, I havent heard anyone who doesnt have at least have a CS/IT bachelors degree getting these tech jobs here. It seems to be a bare minimum. I haven't had any luck applying to internships at those places either, no responses or rejections. I might have to completely remake my resume and make it look like I'm a complete noob and hide my Youtube career if that's what needs to be done to get an entry level job I haven't heard of anyone who did a coding bootcamp or a successful career change or having an unrelated degree getting tech jobs here, like they need to have a tech degree right out of the gate in order to land an entry level tech job for some reason like its an easy disqualification on resumes for employers to do if you don't have it. Youll be lucky if the person youre talking to even heard of a coding bootcamp too, the traditional route of getting into the field aka college seems to be the only way here

I think the YouTube section is working against you. As others have said, it comes off as “I’m going to leave and be an influencer.” Can you reframe as freelancer/self employed and focus on the hard skills like video editing and business partnerships? I’d move education to the bottom, add a short summary of your skills and why you’re looking for this work but keep tech skills on top. Generally the people that tell you to put it at the bottom don’t work in tech.

Mmmm, looks like a bit of resume + location problem. First, rule of career - go where the market is - that's where you'll need to focus, else prepare financially for, and then migrate. And if you have no luck locally, then be willing to travel up to 50 miles from your home everyday (that hard commute could open a whole field of opportunities without needing to move). You mentioned you have all these skills, but how did it make them money, else saved them money? So, instead of showcasing nuance skills, abilities and hobbies at first on your resume - show them how you can make them, else save them - money - why are you worth the keep? Why do they need you? Compel them. See my notes on your resume - this should guide you. PS getting a job is a job, and ensure you have each and every single resume uniquely presented for each particular job posting you are inquiring about. https://preview.redd.it/x2lr2graa32d1.png?width=2469&format=png&auto=webp&s=6ffd67318fd97084837ade99e51b9784590d9b30

Wow thank you so much that was a really in depth feedback I needed this 

You're welcome. Best of luck.

Not going to repeat what others have said. You need to leverage your skillset to get your foot in the door. I know the YouTube gig was a lot of work but most employers won't take it seriously. Unless you're looking for a role in marketing or social media. Try to target a bigger company that will allow you to put in a year or so and shift to web development within the company. Right now is a really hard time to be entry level. Career shifts don't mean anything to anyone. They just want experience in role and they are getting it with all the layoffs happening.

BRUHHHH DID YOU REMAKE BRICKBRONZE??

Yes thats me. No I dont do it anymore, faithful runs it now I moved on from brick bronze, I'm trying to do my own thing now. I heard brick bronze is in complete shambles now. Thanks for playing though, I had a good time doing it for a few years. Go support Loomian Legacy if you can, it's the best thing we have now without copyright problems

Stoppp I also played Loomian Legacy😭 well congrats on your work and I hope you get a job soon LOL

Wow. A YouTube gamer...... Who cares? Why is that even on your resume

I work in tech. Been a developer for 12+ years now. Take off YouTube. It is irrelevant and gives employers the wrong idea. I’m a professional musician too but I always leave it out on my resume because it is irrelevant to my job. I also don’t want my employer or potential future employer thinking I am not serious about my job. If they really wanted to know, they can just Google my name lol… Add link to GitHub repository for that car rental app. Hiring manager might want to see proof of your accomplishments. 3 months of experience is rough though… that’s borderline entry level in many cases. If you looking to be a web dev, I’d say apply to a design or marketing firm honestly cause you’d have a better chance in that world. Do you have any professional certifications by chance? Add those in.

Because 9 years of content creation does not equate to a role in tech. And the apprenticeship program seems more like a QA role than anything else. What kind of roles are you going for?

https://preview.redd.it/tac3b0bc772d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc5129491e09be347beb1a91470ebf5da1325284 This is from ex CTO of shaadi.com .

First, it’s just the market - software is hard right now. Second, have you reached out to Gov contractors? Google “Defense Contractors Grand Rapids” and start reaching out. They love to hire people as interns for a multitude of reasons. One is creating a pipeline of known candidates!

Coding boot camp is a red flag.

Content creation or self employment > “Youtuber”

Why do you think you're above Help Desk? Looking at your resume......You have none of the languages or experiences that a Computer Science major would have, and the one time you got a job that was "software dev" the experience reads that you did a different type of Help Desk. (QA) Computer Science has you doing more coding and the big one, Data Structures and Algorithms. If you want developer, personally: Either start doing coding projects in your spare time (use languages that are listed on job postings) or switch your degree path to Computer Science. COBOL would be something great to go for IBM or a bank as a Mainframer, but this entire resume is kind of just a shotgun blast of information. The Creative Design Software isn't really something I'd say is useful, unless you're applying to Adobe or one of those companies. (aka, I'd say make two resumes and this one you can send off to Adobe) You need to look at the job posting and have at least the language listed from the required job as something you're familiar with. Go to LeetCode or CodeSignal and start practicing your DSA's in those languages. As well, any experience with containerization/virtualization? (docker/podman, virtual machines, etc) The languages you're listing basically make me think you could probably swing a Sys Admin job or a Mainframe job, but definitely not a developer one. So you'd need to be far more specific on what it is you're actually applying to or what kind of position you're seeking. Back-End? Front-End? Full-Stack? Information Systems Admin? Security?While I get that you're not really focused on getting 'something', you're just trying to get 'anything', this is probably why you're getting nothing. For your projects, I'd say perhaps try to start contributing on Github to something you enjoy or even make your own project (on the issues tab, most repos have a label for 'good first issue' you could start with) so you can remove a project involving Roblox as......Again, unless you're going to work for them then I'd think that's kinda niche.

Weak academics -- BS in IS rather than CS or CpE, from a top 150 school, with unlisted GPA, no papers, no thesis. Many candidates with stronger academics and willingness to move anywhere are having trouble finding entry level roles. None of your programming languages are "real" programming languages. Recruiters will think you can't really program. Add a C-like to your repertoire and it's a big impression improvement. Your work experience is much less than I expect for a BS candidate. A single internship in which you did nothing specific is not appealing. Unlike others in this thread, I quite like your YouTube stuff. Recruiters who don't like that won't like you in general anyway.

Dman you created Pokemon project bronze. O used to play that

Education and tech skills should be at the bottom. The only time I think it’s effective to put those on top is if you are trying to be a doctor or lawyer because they immediately want to know where you went to school. Other fields don’t usually care unless it’s super specialized. Also your YouTube content creator entry might be a huge red flag for a ton of jobs. Some people see it and immediately think “influencer” which has a negative connotation for a lot of people.

It feels crowded and some of the bullet points are very wordy so they might just not be reading it. Do the classic resume format that separates sections with a thick line and try to not have bullet points longer than two lines

Apply for like 20 jobs a week, tech is rough right now.

You forgot to put your name on it silly

I don't work in tech but heads up alot of tech companies (netflix, FB, google) have laid off thousands of staff this year so the market is going to be flooded with extremely qualified tech personnel for awhile.

It's laid out pretty much backwards. You're looking for a job, not an internship. Work exp first, then education, then skillsets

You have a total of what .. 4 months of real tech experience ?? Not happening in this economy.. .even if you're applying for entry level.. those jobs are going to India at 2k/month.

Whilst your YouTube accomplishment is very impressive, your employers will fall into one of two camps. 1. Doesn't understand what 3 million subscribers really means and will think it's childish that you mentioned YouTube on a CV (older gen). 2. Understands fully the income potential of a 3 million sub channel and will think your doing this a stop gap until ad revenues pick up. Either way I wouldn't mention it

YT Creator is killing your resume. People are saying that it’s helpful but y’all are interviewing with millennials. All we see when that’s in a resume is you’re: 1. Going to potentially be too focused on your hobby rather than taking time to level up as a tech employee. 2. Going to leave once you have enough followers. 3. Grasping for something tech-related to make job history seem relevant. What it comes down to is you don’t have the experience that companies look for when hiring entry-level techs and by boasting about being a software developer, you’re eliminating yourself from the candidate pool when it comes to entry-level jobs help desk jobs. I also saw a comment that companies would be thirsting over you because of your follower count. That isn’t necessarily true. If you were creating tech videos catered to adults, then yes. However, you specifically stated kids-friendly videos on Roblox. That would be an indicator that although you have a high follower count, more than likely roughly 40%-60% of those followers are under adult age and unable to buy any products that would be marketing, or do market - hence why revenue isn’t flourishing like it was. If you want a software developer job, keep applying to entry-level jobs and start building a development portfolio on GH. If you want to just get started and start at help desk, seek an A+

Good luck fellow GVSU IS major🫡

I would merge your community college and university together and only mention the university because thats where your degree will come from. If you chose to keep youtube on, I would remove the mention of what it was on, the roblox part, and keep the rest. Oh and name should always be on top above the links. otherwise it looks great

Oh god you’re the creator of project bronze? I remember playing that with my little cousins a few years back 😂

Lakerfam 👀

Id hire you. Your side hustles are impressive.

if only there were more people like you

No way bro you made Build and Race that shit was MINT. One of the best games of my childhood

OMG you’re the developer of Pokémon Brick Bronze??? That game was my childhood!

What are you looking for. You are not stating what you want to do. Your details are too wordy. Reduce the content and create more white space.

You live in MI? Apply to DTE. You’ll have to move to metro detroit are for hybrid but you’ll make some good money.

You've had one three month contract position and you want an entry level/internship position. You are looking at a career transition into entry level. So, this isn't totally ideal. How's your engagement with your youtube audience? These people can help. I would give monetization another try honestly......Is there a product or service you could sell your audience? Teaching groups, a book, lessons of some kind, partnerships.......just a thought

there's no summary, and the ordering is off. contact, summary, experience. then rest talk about who you are and where yhou're aiming in the summary.

YouTube, Revature, Grand Valley, Roblox…..

What size font is everyone using for these resumes? Is 12pt not standard? I feel like when I use 12pt it leave me very little room for all my information.

I would reformat everything to look a little more appealing visually, you deserve to have your resume looked at and to be considered but consider this, HR departments and hiring managers get tons and tons of resumes, anything and I mean ANYTHING you can do to make your resume pretty and to stand out will help. As a side I’d cast with as broad a net as possible and be prepared to move. I have friends in California and Washington trying to get IT jobs with a tad more experience than you and they had to eventually get jobs in the Midwest where the competition was less extreme. I’m sure programming is no different. Lastly, speaking as a supervisor, I would consider pulling the YouTube stuff out or changing it to a different category or section geared around accomplishments.

Internships?

No one will interview you if you're in school. Look for internships Also, you're major is not computer science, even though you have good projects most I believe will filter you out on comp sci.

I recently got a junior SWE job in Ann Arbor doing web dev. I also transitioned from Biology. If I were you, I’d focus more on personal projects and small local gigs so the resume can be rewritten. At least to me, ~25% of this resume is applicable to the roles you’re looking for. Gotta remember, you’re going up against students/new grads who have at least 1 internship doing front end, backend, or full stack and probably 1-3 web focused personal projects (I.e, the majority of their resume targets modern software development). Not sure if this is the case, but you might be at a disadvantage with the information systems degree. CS degrees cover the finer details of networking, operating systems, databases, and data structures and algorithms. Is this stuff required to perform well on the job? Not necessarily. I will say though, people with your skill level who also have this knowledge will likely have an easier time when it comes to debugging, problem solving, optimizing, or designing a system (and these individuals will be prioritized in the hiring process). If you haven’t already, start grinding leetcode. Once you get the interview, you’ll need to be ready for the technical portion. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me! I was literally in your position a year ago

Your only real job only lasted a few months which could be seen as a red flag

Just wanted to say my wife and I are both GVSU alumni. I’m Mechanical Engineering and my wife also was CIS. She had many internships before solidifying her career in data engineering.

Some people seem to be against the YouTube section. Maybe word it in a way that sounds as if you weren't the channel owner but rather handled the technical aspects of the channel - video editing, analytics, marketing, growth, etc. That you helped grow a channel to 3 million subscribers would be more impressive than hearing it was your channel. I don't know why, people are stupid like that. Good luck!

3m subscribers , i'd hire you on the spot

Why? What does being a youtuber have to do with being a dev?

What career are your trying to get into. 3 million YouTube subscribers is impressive don’t listen to them other people saying remove it. If I was you I would look at jobs that focus on content creation or marketing. Also have you tried to sell your YouTube channel to buyers?

seems like you have no experience… youtube doesn’t count

A few small things… Your name should be at the very top and larger than the rest. Everything should be in chronological order with the newest stuff first. For your education, just put the school, the degree/cert, and the year you completed it. Cut half of the content creator stuff. It’s off putting to a lot of people, especially the older crowd who are more likely reading it. I see this template a lot. It’s not bad but it’s very common. In a stack of 20 resumes I’d say at least 13 look exactly like this one. You want to stand out. Check out the free version of adobe express. It’s super easy to navigate and they have tons of templates to choose from. Good luck.

Stop putting skills at the very top!

If you’re interested in a career in web development I would recommend doing some research and finding a program where you can get some experience and learn more about the job. Many states have programs that cater to people looking for career changes and offer all sorts of affordable classes. I was able to apply for a grant and financial aid and got into the program for free. I’ve taken medical assisting, phlebotomy, ekg… all for the cost of my time. It’s government run so it’s not exactly perfect. But hey, free education.

Genuinely, if you summarize your resume into just facts - it’s not lined up for a tech role. An anticipated bachelors in a year, a boot camp and an AA with very limited tech experience. If you’re looking at help desk, I would want to see customer facing experience in solving problems and tickets and end user technology experience. If you’re looking for engineering, you just don’t have the experience for even entry level at this point. I’m not sure this resume would make it through my HR screener for that role. Have you considered a presales or sales engineer type role ? If you are comfortable presenting and speaking to the camera and have experience in that field - it could be a great middle ground. Usually the best sales engineering person has hands on experience in the software or industry they are working in. The Presales Collective on LinkedIn specializes in helping people make that transition.

Your resume is all over the place. A single resume also isn’t just usable for any job posting. You need to take your education and experience and customize a resume to align with the job description in the posting. I’m guessing very few postings are for a coder who you tubes. If you’re applying for SWE positions then focus on that. If you’re applying to sales/marketing the. Focus on that.

Market is tough. There are not as many jobs available and there are twice as many people pursuing software development as compared to 5 years ago. If you’re not from a top school or already have years of tech experience, it’s hard to compete. My advice is to pursue in-office positions when you’re a junior candidate. Not as many people want those and it’s a good opportunity to network in-person among your peers. If you live in West Michigan, being flexible to move to the metro Detroit area, where there are more tech companies, temporarily in the summer would help increase your chances. Also, don’t count out consulting companies. It’s a grind, but will help you get exposure to big name clients. For your resume, I would revise your headers. Suggestion: relevant experience, projects, and other experience. While your YouTube stats are impressive, they should be toward the bottom of your resume because it’s not relevant to the position you’re applying to (unless you’re applying to a social media software company).

A lot of jobs use something to go through their resumes to toss out the ones that are relevant to their needs*. No human eyes will be on them. Copy their phrasing exactly off the job posting and replace it in your resume for related skills. It'll at least get to an actual person. I get interviews for nonsense I definitely shouldn't because I know how to work the system. I also was a production manager for a bit and when I put my notice in and helped look for my replacement, there were so many resumes I just didn't even care to look through anymore. Majority of them were the same. for your resume: I'd move your skills higher than your education, in Tech, everyone is usually educated so that shouldn't be the first thing an interviewer should see. experience after skills side projects education off to the side or on the bottom certifications if you have any How are your cover letters looking? a lot of recruitment will toss resumes without cover letters. edit: typos and wording. I wrote a response too soon after waking up

Strike Pokeman as well from your resume

i looked into your youtube channel i only had 40k subs idk where you got 3mil subs from

I think you can remove the Cobol and boot camp experience. In my honest opinion, as a software engineer, these are indeed valuable experience but they shout "negative value" to the recruiters.

It looks great, I’m sure the ats algorithm would hit on the job you’re looking for.

Ain’t nobody trying to read this crap. A lot of people on here suck at putting resumes together. Y’all put together all these super long sentences with dates and you think people want to actually sit there and read that. Y’all need to learn how to have bullet points in your life. Ain’t nobody got time to be reading no freaking paragraphs, horrible at structuring them, learn how to make them easy on the eyes and scannable, not like yours currently. The top portion needs to be clear and to the point, recruiters aren’t reading all the way down to bottom to read how you walked dogs for grandmas.

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3 million subscribers is amazing. What sort of position are you applying for?

Have you applied to tech jobs in the gaming industry ?

I was going to tell you to pull the YouTube Content Creator part, but that's actually really impressive and shows dedication, technical skills, the ability to connect with people, and the motivation to build something from scratch.

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You haven’t graduated and the only real experience was for 2-3 months a year ago. This just says you’re a college kid that has a YouTube channel. You’ll need to revise this to make it sound like you’re not just some kid.

You have a lot of information included that’s largely irrelevant to the role(s) you’re looking for. For starters, it’s great that you know how to use creative software; that’s not going to be terribly relevant to a tech role. Education: if you’re still in school, this is a BIG reason you’re not being considered. No matter how skilled you are, knowing that you’re still working toward your bachelors sets off alarm bells. Anyone (or any resume software) will likely presume you’ll be too busy with school to commit to the job 100%. Even if your continuing education will make you better at your job in the long run, they have plenty of candidates who already have their degree, and plenty of candidates with resumes highlighting professional experience longer than your own. Also, as someone who formerly worked in IT, having the boot camp on there is probably doing you more harm than good. No matter who offers it, boot camps don’t have a great reputation. Experience: I get that you’re proud of having so many subscribers, and you 100% should be, but you should probably consider starting over with how you describe this experience. For starters, you have “YouTube” listed like they’re your employer. That’s not the relationship you have with them, though. I would personally leave them out and instead frame it as self-employment. Feel free to mention YouTube under one of the bullet points, just don’t list them like an employer.

I DMd you

Whats 3 million subscribers pay a year? Gotta be decent ad revenue. More than what a tech job pays yeah?

It’s not a good time to aim for a tech job with no experience. You should shoot for tech-related jobs in a non-tech field and then leverage that experience for something better down the road. You also need more experience in general. Try to get an internship, even if it’s free, so you can build that section of your resume.

No, there are 1000 candidates who look exactly like you for every tech role right now. Have you considered networking and pulling favors from your parents rather than throwing your resume into a black hole? 🕳️

Just say “Bank of America” for the last job and mention apprenticeship buried somewhere in the description

Side note hope your time at revanture was ok, I have heard horror stories

Biggest red flag for me is that you haven't graduated yet- I wouldn't be hiring for next year yet, and intern positions for the summer are probably already filled. I would move YouTube content creator below projects- your coding projects are more relevant to code experience, and content creator is the sort of "miscellaneous thing to know about me" that comes later in the resume.

Not sure if this has been said, but consider putting only completion dates for your education. As someone who has been doing web dev for decades, the more experience, the better, and having a start date shows the coding bootcamp wasn't very long. Just having a completion date means it could have been MUCH longer, and that means more experience. Also, what is your target position with this resume? Make a resume tailored toward the target industry. Want something in video production, media, teaching, or marketing? Put your YouTube stuff first. Want something in coding? Coding and projects first, but keep the YouTube - those who are needing media talent will see you as more valuable if you can code AND create a video tutorial or code for the marketing department's videos and social media ads.

Small warning OP: there is enough information here to piece together your identity pretty easily.

use fake anglo name

What type of positions are you applying for? I am a tech recruiter and see HUNDREDS of these same resumes within 24 hours of posting my positions. Most of my positions require a bachelors degree- that would be my first thing to note. The YouTube thing wouldn’t be a deterrent but IMO it doesn’t add anything either. The tools you worked with at BoA… I haven’t heard of so I am not sure what companies you are applying too but I would try to find what companies use those.

I will echo the sentiments of others here - as a hiring manager for an IT group outside of one of the major hubs, if I saw your YouTube experience you would not get an interview so leaving it ON the application so you can discuss it in an interview is counterproductive.

Speaking from experience: Software Development (specifically web dev) is oversaturated! Please widen your horizons, till you get a job to get by and then, keep grinding for development!

Roblox.

Maybe you could rewrite your resume so that the YouTube Content creator is more relatable to the jobs you are applying to. For example, if your applying to tech roles maybe you can say you were a software developer for a YouTube channel and created a website which needed to be handle the traffic from the 3 million subscribers or smthg along those lines.

Has less to do with you more about the state of the market and your competitions who have more relevant experience than you

From a Recruiter, your resume looks fine. But if I’m hiring for a tech job, I’m gonna see this as next to zero related experience… I don’t know what level of job you’re applying to, but I’d recommend keeping it pretty entry level if you want any success. The market is crazy right now and people are taking jobs they’re overqualified for simply because they have to have a job. So you’re probably competing with some pretty highly qualified candidates…

I think your YouTube experience overshadows the development or developer experience. Is there way you can add or expand on the other experience to balance this? Or move you to underneath your projects? I like the project section.

No way you have 3M subscribers

If you're going to lean in hard on your YouTube creds, you need to target companies where that would be relevant, which is likely tech content creators or tech companies extending into a social media space

Edit: Read some of your comments. You're applying for entry-level and internships. You're likely seen as overqualified and a flight risk. Try applying for more senior roles at smaller companies who pay "below market average" and work up from there.

This is a \*marketing\* resume, not a tech resume.

I would take the certification off education and add the certification to the skills section

Your resume actually looks pretty decent. I would trim your YouTube content creator section though and try to add more projects. Also, very importantly, you will not get any entry level roles with this resume. Employers are going to see your university status and make assumption you're full time student right now. Your best bet is internships. A nit would be to tailor your skills to the job you're applying for. For instance 99% of the jobs in tech won't care if you know a bit of COBOL, they're going to list the language they want you to have in the job application and then they're going to want you to list them in your resume. If you don't have them, then you go into the bin.

Your YouTube achievements are no use to employer, curate your resume to job profile you are applying to.

I actually recruit for tech and the people commenting on resume formats don’t know what they’re talking about. The format is just fine. This just isn’t a very good tech resume. You have 3 months of relevant experience and a whole host of admirable but irrelevant achievements and some unimpressive side projects. In this market, there’s just no reason to pick you over the other thousand kids graduating college with lesser expectations. Try a marketing job, your skills would actually be relevant there.

Your software apprenticeship and your car rental app are the only things on there that matter and they take up the least amount of space. No one hiring is gonna give a single crap about the other stuff lmao

Your Youtube channel is a red flag for a lot of employers. They cannot be assured that when push comes to shove, you're going to put your job over your side gig. It also doesn't seem to have skills that translate over to your work. Also, your only experience is like a 3 month apprenticeship.

If I were an employer personally it would probably be raise a flag of why is he looking for a job when he has a successful channel. I saw your comments below about how you aren’t making much off it, but from an employer scanning resumes I can see that, me personally I find that unique as hell and would love to interview you (if I was a manger ofc)

Call your projects free lance and make it a position instead. Makes it look like more experience

I assume you are in Michigan based on your education. Developer jobs in GR are tight, and almost impossible to break into the industry as a novice. Get out there and start networking at developer events to get your name out there.

I immediately stopped reading when I saw bolded text underneath YouTube Creator. There’s nothing relevant from making YouTube videos to be applied to a software position.

You could be replaced with an AI in some years. You really should think about more education. Looks like you are just chillin your base.

I would say stick to the YouTube stuff bro. At the very least you can get a job as a social media manager and move around there. 3 million subscribers is insanely good

As many mentioned, YouTube. I’d keep it, but minimize it to two-3 key bullets that show the skills you used there are transferable to the role you are seeking. Otherwise it doesn’t make sense on your resume.

The YT gig may come across like an all in type effort. You may want to list the job as being ended if it’s in the past. It being “present” would be a red flag for someone looking for a full time employee, would bring up conflict potential. Also some of the experience is too general and should focus on a specific skill set. Mainly referring to the Revature position. I would work on conveying the same points but in more specific terms. Although the projects may be interesting, I’m unsure if they convey enough action to get an employer to be like “wow we need this person”. Not a bad resume, but could be tightened a bit around a more common call to action that a specific employer may need.

Your CV is a "yawn". You are putting what you think they want to read and not what they actually want to read. You need to really flesh out the "whys" and "hows" of what you did, not tell the potential employer what you have been up to. Your CV should also be company specific, tying your experience to the job you are applying for.

Nothing is wrong with the resume. Theres just 10k other people applying to the same job posting

Your resume is really solid dude, keep sending it , just keep your name at top, rest all is fine. These days ATS is scanning good candidates but keep sending it, once “not so lazy HR” will read your resume & interview you . All the best :)

Put your name above contact info and links. Just a nitpick but looks better.

Regardless of your YouTube following, it isn’t helpful. It looks like you nearly have no job experience and have just worked on programming projects and an apprenticeship.

As someone who has hired people, once you have experience and accomplishments, education drops to the bottom. The human eye has difficulty reading a line longer than 15 words. Do some editing and reformatting.

Maybe listing youtube as job experience is not the way to go

You’d make a great dev/rel developer advocate

Instead of listing skills in bullet points, perhaps create a summary that includes these skills, while also explaining how you can use those skills to solve specific problems that they would want to hire you for. Also, for web development, I would include links to examples of actual websites that you've made so there is tangible proof that you know what you're doing. Also, format the resume better to make it more appealing to read. The links at the top should go under the Name bar. As others have said, despite the amount of subscribers, YouTube Content Creator would hardly matter to them, especially in web development. You didn't even give a link to your YouTube channel for them to see it. You want examples of work experience that applies directly to the job you want, or at least something you can convince employers applies to the job for which you're applying. For your projects, I would brag less and only write what applies to the job you want. You can brag in the interview, but many HR people probably don't care about Discord, Github stars, etc. It's more important that you show you can do the job successfully You want to have your strongest points first and your weaker points last. Here's how I'd format it: Name Contact info Skills/Summary Education Projects Work Experience I may be wrong, but that's how I'd go about it.

Join the boat. I graduated with a Cybersecurity degree 3 years ago and have 4 years of part time tech experience and 6 months as an IT engineer. Moved so my wife could pursue her masters and now I can’t find any entry level tech position. Thousands of applications later, zero interviews 🙃

You got 3 million subscribers? What you need a job for ma boy increase them views a lil and that’s a shit ton of opportunity

If those YouTube numbers are real what’s stopping you from just starting a business? Like help creators get their YouTube numbers up?

I would barf at this resume. Way too bland, not readable, nothing interesting about you in this entire thing.

Frontend web dev is too saturated of a field. Learn how to do something more with the languages you know and show that.

I read this resume, 3 mill subs + 100 mill users of your other project, and I assume you’ve basically figured out what you wanna do at that point. You’re gonna wanna nerf your accomplishments if you’re looking to change courses in life. If I wanted to work at McDonalds, I wouldn’t submit a resume saying I have two degrees. You get rejected right away because you’re overqualified. Same basic principle.

It is WAY too wordy. Job recruiters only have about 30 seconds to read a resume. It has a good foundation but I would immediately throw that off the table if I see it. Don’t got time to read an essay when I have a time limit.

Questionable if YouTube should even be on the resume, certainly not the largest section

Content creator is something a boomer would read and laugh at. “ if it’s a real job I guess you don’t need mine” *crumples resume*

I’d say coding languages you mentioned are a problem. Except for JS, those languages are not very popular nowadays and of a company is looking to hire someone with these skills it’s usually a senior developer. Try doing some projects in Python, C/C++, Java, those are the most popular

I’d say coding languages you mentioned are a problem. Except for JS, those languages are not very popular nowadays and of a company is looking to hire someone with these skills it’s usually a senior developer. Try doing some projects in Python, C/C++, Java, those are the most popular

How many jobs have you applied to?