Career: Building a Resume/CV & LinkedIn Profile

Learn how to build a CV/Resume and a LinkedIn Profile as a software engineer

About This Course

Knowing how to promote and market yourself as a software engineer is one of the most important modern skills developers need. Not only will mastery over building a CV or resume make it easy to strike interviews and get a job, but building a good LinkedIn profile can also increase potential future employer visibility dramatically. In this course, Yelp Engineering Manager Ryan Murphy will use the knowledge he gained the past few years interviewing and leading teams of developers to teach you all the secrets you need to know to stand out and get interviewed by some of the biggest companies in the world.

Course Curriculum

2h 16m 8 sections

Welcome

00:52 Free preview

What will you learn in this course?

01:44 Free preview

Who is the course for and prerequisites

01:12 Free preview

Teaching style

00:51 Free preview

A CV is a resume

00:40

Why professional branding matters?

04:34

Differences between resumes and LinkedIn

05:15

Exercise: Personal Branding Reflection

09:48

What is a good resume?

07:48

Choosing the right format

09:52

Essential resume sections

06:41

Formatting best practices

05:25

Exercise: Outline your resume

11:20

Crafting a powerful summary

06:35

Showcasing work experience

09:43

Highlighting skills and education

06:42

Exercise: Rewrite this work experience section

09:10

Common mistakes and how to fix them

05:08

Effective keywords and proofreading tips

04:54

Exercise: Resume review checklist

03:30

Crafting a strong headline and summary

06:31

Detailing experience and adding skills

05:38

Visual Elements - Profile photo and banner

02:58

Reviewing consistency between resume and LinkedIn

03:26

Exercise: Setting a professional branding action plan

04:03

Conclusion

01:14

Meet Your Instructor

Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy is an experienced Engineering Manager at Yelp, content creator, writer and speaker. He currently leads the teams responsible for all the infrastructure behind reliable and safe purchasing. His career has typically seen him either working on trading platforms at large financial institutions or implementing scalable infrastructure behind advertising.
Ryan’s goal is to level-up the next generation of software engineering leadership, where there is currently little on offer for training and learning those new skills.

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