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Looking for a role as junior software engineer.
Hello Everyone,
- I am looking for a part-time/full-time role as a software engineer. I have Bachelor in computer science.
Pros: Self learner.
Cons: Take too much Tea.
Comfortable:
- Typescript/Nodejs
- Reactjs, tailwindCSS
- GraphQL
Intro and done some work in following technologies also:
- WebRTC
- Django
- Android, Flutter
- Solidity, Truffle
Regards Muhammad Ahsan.
Email: ahsanjsdev@gmail.com
Salary expectations: 15$/h
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100% correct - you need to either get with the program (use AI to make your resume to pass the AI screeners) or you'll be left behind
Who told u that? My friend is trying to get a job for last 2 year and hasn’t gotten a single interview and his resume is AI formatted. You do have to update your resume based on job requirement but there is no magical formst that will get you through the door. I have not used AI at all had multiple interviews and finally landed a role but i can say the market is brutal and never seen this bad in my last 15 years. Never had to wait too long to get an offer.
2 years with zero interviews usually means the resume is getting filtered before a human even sees it, not that the person is unemployable. I’d stop staring at the formatting first and run it against a few real job descriptions, then look for missing keywords, weird section titles, and anything ATS might skip like tables or text boxes.
I had a resume that looked clean to me but was getting nothing back, and once I stripped it down to plain sections and matched the wording to the posting, callbacks changed pretty fast. The market can still be brutal tho, so it’s probably a mix of timing + resume fit, not just one thing.
If he’s applying to the same kind of role over and over, I’d check whether his summary and bullet points actually mirror the job reqs, especially the exact tools and titles in the posting. I ended up using ResumeJudge for a quick scan before tweaking mine, but honestly the big win was just making the resume line up with the JD instead of trying to make it look fancy.
Agreed. Cannot send generic resumes have to match the JD and close as possible to the domain.
Wow, I thought at first that it was hokum, but I searched online and apparently there is something to that. With AI and ATS, less is more in 2026. No more professional summary. Instead, keywords mapped to the job description. Instead of experience on top, it’s bumped down after core competencies.
That said. In the job hunt it is too easy to blame yourself for not landing already. The market it terrible. If your resume tells your story well and it is optimized for ATS, you’re probably in good shape. Use one of the private free ATS Resume Checkers on line to be sure.