3. Resume Advice Thread - March 05, 2016

Resume Advice Thread - March 05, 2016

Hey all, this is my first post here, and I'm hoping you could help point out the weaknesses of my resume and how I can improve it this next year in preparation for Summer 2017. My dream in computing has always been to work for Google, but Microsoft sounds just as great as 85% of interns get full time offers (+Seattle, so there's that also). So, here I go...

School

University of Texas at Dallas B.S. Software Eng. (in progress) 3.0 GPA

  • Expected Graduation Date: 12/17

Community college A.A. (completed) 3.0 GPA

Relevant Work Experience

Accepted internship offer for a large bank in Dallas (Summer 2016)

Web development intern turned junior dev for a small company 08/14-12/15

More Real Life Experience

Github

  • Only a couple of projects here. One big release (100 hours of work) of some open source code I wrote with web dev company.

EPICS

  • Engineering Projects In Community Service is a course that was just added to UTD (originating in Purdue). I applied and got selected. Here, the class breaks up into groups and picks a real-life project presented to them. My team is building an android app and web interface for the first public library in Liberia. I'm also designing a website for the team. We're dealing with sponsors and partners, so I'm getting the full real-life treatment here.

Leadership Experience

Campus Ambassador and student leader at Community College

Member of a leadership board at UTD

Volunteering

Active member of Rotary club of UTD

...

I'm attempting to find a project to contribute to on GitHub, but man these projects have LARGE codebases and can be quite daunting to find one that I can actually understand and help with.

Other than that, what do you guys think I can do to beef up my credentials?

P.S. Does anyone know if I can actually get an internship for Summer 2017 since I graduate that December? It'll be much easier to get than a full time position. I emailed a Microsoft recruiter about it, and she asked for my resume. I sent it to her and she hasn't answered since (1.5 months). I even followed up multiple times and she still hasn't answered.

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