Resume & GitHub Portfolio

Present evidence of your skills clearly to recruiters and interviewers.

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Syllabus

Career evidence

  1. What a resume must prove
  2. Choosing a target role
  3. Inventorying your experience
  4. Selecting evidence over claims
  5. Building a one-page structure

Writing the resume

  1. A focused professional summary
  2. Education and relevant coursework
  3. Experience bullet points
  4. Projects with outcomes
  5. Skills without keyword stuffing

Portfolio projects

  1. Choosing portfolio-worthy projects
  2. Project scope and user story
  3. Readable README files
  4. Screenshots, demos and deployment
  5. Explaining trade-offs honestly

GitHub as evidence

  1. A professional GitHub profile
  2. Repository hygiene
  3. Commit history and collaboration
  4. Pinned repositories
  5. Avoiding common portfolio mistakes

Applying and improving

  1. Tailoring for each application
  2. Applicant tracking systems
  3. Sharing links professionally
  4. Reviewing feedback and metrics
  5. Resume revision checklist