Stage 2 · Lesson 6 of 8
Education, grouped skills and gaps
On a , keep education short: degree, university, dates and, if strong, your grade. New graduates can put it near the top with a line of relevant courses. Experienced engineers move it to the bottom.
Group your skills by type, such as languages, frameworks, tools and cloud. List only what you could discuss in a round, in the order the uses. Leave out you cannot prove and basics like MS Office.
are stretches of time with no job in your history. If you have one, a short honest line answers the question before anyone guesses, such as "2025: career break for family care; built two tools".
Common trapa skills list of 40 technologies, which signals depth in none of them.
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Resources for this stage
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- CoursePaidGrokking Prompt Engineering for Professional Portfolio and Job Search
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Using AI to tailor a resume to a posting without generic filler or invented claims
- GuideFreeTech Interview Handbook: Resume Guide
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Free guide to engineering resumes: what to cut, how to phrase results, how screening works
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