How do I Prepare my Resume for the Real World?
I need to ask the greater community for a bit of help. As many of you know, I am approaching the completion of my time in University. I will be graduating in April with a B.Sc, majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Math. I’ve also taken about half of a minor in physics - that was my first choice for a minor - I would have taken more courses in Physics if they had been offered by my University.
That all said, I am working on preparing my resume to send to a variety of SEO companies around the world. SEO/Web Development is what I want to do. I am interested in it, enjoy it, and pursue it as a hobby.
The problem is, I have no professional SEO experience, nor have I taken any courses in the subject. I do not doubt my own knowledge of the field; I have spent more hours pursuing and learning the science and art of SEO than I spent on my prior hobbies. While I know that there is always more to learn, I think I know as much as any non-professional SEO out there. As good as that may be, I have nothing professional in the industry to put on my resume. I have created a number of websites as a hobby; would they count for much?
My prior job experience, apart from a four month Coop this summer consisted of Treeplanting, Cabinet Making, Beekeeping, and a few other manual labour-type jobs in the summers while I’ve been in school. The summer coop I mentioned took place at Out Front Portable Solutions where I wrote some custom software for them, as well as redesigning their webpage…
I would like some advice from any professional SEOs who could take a second to send me a few pointers as to what I could/should put on my resume - I desperately want a job in the field, but I am not sure how to get my foot in the door. The one thing I do have going for me is that I have a few people I could call on for good references. Of course, so does just about anyone applying in the same market, I’m sure.
Thank you in advance for any and all help you may offer - if you don’t feel comfortable posting here, feel free to email me at !
If your sites rank and are treated well by the SEs than I would say yes, include them in your portfolio to submit with your resume. With your educational background, if you were to do a part time internship over the spring maybe through the summer, you would be golden, but I don’t think it is absolutely necessary to have a tremendous amount of SEO experience, be able to illustrate an understanding of the basics, and remember SEO is a fluid landscape, its always changing.