[Student] Mechanical Engineering graduate — getting very few/no responses to applications. Looking for help cutting my resume to 1 page if possible
Hi everyone,
First, I want to thank the moderators of r/EngineeringResumes for the helpful suggestions on my previous post. The post was removed, but I was given some specific feedback on what needed to be changed, and I've made those changes to my resume before reposting.
I'm a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate from India, currently applying for entry-level Mechanical Engineering roles, mainly in **design, CAE/FEA, manufacturing, simulation, and related engineering positions**. I'm primarily looking for opportunities in India.
I've been applying to jobs but have been getting very few responses, with many applications ending in rejection. I'm trying to figure out whether there are still issues with how I'm presenting my experience/projects, or whether I'm simply running into the current entry-level job market.
I'd really appreciate some feedback on the revised version, particularly on:
* Whether my **project descriptions** are still too detailed, too generic, or appropriately technical. * Whether I should keep the **links to certifications/courses**, or whether they are just taking up valuable space. * I'm also debating whether the **summary/objective section** is actually useful. From what I've seen, summaries are often discouraged in US-style resumes, but they seem to be fairly common/useful in the Indian job market. For those familiar with hiring in India, is it worth keeping? * Whether anything important is missing for an entry-level Mechanical Engineer. * Whether there are any obvious reasons this resume could be getting filtered out or rejected by recruiters/ATS. * Most importantly, **what would you remove, condense, or rewrite** if this were your resume?
I have quite a bit of academic, project, and technical experience, so getting everything into a clean one-page resume has been one of my biggest challenges. I'm trying to avoid keeping things simply because I worked on them if they aren't actually helping the application.
I'm mainly looking for **honest, practical feedback**, rather than general encouragement. If something is unnecessary, weak, redundant, or taking up space that could be used better, please tell me directly.
Thanks to anyone willing to take a look at the revised version.
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