Hi Ekene,
It looks like the end of your first sentence and beginning of the second sentence were accidentally deleted, so we don't know what kind of role you are seeking. I see you will graduate with your civil engineering degree soon, but your resume is geared toward a data analyst role in tech or business operations. If you are not clear about your goals, hiring managers at civil engineering firms may think you would prefer a job in a different industry. If that's true, disregard the things I'm about to suggest! But it'd be great to have someone of your talents in the civil engineering profession. Data/programming skills are certainly valuable in civil engineering, and you have some great experience.
If you really want to highlight your interest in civil engineering, you can restructure your resume to place civil engineering related items first. For instance, place your civil engineering skills (structural analysis, highway design) before your data skills. As an entry-level applicant, you can consider placing your education above your experience. You can also separate your formal civil engineering education from online skill-building courses. In the end, it might look something like this:
- Education
- Civil Engineering Degree
- Senior School Certificate
- Experience (use this instead of "Internship & Volunteering")
- Data Analysis Role
- Civil Engineering Internship
- Afro-Tech Girls (could also go in Interests/Hobbies, or create a new section called Volunteer Work, Community Service, or Community Involvement)
- Skills and Training
- Online courses (The Forage, Coursera, Datacamp, Jobberman)
- Note: make these much shorter, unless applying specifically to a data job
- List of additional proficiencies
- Awards
- Interests/Hobbies
Also, have you ever used EDA, dashboards, or Python in a civil engineering context, either in school or in industry? If so, add those examples to your resume. You want to show how your data analysis experience can be a valuable adjunct to your future practice as a civil engineer. Right now, data/programming skills are approximately 80% of your resume and the civil engineering part gets lost.
Consider strengthening the verbs you are using to describe your civil engineering experience – in particular, "involved in" and "participated with" sound passive. You may not have had a large role as an intern, but be specific about what you accomplished. Also, use consistent, active verb tenses (e.g., supervised instead of supervision). For your volunteer role, instead of "all social media platforms," list them. Don't forget to explain the impact of your work. How big is the community? Did you improve the follower count or other engagement metrics?
Instead of "fourth and penultimate year," just state your expected graduation date (typically, month and year).
Hopefully this gives you some helpful things to think about as you continue your career journey. Please reach out if I can assist further.
Best,
Ashley
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Ashley Lesser P.E., M.ASCE
Project Engineer
Huntington Woods MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-31-2022 06:21 PM
From: Ekene Ijeh
Subject: ASCE Resume Workshop - Fall 2022
Hello. I'm Ekene Splendor Ijeh from Nigeria. Attached is my resume for review. Thank you so much!
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Ekene Ijeh S.M.ASCE
Student
Ibusa DE
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