#10 Jovanay Carter (Co-Founder @ The Dev Differencee & Google Recruiter): Resume & LinkedIn Profile Tips to Land More Interviews

This episode is a live recording from the Hacker House fireside chat on February 5th, 2025, in the Codédex community, kicking off our “Roast My Resume” February Monthly Challenge. 🔥We invited Jovanay Carter, Co-Founder of The Dev Difference & ex-Google Technical Recruiter (and former coworker!), who’s reviewed over 20,000+ resumes in her career. She shares insider tips on crafting standout resumes, optimizing LinkedIn profiles, networking strategically, how to get a referal, and everything in between to land more interviews in 2025.Stick around for the Q&A at the end, where we answered live questions from the community!Want to see more Boba Talk? Follow us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@boba_talk⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Twitter! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review — it really helps!Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(1:27) Lightning Round!(4:39) Becoming a tech recruiter(6:32) Moving to Google and hiring for Android, OS, Privacy(7:29) Pivoting to Software Engineering(9:41) Plug: Roast My Resume Challenge(9:54) Common pitfalls in resumes(11:42) Importance of a personal portfolio(14:26) The Experience Paradox for CS students(18:41) Skills section on a resume(22:52) Keywords on a LinkedIn profile(30:04) Landing a job at the Grace Hopper Conference(35:28) Advice on talking to a recruiter(36:56) Finding events via Luma(42:55) Asking for referals(44:02) The Dev Difference(50:26) @Valérie: What are common dealbreakers for recruiters?(53:03) @juanpabloduqueb: What are some entry-level roles in tech that are open to people without formal industry experience?(55:23) @AW: What’s the best way to approach a recruiter on LinkedIn without sounding desperate or generic?(59:54) @Samppiii: How can a CS student build a standout project that will catch the attention of recruiters and hiring managers?(1:00:39) @CoderBlue10: Which roles should we go for in the age of AI?(1:04:30) OutroEpisode links: 🗣️ The Dev Difference 🔥 Roast My Resume 🤖 Applicant Tracking System (ATS) 📄 Jovanay's Resume 👩‍💻 Grace Hopper Celebration 🧑🏾‍💻 AfroTech Conference 🗓️ Luma 💖 WECode Conference Keep up with Jovanay: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jovanay-carter Website: The Dev DifferenceBoba Talk: Host: Sonny Li Producer: Jay YowCodédex:The Boba Talk podcast has been brought to you by Codédex. We are a learn to code platform with 300K happy users. Based in Brooklyn, NY. Website: codedex.io Instagram: @codedex.io Twitter: @codedex_io

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