Keep the technical skills section relevant. Keep it relevant to the job you are applying to, the your brand and to the current market.
Review the job announcement for Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA). Make sure some of those terms are on your CV as well.
Show impact.Make people understand the scope of your work. Tell the story of your software .
Talk about challenges faced during the development lifecycle. Show that you can handle the unexpected.
Emphasize connection with business and non-tech teams. Highlight communication and collaboration skills and show you get business and customer needs and that you work well with others.
Create a « Technology Skills » Section. Include it right below your branding paragraph on Page 1 and organize it according to category (methodologies, development tools). Omit skills that are obsolete or that you haven’t used from some time.
Once you become a senior and manage more people your leadership skills are more important than your technology skills.
For every job description add the most impactful thing you worked on. Make sure that it will be most likely to be read.
Write the most of the resume in plain English and skip the IT jargon. Don’t confuse people with words and acronyms that they won’t understand.
Follow PAR (Problem, Action, Resolution). People only are what you accomplished, so make sure that each describe the problem, followed by an action and concluded with a measurable resolution.
Be ruthless with yourself. If the bullet doesn’t meet each step of PAR, then it’s not important or impactful enough to make it onto the resume. « Face the brutal facts ».
Show domain knowledge about the industry in which you work. Round out the value you are bringing to the new role/organization with an emphasis on soft skills and business understanding.
Show ability to evolve with technology. Understanding both process and data needs are necessary to become more than a coder.
Show versatility by demonstrating the range of applications and technologies. It illustrates your adaptability.
Employers want to know the whole person they are hoping to hire and not just their technical skills.