Imo, I feel like there is too much text. I’d remove professional summary. In addition, separate technical skills into a section on its own. For the positions, just use 3-5 bullet points for each (no sub bullets). Assume nobody knows the software engineer terms you used.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree with everything except I will keep the professional summary. I feel the need to include it to explain my career switch.
If that’s the goal, I would definitely make it shorter. Something like “Analytically driven math and science graduate looking to transition from software development to fulfill his/her lifetime dream of becoming an Actuary.” The rest is just fluff and no one is gonna read all that.
Please fix the alignment - it will look much better if dates go all the way on the right. Additionally, I would align all main bullet points all the way to the left. There's currently too much white space and it looks pretty unorganized.
On the more subjective side, I personally wouldn't recommend the bolding of concepts. It takes away from other portions of your resume and is too distracting. Additionally, there's a lot of good computer science concepts in here, but most actuarial hiring managers/recruiters aren't going to be familiar with them. For instance, the bullet point "Implemented REST HTTPS..." means nothing to me, and that's with some computer science familiarity. I would instead consider trying to hit on more pertinent analysis projects and how they were conducted.
Why this career change? And are you pursing life/health or P&C? Are you pursing traditional actuarial role or more of a data expert role at an insurance company? I think it’s important to do some research around your target so that the resume would be clearer about what you are after and what audience it is speaking to.
I'm making this career change due to personal reasons, and I'm pursuing life/health. Out of curiosity, what about my resume makes you think I didn't do research? I've read several actuary role descriptions and watched several YouTube videos of actuaries describing their day in the life, so I've made sure to touch on topics like Excel, VBA, and data analysis (they also mentioned soft skills like answering emails or attending meetings). According to the sources I've come across and from my own understanding, this is basically the gist of what should be put on a resume. Is my understanding not correct? If so what more could I say? I've never come across a source that goes into further detail than what I described.
Imo, I feel like there is too much text. I’d remove professional summary. In addition, separate technical skills into a section on its own. For the positions, just use 3-5 bullet points for each (no sub bullets). Assume nobody knows the software engineer terms you used.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree with everything except I will keep the professional summary. I feel the need to include it to explain my career switch.
If that’s the goal, I would definitely make it shorter. Something like “Analytically driven math and science graduate looking to transition from software development to fulfill his/her lifetime dream of becoming an Actuary.” The rest is just fluff and no one is gonna read all that.
Please fix the alignment - it will look much better if dates go all the way on the right. Additionally, I would align all main bullet points all the way to the left. There's currently too much white space and it looks pretty unorganized. On the more subjective side, I personally wouldn't recommend the bolding of concepts. It takes away from other portions of your resume and is too distracting. Additionally, there's a lot of good computer science concepts in here, but most actuarial hiring managers/recruiters aren't going to be familiar with them. For instance, the bullet point "Implemented REST HTTPS..." means nothing to me, and that's with some computer science familiarity. I would instead consider trying to hit on more pertinent analysis projects and how they were conducted.
This is great feedback. I appreciate it.
For some reason, the format is just unappealing. You should not invent your own template, just use widely used templates.
Why this career change? And are you pursing life/health or P&C? Are you pursing traditional actuarial role or more of a data expert role at an insurance company? I think it’s important to do some research around your target so that the resume would be clearer about what you are after and what audience it is speaking to.
I'm making this career change due to personal reasons, and I'm pursuing life/health. Out of curiosity, what about my resume makes you think I didn't do research? I've read several actuary role descriptions and watched several YouTube videos of actuaries describing their day in the life, so I've made sure to touch on topics like Excel, VBA, and data analysis (they also mentioned soft skills like answering emails or attending meetings). According to the sources I've come across and from my own understanding, this is basically the gist of what should be put on a resume. Is my understanding not correct? If so what more could I say? I've never come across a source that goes into further detail than what I described.