New to the US job market? Send me your resume and let's look at it together.
Send me your resume. I will read it carefully and tell you the two or three things I would change. This is free, and I will not try to sell you anything.
My name is Hasanul. I work as an analyst. My job is to check whether what people write about themselves matches what the records show. I began doing the same thing for friends who were looking for work, and it helped more than I expected.
Here's the kind of thing I mean
Here is one line from a resume, before and after. Same person, same job, same achievement. But only one version can be explained if someone asks about it.
The second version is not more impressive. It is more exact. An exact answer can be checked. A vague one cannot.
If your experience comes from a foreign country
This is where I can usually help the most. Most resume advice ignores it completely.
Your name written three waysYour passport, your certificate and your offer letter often show your name in a different order, or spelled differently. The person checking your background sees this as a problem. It is easy to explain on the resume, before anyone has to ask.
A previous employer outside the USUS companies often cannot verify jobs held overseas — calls go unanswered, and your work history gets marked as unconfirmed. Listing a contact person, an email address, and the country makes your experience verifiable.
A degree that needs explainingSomeone reading applications in Ohio may not know what an honours degree from your country means. Showing what it is equal to here removes one easy reason to reject you.
Where resumes usually go wrong
Dates and gapsWhen a company confirms your work history, they give the month and the year. If your resume shows only years, the difference appears, and it looks like you were hiding something. A gap in your work history is not a problem. Hiding one is.
The title on fileThe job title in the company records is often not the title you used every day. Both can go on your resume. There is a correct way to show them.
Who actually employed youIf you worked through an agency, the agency is the company that will answer the phone, not the company where you worked each day. Writing only the second name causes confusion later.
Numbers you cannot explainSomeone will ask where a number came from. If you cannot answer in one sentence, that number hurts you instead of helping you.
What you can ask me about
Most people start with a resume, but you can ask me about anything related to finding work here. If I do not know the answer, I will tell you, and I will try to find out.
How applications actually work hereA computer reads your resume before a person does. This changes how you should write it.
Explaining a gap or a change of careerThere is usually a simple, honest way to explain it so that it does not become a problem.
Interviews, and what they're listening forEspecially the questions that sound friendly but are not.
Whether a certification is worth the moneySome are worth it. Many are not. It is better to ask before you pay.
What happens after you send it
You send your resume — using the form below, or by email. Send it as it is. You do not need to fix it first.
I read it and write back — usually within one or two days. I will let you know the two or three things I would change, and why. Every reply is written personally — nothing is copied from a template.
The next step is yours — you can apply the feedback yourself, ask me a follow-up question, or request a full rewrite. There is no obligation either way.
Send your resume
You can also email me at [email protected]. Write in Bangla or English, whichever is easier for you.
Reading your resume and sending you notes is always free, and most people stop there. If you would like me to rewrite the whole resume for you, that costs $50, or $80 if you also want your LinkedIn profile rewritten. There are no packages and I will not send you reminder emails. The links are here only if you want them.