free advice (everyone's favorite type)

I read a ton of resumes each week as part of my job and as a favor to folks who reach out to me looking for guidance or help (as I offered in previous posts- if I have worked with you previously and your job has been effected by Corona- reach out. I’ll try to help everyone I can).

Times are tough (duh, Zach) and people are trying very hard to be qualified for anything and everything they apply for. I get it, drawing correlations to what you have done and what employers are looking for can be difficult, especially if the association is "looser" than you would like. But… focus up and tailor what you have done, and what you are interested in doing, into a concise package (aka your resume) so that companies can figure out how and why you are the “best” fit for the position you have applied for. Passion is important yet difficult to incorporate into a written document. Check out ways to illustrate your skills and interests visually, and ways you can depict how you round out your professional life with your personal life. Charts and graphs take up less room on a resume then the written equivalent, and are great ways of representing your information. MS Word has some great templates for your to play around with. Here is a link to one example, there are many, many others: https://dribbble.com/shots/5076357-Microsoft-Word-Resume-Template-Free/attachments

Lastly, I am sorry if you apply and don't get the job, but remember there are lots of qualified people out there also applying for that same job, and the goal is finding the “best” people for each position. Sometimes that means great people don't get hired or don't even get selected to interview, it sucks and I know it sucks, but try not take it personally.