Resume questions
I have been a long time lurker and I want to start OE.
A little bit about me:
20 years experience in IT - mostly as a data engineer at all levels. I was with one company for 17 years and after they got acquired I knew company wouldn’t be there long so I moved to a different company. At the new company I am at a principal level but after busting my ass for 3 years and bringing a lot of projects to fruition I don’t think I will be promoted to the next level. I am beginning to realize that I have been swimming against the tide.
Why I want to OE:
Make a little more money. Pay off the house. Save more for retirement. Doing all this while not worrying about AI/Outsourcing at J1.
Questions:
- I don’t want to put my current J1 in my resume. I was thinking of putting my previous job which I worked till 2023. I was doing grad school part time from 2022 to 2025. I was thinking of putting grad school and career break till 2025. And from 2025 to 2026 I was going to say I worked for a stealth startup that folded. Do you think this is a good approach ?
- I was going to downgrade my job titles and not mention my undergrad year and create a separate OE resume with a variation of my name . Is this normal ?
- I created a different LinkedIn profile with a variation of my name. I was going to put this in my OE resume while I inactivate my actual LinkedIn profile. Is this the accepted way ?
- job verification wise: if I get selected I was going to put my actual name instead of the resume name. Would this create a problem ?
To do list:
- checked out my TWN account. Will be freezing that soon
- opening a new checking account
Thanks a lot for your help.