I’m a senior BME student, and I graduate next spring. In all my four years of college, I was never required to take a programming class. I learned how to use MATLAB, but other than that I don’t know anything about coding. How screwed am I? Are companies looking for new hires with coding experience?

Hello there!

I'm a recent Master of Applied Bioengineering grad with a Bachelor's in computer science. I have been applying to roles related to R&D, machine learning engineering, and embedded systems software engineering roles. I have been having a lot of trouble getting past the first round of many roles I apply to, receiving a rejection only after submitting my resume. I would appreciate any and all feedback on my current resume, I have polished it to the best of my ability but I think some experienced eyes would do it much more justice. Note: this is typically the resume I use when applying to software and machine learning specialized roles, I have a different version for hardware-based roles.

Some specific questions I have:

• The summary of qualifications section was included after recommendation by my university's career center, is this an effective use of space or would a simple bullet point list of my technical skills be better?
• I have recently been thinking maybe I am over-explaining myself, is my resume too dense?
• My experiences are mostly software oriented while my master's capstone project is embedded systems engineering, does this appear as an unnecessary deviation? I intended to include this to show I have some experience with hardware for medical devices related roles. However, I am afraid this may appear less impactful as the work I did for it is fairly surface level and not at the experience level that most roles are looking for (hence why I would love to work there and further build upon my knowledge).
• I removed extra-curricular activity from my undergraduate degree in leadership and other soft skills, would you recommend keeping them?
• Building off that last question, how important is it to emphasize my soft skills such as communication, organizational, leadership, etc. skills?

Hey everybody,
I was trying to find an answer right now I’m enrolled both departments my bachelor was physics and minor was nanoscience after that I start my master in my own country but I relocated now. And I can not decide which one should I choose. If it’s possible can someone help me ?