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Hello, I am currently taking the CPC course and I am looking for my first real-world coding position.
I'd love to hear feedback from more experienced coders -- thoughts on if you would or would not consider me for an entry coding job and if not what would you need to see on my resume that is not presently on there.

Thank you for your time and expertise.
 

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JBickham05 said:
Hello, I am currently taking the CPC course and I am looking for my first real-world coding position.
I'd love to hear feedback from more experienced coders -- thoughts on if you would or would not consider me for an entry coding job and if not what would you need to see on my resume that is not presently on there.

Thank you for your time and expertise.
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Hi Jennifer,
Do you have any auditing experience?
 
You stated that you're enrolled in the CPC course, but you've listed CPC-A after your name on your resume.

Have you tested and do you currently hold the CPC-A credential? If not, you should not have it listed after your name. Listing "Certified Professional Coder, CPC-A" after your name would imply that you already hold the certification.

You labeled the course under education as a CPC-A course, but it's actually the CPC course, not the CPC-A course.

In my personal opinion, I'd leave off the Overview section, which would then make your resume one page. (There could be varying opinions on that one.)
 
sls314 said:
You stated that you're enrolled in the CPC course, but you've listed CPC-A after your name on your resume.

Have you tested and do you currently hold the CPC-A credential? If not, you should not have it listed after your name. Listing "Certified Professional Coder, CPC-A" after your name would imply that you already hold the certification.

You labeled the course under education as a CPC-A course, but it's actually the CPC course, not the CPC-A course.

In my personal opinion, I'd leave off the Overview section, which would then make your resume one page. (There could be varying opinions on that one.)
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I am also in the process of starting a coding career and not certified yet, though completed the course. I am only speaking from a general resume/business side, not a coding side... I agree with this post. I would make the resume one page and do not list the school as CPC-A, or list CPC-A until you officially have the title. I would also change your job descriptions a bit. If possible, try to think of how those jobs may help you in coding. Instead of things like "coffee, produce" I would list skills like "time management, ability to work under pressure, multi-tasking, attention to detail" that way other jobs can show you have valuable skills. Try to make the resume help the new career vs just showing the older jobs. I do think if you left out some lines of spaces and removed the CPC-A under the name, you can still keep the overview and have the resume be on one page. I also understand I am replying to a reply and not your message :) It is because I agree with this reply as well.
 
JBickham05 said:
Hello, I am currently taking the CPC course and I am looking for my first real-world coding position.
I'd love to hear feedback from more experienced coders -- thoughts on if you would or would not consider me for an entry coding job and if not what would you need to see on my resume that is not presently on there.

Thank you for your time and expertise.
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I am also in the process of starting a coding career and not certified yet, though completed the course. I am only speaking from a general resume/business side, not a coding side... I agree with this post. I would make the resume one page and do not list the school as CPC-A, or list CPC-A until you officially have the title. I would also change your job descriptions a bit. If possible, try to think of how those jobs may help you in coding. Instead of things like "coffee, produce" I would list skills like "time management, ability to work under pressure, multi-tasking, attention to detail" that way other jobs can show you have valuable skills. Try to make the resume help the new career vs just showing the older jobs. I do think if you left out some lines of spaces and removed the CPC-A under the name, you can still keep the overview and have the resume be on one page. I also understand I am replying to a reply and not your message :) It is because I agree with this reply as well.
(I copy/pasted incase you do not see the reply)
 
Pretend Im interviewing you.

Me: You say you have knowledge of insurance policies. However, I am not seeing any relevant experience that would indicate that you would be even remotely familiar with such a thing. Would you mind elaborating? Which carriers are you familiar with? It seems odd to me, I have personally taken the AAPC courses and do not recall any in-depth guidance on carrier policies.

How would you answer?

Remember, when reading a resume most folks read in an F format. The first works are looked at carefully, they scroll down looking at maybe a few words, read another line, scroll down looking at very few words. While I am not saying there are any embellishments in your resume, I would warn against any embellishments in the first lines of the F format. Tuck them away carefully. For reference you should do some research on F formats.

At the risk of sounding curt, when I was reading your resume, I looked at the CPC-A...read the "knowledge of insurance policy" portion and said to my self...."yeah, no shot". Just something to consider.
 
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