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Hit 50 job applications and finally figured out my resume was the problem
I spent 6 months sending out the same generic resume and wondering why I never got callbacks. Last week a recruiter friend pointed out I was listing duties instead of results, and now I've got 3 interviews lined up in 10 days. Has anyone else had a simple tweak like that change their whole job search?
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jamieh7626d ago
Man it's wild how that little shift changes everything, not just for resumes but for how people talk about themselves in general. I see it all the time with folks I know - they'll list what they did instead of what actually happened because of it. Like a buddy who helped organize a charity run and just said he "handled registration" but really he got 200 extra people to sign up just by making the form easier to fill out. It's like we're trained to downplay our impact without even realizing it.
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cameron31826d ago
Getting results from your resume is huge, but I gotta push back a little on something you said. Listing duties vs results isn't really just a "simple tweak" it's a whole different way of thinking about your work. Most people can't just swap out bullet points overnight because they don't know how to measure their impact in the first place. If you don't have numbers or specific examples of outcomes that changed because of you, it's not gonna work. The real trick is going back through your old projects and figuring out what actually happened after you did something. Like if you managed a social media account, don't just say you posted stuff say how many new followers you got or how much engagement went up. That takes time and digging through old emails or reports, it's not something you can fake in ten minutes.
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