Don\u2019t make the reviewer waste that time trying to piece together your story. Where are you working? What are your skills? What do you want to do? Why are you looking?\u00a0 Make it easy for them to tell so that they can start thinking about whether you would be a fit by getting into the details.\u00a0 You can use a summary sentence Examples:<\/p>\n
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- CPG sales manager with a track record of growing teams and improving profitability<\/li>\n
- SaaS product manager with experience managing multi-functional teams from development through incremental improvement.<\/li>\n
- Recent engineering grad with strong quantitative and qualitative analytic skills seeking an entry-level role in data warehousing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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There\u2019s no perfect font, format, style, or layout.\u00a0 Just try to make sure the most important information stands out: bold your most relevant skills, experience, GPA, etc.
Don\u2019t stray too far from the traditional format- the value in it is that reviewers know where to look for what.\u00a0 If you\u2019re creative, be creative. But make sure the vital information is easily available.<\/p>\nReviewers like numbers on a resume. They don\u2019t have to be exact numbers; they just need to indicate the order of magnitude. If you managed a team, was it closer to 5 or 50?\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you had a P&L, was about $10k or around $100k? Whenever you can, add the number of fields in the database you manipulated, the number of SKUs in the inventory you managed, or the number of times per night the tables turned over in the restaurant where you worked.\u00a0 If you think about it, you can find those numbers that reflect either quality, quantity, or throughput that can really catch a reviewer\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n
Your Resume and LinkedIn<\/h3>\n
Your resume needs to match your LinkedIn profile as closely as possible.\u00a0 LinkedIn gives you the opportunity to add a longer summary of what you are looking for and what skills\/value you bring to the table.\u00a0 Use it.\u00a0 For ideas, read the summaries of people in the job you want or people you know who have done well recruiting in the past.<\/p>\n
<\/figure>\nYes, you must keep it to one page for at least the first eight to 10 years of your career.\u00a0 And don\u2019t spend much space on things that you did 10+ years ago- it doesn\u2019t matter a lot.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, when you get to the point where you are toying with font sizes and word-smithing small items, STOP.\u00a0 No one got a job sitting behind their desk.\u00a0 Time to stop tinkering with the resume and start using it.<\/p>\n
This guest post was authored by Amy Feind Reeves<\/em><\/h4>\n
\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAmy Feind Reeves is the Founder and CEO of\u00a0JobCoachAmy<\/a><\/em>. She leverages her 25+ years of experience as an executive and hiring manager to help professionals at all levels of their careers find and keep jobs that make them happy. Her corporate consulting practice focuses on career coaching for Millennials and Generation Z.<\/em> Amy also offers consulting on practical approaches to implementing improved Millennial and Generation Z management practices.\u00a0As a career coach, Amy helps her clients\u00a0explore and define their career paths.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
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