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Saw three resumes in a row from my company's hiring pool that all said 'managed projects' with zero numbers.
Our hiring manager in Atlanta tossed them aside after 10 seconds each, saying they were just empty words. I checked my own old resume and realized I did the same thing, listing tasks instead of results like 'cut report time by 2 hours per week'. How do you train yourself to spot and fix this kind of vague wording before you send a resume out?
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white.alex1mo ago
What worked for me was turning every bullet point into a mini story with a who, what, and how much. I'd ask myself 'so what?' after each line. If I couldn't say why it mattered, I knew it was fluff. I also started showing my resume to a buddy who's brutally honest. He'd circle anything that sounded like a job description instead of something I actually did. It's annoying at first but it gets easier.
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Ever read your resume out loud? It sounds totally different and you catch the weak spots.
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tara7003mo ago
Reading mine out loud just made my cat leave the room, @thomas291. Guess I'll rewrite the whole thing.
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