A Few Resume Tips
Earlier this year, I led a resume bootcamp at a conference, which was such a wonderful experience. Here are some of the things that I shared during that bootcamp!
Your resume is about you
This was a wonderful piece of advice that I got from a career counselor when I was a graduate student. What I mean here is, your resume is not about your jobs that you’ve had, it’s a document about you and the things that you’ve accomplished and achieved in those jobs.
Your resume should be tailored
In a different lesson from grad school, I learned how to tailor my resume to each position (or type of position) that I applied to. One way to do this is to edit your resume by using a few job postings that you’re interested in and detailing your experience in order to highlight the common things that they are asking for.
Your resume should make them want to meet you
This is what a resume should do! Use the bullet points under your experience to give some of your best professional wins and their impact on your company or team. If there’s a compelling story from your professional life that you’d love to tell in an interview, find a way to create a bullet point on your resume that alludes to it.
There’s so much more that I could say about resumes, but many people have already said them on the internet. I hope I’ve given you some new things to think about as you create or update your resume!
