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Resume Tips

A bowl for discussing all aspects of writing, formatting, and optimizing a resume to land your dream job! All questions welcome, and resume shares welcome with personal details removed.

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  1. Marketing Communications Manager

    The job market in the UK is extremely tough right now, and I am struggling to find a senior role as a Marketing Communications Manager. My CV is well written; I still need to do some optimisation for ...

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  2. Associate Partner FOR Financial Services

    Any tips on elevating CVs to Consulting Partner level? It's been awhile since I've had to update my CV (10+ yrs) so it obviously has a lot of missing experience. But I'm more curious in terms of how P...

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  3. Claim Specialist
    First time poster

    Are one page resumes still the standard. Over 15 yrs experience doesn’t quite fit!

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  4. Liability Claims Adjuster

    I had a question about my resume, but I am having an issue uploading it to this post. Are only particular files types accepted? Or if anyone is nice enough to review, I can reach out by email. Thank ...

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  5. Senior Product Designer

    Is it just me or is job hunting in tech and entertainment feeling terrible lately? I'm not getting any interviews whatsoever, even with internal referrals. I don't know what's wrong. I'm attaching my ...

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  6. Digital Marketing & Content Manager

    I have a resume tip. To avoid age discrimination, avoid showing years of expertise. I noticed the more years I show the less I get contacted for job interviews. As a matter of fact, I had to dumb down...

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  8. Learning and Development Manager

    I was told (by someone trying to sell me a CV review) that I need an Exec Bio. I have 26 years experience in my field, but an Exec bio and key achievements section takes up a page of my CV, so now it'...

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  9. Recruiter

    Hello everyone! 👋 Happy to be part of this group and looking forward to learning and sharing interview tips with you all.

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  10. Senior Graphic Designer

    There is a resumé writing service that has a big presence on LinkedIn. They launched a new program last year to help job seekers. It's a total rip off. See the screenshots from their LinkedIn page a...

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  11. Data Analyst
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  12. works at Data annotation`
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  13. works at Microsoft
    First time poster

    Looking for honest feedback on my professional portfolio site: https://mewitt74.github.io/ProfessionalProfile Context: 18+ years in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance). Recently laid off from Big Tech,...

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  14. Sr Ux lead researcher

    Do employers care about seeing promotion path at a single company on resumes? If so, what's the best way to format this?

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  15. Business Development

    Hi! I’m a grad with a BA in PR & Strat Comms. My current background lies in Content Marketing but looking to do a career switch into business/sales development, IS/OS, etc. for someone who has never h...

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  16. Inside Sales Representative

    Hi all! I’m a 2024 grad with a B.A. in PR & strategic comms who’s interested in making a career switch from marketing into sales— consulting, business + sales development/partnerships, account managem...

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  17. Talent Acquisition

    PSA: if you’re listing attention to detail on your resume as a skillset. Please please please review your cover letter. Addressing a completely different company and job you are applying to as your f...

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  18. Consultant

    I’ve been submitting my résumé as a clean, single-column PDF exported from Word. I’ve always heard PDFs work well with ATS and common systems like workday, but some people say .docx is safer for parsi...

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  19. Anonymous User

    Looking to apply for a role in another state. How (and where) do I incorporate my willingness to relocate into my application?

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