I realized I was making my resume way too long after a quick talk with a recruiter

For years, I thought a good resume needed to list every single job and duty I ever had. My resume was three pages long. Last Tuesday, I had a quick chat with a recruiter from a tech company in Austin. She looked at my resume and said, 'I have about 30 seconds to get the point. What's yours?' That question stopped me cold. I realized my key skills were buried under old details. I spent the next two hours cutting it down to one page, focusing only on my last two roles and major wins. Now I lead with a short summary of what I actually do well. Has anyone else had to completely rethink how they present their work history?

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eric_morgan597d ago

What did you decide to cut first, the older jobs or the long list of duties from your current ones? I always struggle with that part because it feels like I'm leaving out important proof of what I can do.

betty_fisher57d ago

Do you keep a master list of everything you've done... then just pull from that for each job?