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Do not fixate on job title progression alone; your co-founder titles are impressive enough. Outline your area(s) of responsibility on each project, especially i
by otoburb 10y ago
Do not fixate on job title progression alone; your co-founder titles are impressive enough. Outline your area(s) of responsibility on each project, especially if you all rotated roles once in a while.
Focus on growth of both top and bottom lines, and highlight margin improvements over the 4 years and 4 projects. Try to quantify your accomplishments in dollar figures since they stand out more. Statements such as "Grew revenues 50% YoY from $0 to $X million over 36 months" will quickly catch anybody's attention.
Throw in some specific, targeted technical phrases that are keyword friendly and you'll easily be an outstanding candidate.
Be prepared to explain why you'd want to join the target company and not stay at your current company.
TLDR: Hiring managers hone in on results, not only titles. Quantify your business impacts and list your technical accomplishments.
EDIT: Regarding my comment about quantifying your margin impact, for those that don't know, "margin" and "markup" are not equivalent[1]. Thankfully it's really easy for technically inclined folks to grasp this insanely useful financial concept.
[1] http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/102714/whats-difference-between-profit-margin-and-markup.asp http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/102714/whats-differe...
- hashkb 10y ago> Hiring managers hone in on results, not only titles. A lot of them kind of don't, but you don't want to work at those places anyway. This is good advice.
- chaostheory 10y agoLooks like I'm 11 hours late to the party =( Totally agree with otoburb and I'd like to add to the conversation. boxcardavin, you bring up a common problem: traditional resumes and LinkedIn are mainly all about focusing on your tenure: the company you worked for and your job title. As you mentioned, it doesn't cater to your work history. What if we make your work front and center and push the job titles to the side? Instead of just typing, I'd like to show you what I mean: http://www.theymadethat.com/people/p04ubn/david-hansen http://www.theymadethat.com/people/p04ubn/david-hansen boxcardavin, feel free to give me feedback. If you have a lot feedback, we can take this outside of HN.