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There are some good text snippets on the linked site, so if your strengths do not lie in written English then it could very well be a helpful resource for how t
by leroy_masochist 9y ago
There are some good text snippets on the linked site, so if your strengths do not lie in written English then it could very well be a helpful resource for how to word things. However, beware the mentality that the only thing standing in the way of your dreams is the perfect one-page summary of your accomplishments to date. A resume is just a marketing document. Economy of prose and short declarative sentences are your friends. Keep it to one page in Times New Roman or Arial.
- bayonetz 9y agoOn the marketing document analogy, a service might reduce the overall effectiveness of these types of lines as a signal. Right now these lines are a differentiator not so much for their literal content but for the signaling that the person who uses one knows about how resume writing is advancing and is tapped into that. Sure, the content matters too but as hiring manager I can tell you these lines get similarly superficially scanned like the crappy vague lines do. That is, after reading the hundredth resume that day, the main takeaway is of the form "ah, this person knows about making their resume lines specific and concrete...+1...this other person doesn't...-1" Once everyone catches on, this signal becomes less useful.
- dreamfactored 9y agoThere's still a bit of an acid test going on in that you understand the person has a) bothered to learn how to communicate business value and b) whether they are putting value-add to your organisation in front of their ego.