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by fecak 5y ago
It really depends what you use LinkedIn for. Discovery: You say you had lots of incoming messages from recruiters but few of any use, so it sounds like you may have interest in discovery (being found by recruiters for opportunities). Unfort
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by fecak 5y ago
You've decided to get personal. Will top candidates be filtered out based on some issues related to breaking resume norms? Probably not. Bill Gates could write a resume on a napkin in ketchup and get an interview. It mainly makes a dif
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by fecak 5y ago
Where do you see anyone suggesting that we actually "filter out" candidates because they use "I"? Nowhere in this thread have I suggested that in any way. In other parts of this thread, I've explained why we don&#x2
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by fecak 5y ago
You're making some assumptions about people you know nothing about. Some of my clients do have strong feelings on various resume topics, but they know I'm good at what I do and want my opinion. They don't always agree or acce
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by fecak 5y ago
I've been in the resume game in one way or another for 20+ years, have published countless articles about resumes on various websites, and written for thousands of clients from all over the world. I've never witnessed anything res
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by fecak 5y ago
A search on Google of the words "resume first person" (without quotes) will help, with the first 10 answers pretty much unanimously agreeing with my belief. I've explained why in other responses (mostly redundancy - "I d
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by fecak 5y ago
I was trying to be simple and now we've reached the pedantic stage. If it was a team effort, we may use "Contributed to development of an iOS game that earned $10M in revenue.". If it was an individual effort, the bullet I wr
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by fecak 5y ago
I don't think I used "bad" anywhere, but it's something we're generally told not to do. If you Google that specific question about first person, you will likely get the answer "don't do that". (I ran
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by fecak 5y ago
I've written for at least a thousand international clients, hundreds in the UK, and this doesn't seem to be a US thing based on the resumes/CVs I see. I'm not saying people are filtering on seeing "I", but they
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by fecak 5y ago
Part of me thinks that the rule is so well-known that the writers didn't both to include it. Like "don't use a handwritten resume" isn't something we need to tell readers. I could be wrong about that, but the data d
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by fecak 5y ago
You can write about accomplishments without using the word I. The I is implied. Wrote an iOS game that earned $10M in revenue and had 50K downloads. There is no I there, and I don't think you'd argue that this person contributed.
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by fecak 5y ago
We may have some kind of disconnect. The most common resume is written in "implied first person", and not "first person", so the "I" in most lines is implied. Examples: Developed a web app in Python that .... A
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by fecak 5y ago
If you're saying less than 10% of the resumes you get are written in implied first person, I find that incredibly hard to believe. I work with easily 1000 clients a year (most in tech), and the 'before' resumes sent to me by
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by fecak 5y ago
I did a quick search, and the results surprised me too. After reading a couple of the articles, I was less surprised, because they weren't good. Try a search for "should I use first person on resume" (no quotes). That search
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by fecak 5y ago
Correct. The "you" here isn't actually "me" (the writer), but rather the decision maker (the recruiter or hiring manager).
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by fecak 5y ago
I was a recruiter for 20 years, and I've always been a strong writer. As a recruiter I read tens (perhaps hundreds?) of thousands of resumes, and I knew the audience. I had always done some resume editing or helping my candidates with
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by fecak 5y ago
I've written thousands of resumes, and all written using implied first person. My results are pretty consistent with hundreds of clients getting jobs at many of the most selective employers in the world. I appreciate your response, but
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by fecak 5y ago
Nope. The results my clients get with my resumes are enough proof for me.
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by fecak 5y ago
Search for "should I use first person on resume", the articles will explain a bit. One reason is brevity - we want to use as few words as possible. The other is redundancy - if we use "I", chances are almost every senten
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by fecak 5y ago
Not using "I" on a resume is pretty much the first rule of resume writing. If you were to search for rules of resume writing, I expect that would probably appear on every article. If you've had good results with a first perso
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by fecak 5y ago
For someone like this with little experience, being unconventional is probably OK because they aren't being judged by the same criteria as an experienced hire. That said, you can be unconventional and still provide the reader with the
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by fecak 5y ago
Professional resume writer here. Quick review. We don't use first person voice on resumes. We use 'implied first person' (no 'I'). So "Former emergency response driver..." Mentioning a Twitter handle is on
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by fecak 5y ago
I'm a professional resume writer and former tech recruiter, and I'd say "it depends". Does the side project demonstrate a specific skill that you don't have in your day job that can/will be attractive to the hi
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by fecak 5y ago
The value of side projects diminishes over time for most people, unless the side projects are "significant". For new graduates, side projects or academic projects with publicly available code are often useful talking points in int
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by fecak 5y ago
When Covid goes away, we can assume masking, distancing, and staying home will also go away. In that case, all communicable diseases are likely to increase, from the common cold to STDs.
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by fecak 6y ago
I write resumes for a living (yes, that's a thing) and have advised many HN'ers on career topics. When you're working by yourself you generally don't have any useful point of comparison as to 'how good' you are
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by fecak 6y ago
Most of my work is fixed price. Probably 90%+.
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by fecak 6y ago
My hourly rate is $100, which is not the highest, but there are experienced writers for far less. In part because of the cumbersome billing process, my hourly projects are often less expensive. A few minutes here and a few minutes there add
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by fecak 6y ago
My main advantage as a writer is 20 years of recruiting experience, mostly for east coast US startups. Being a good resume writer (and maybe any good writer?) is really about knowing your audience. And when you've written a lot of resu
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by fecak 6y ago
I can't speak for all freelancers, but I do think you're missing some things. I've completed 1000+ projects on Upwork with a 95%+ success rate over the past few years (mostly resume writing and executive bios). As a freelance

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