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I thought my resume was fine until a hiring manager gave me real feedback
I sent out over 50 applications for project manager jobs and got zero calls back. A friend connected me with a hiring manager at a tech firm in Austin, and she spent 15 minutes looking at my resume. She pointed out my bullet points just listed duties, not what I actually achieved. Rewriting it to show specific results, like 'cut project delays by 20%', took me almost three full days of work. What's the biggest thing you've had to change on your resume after getting blunt advice?
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jake_chen28d ago
Honestly, I get the push for results over duties... but sometimes it feels forced. I had a resume coach tell me to add numbers to everything, even when my impact was more about team support. Not every job is about cutting costs by 20%. Sometimes the real win was just keeping a tough project from falling apart, but that's hard to put in a bullet point.
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walker.robert5d ago
Read somewhere that "soft skills are hard to measure but easy to notice." How do you even begin to put that on paper?
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