One critique that fixed my resume format completely

A recruiter in Houston told me my resume was too dense and looked like a wall of text. She said to drop the summary section and add white space with bullet points that start with results not job duties. I changed it that night and got 3 callbacks in the next 2 weeks. Has anyone else had a recruiter give you feedback that actually worked?

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lunaw722d ago

My neighbor did the same thing and got interviews within a week.

seth_martinez211d ago

Yeah totally agree with lunaw72. That white space thing is huge. I did the exact same swap from duties to results and it made my resume way easier to scan. Like instead of "Managed social media accounts" I put "Grew Instagram followers by 40 percent in 6 months." It forces you to actually prove what you did. The bullet point spacing trick works too because recruiters are just skimming for numbers and key hits.