2 posts tagged with "resume-writing"

Your resume is written for a reader. Employment records are maintained for payroll, HR, contracts, and compliance. Those systems can describe the same job differently without either one being false. The problem begins when a useful translation on your resume has no clear path back to the official record.

Many technical resume bullets sound competent and reveal almost nothing. "Improved system performance" has an action and a positive outcome, yet a recruiter cannot tell what the candidate changed, whether the work affected one script or a production service, or how anyone knew it improved. A resume bullet is a claim. The useful detail is the detail that makes that claim understandable and defensible.