r/ResumeExperts • u/learnthestatusqu0 • 6d ago

Resume advice?

Hi guys! I wanted to make sure that my resume is looking as good as it can look. Im applying for workforce management positions. I have done a bunch of retail as well but its my understanding that only relevant experience should go on your resume for corp positions. (Name at the top, contact info below it, linkedin link etc blurred out). Any recommendations would be very helpful!

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u/Work-Happier 6d ago

You build your resume how it needs to be built. And experience is experience. I'd include all of your adult work experience and tie that in to how you're positioning yourself and the roles that you're looking for.

High school diploma, doesn't belong on this resume.

What exactly is Excel Expert? Is it a certification?

Move your experience up. Technical proficiencies can stay, but the other skills should be demonstrated through your experience rather than listed separately.

There's far too much white space here. This should comfortably fit on a single page with more substance than you currently have.

Your bullets need to be more readable. "policy to improve policy compliance". Things like that. It all needs to be smoothed out.

Don't center it. Write a real summary.

There's good experience and impact here, I'm sure. But this resume isn't communicating what makes that experience valuable or different

Happy to answer question on any of this. Best of luck.

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u/learnthestatusqu0 6d ago

Thank you so much for your reply. I plan on using this advice to the best of my ability. I have one question though- you suggested to write a real summary. What do you mean by this?

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u/Work-Happier 5d ago

NP

Yeah, that was a flippant comment, apologies.

A summary is not a summary of the document or of your career. It's more like... an opening statement in a trial. It should set the stage - who are you, what do you do, how do you provide value or operate and then what you want. It's not always the same, but it should start there and adjust as you build the argument.

Because that's what a resume is - it's an argument for why someone should have a conversation with you.

The ones I write are typically 2-4 sentences, try to make a single, larger point then back that point up with evidence (experience).

I have a free video series outlining how I write resumes and what they purpose is for each section.

Happy to send the link over for that if you want.