The best part about writing resumes is the whiplash. I just had mine reviewed yesterday and it was recommended I add a skill section- I had just removed it. I also thought it was a silly list of words. It was also flagged as possibly Ai written- it wasn't. It's a resume people- I have to write short and choppy. Also, everything must serve the robot guarding the door.
My takeaway from your review is I need to go a bit deeper into some of what I did in the roles and stop trying to be a minimalist that squeezes it all on one page. Maybe the second page digs deeper for the human eyeballs. Thank you for this!
My takeaway at large is that, unfortunately, this process of needing to cross every t and dot every i, to have 7 rounds of interviews, to do take home projects- is that we just aren't that valuable right now. It's the sad truth. If I had to validate this career...
Thanks for the reply Jared and I get where you are coming from - unfortunately there is no one right way to write a resume so the whiplash can feel very real, it's something i experienced a lot of when creating case studies and resumes. ultimately, i did what felt like it made the most sense to me.
a lot of these smaller things however pale in comparison to making sure you dive deeply into your unique experience and impact, as you are saying. its extremely important to demonstrate (the frustrating "show, don't tell" advice) what you did so you can help someone determine what you can bring to an org.
i know its a frustrating experience but i will say being able to concisely highlight and talk about your impact is a skill far beyond UX and will serve you A LOT in the future, regardless of where you are and what you are doing
The best part about writing resumes is the whiplash. I just had mine reviewed yesterday and it was recommended I add a skill section- I had just removed it. I also thought it was a silly list of words. It was also flagged as possibly Ai written- it wasn't. It's a resume people- I have to write short and choppy. Also, everything must serve the robot guarding the door.
My takeaway from your review is I need to go a bit deeper into some of what I did in the roles and stop trying to be a minimalist that squeezes it all on one page. Maybe the second page digs deeper for the human eyeballs. Thank you for this!
My takeaway at large is that, unfortunately, this process of needing to cross every t and dot every i, to have 7 rounds of interviews, to do take home projects- is that we just aren't that valuable right now. It's the sad truth. If I had to validate this career...
Thanks for the reply Jared and I get where you are coming from - unfortunately there is no one right way to write a resume so the whiplash can feel very real, it's something i experienced a lot of when creating case studies and resumes. ultimately, i did what felt like it made the most sense to me.
a lot of these smaller things however pale in comparison to making sure you dive deeply into your unique experience and impact, as you are saying. its extremely important to demonstrate (the frustrating "show, don't tell" advice) what you did so you can help someone determine what you can bring to an org.
i know its a frustrating experience but i will say being able to concisely highlight and talk about your impact is a skill far beyond UX and will serve you A LOT in the future, regardless of where you are and what you are doing