Saw three resumes in a row from my company's hiring pool that all said 'managed projects' with zero numbers.

Our hiring manager in Atlanta tossed them aside after 10 seconds each, saying they were just empty words. I checked my own old resume and realized I did the same thing, listing tasks instead of results like 'cut report time by 2 hours per week'. How do you train yourself to spot and fix this kind of vague wording before you send a resume out?

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thomas2916d ago

Ever read your resume out loud? It sounds totally different and you catch the weak spots.

tara7006d ago

Reading mine out loud just made my cat leave the room, @thomas291. Guess I'll rewrite the whole thing.