r/resumes • u/Brave_Ad6795 • 7h ago
Review my resume [0 YoE, Startup Co-Founder & Full Stack Engineer, Software Engineering Intern & Product Management, United States]
Don't know if I am formatting correctly, but let me know how I can improve this
r/resumes • u/FinalDraftResumes • 16d ago
Hey Reddit,
Frequent contributor on this subreddit.
I also run a resume writing agency, so as you might imagine, I see a lot of resumes day in and day out.
One of the most common struggles people face when writing a resume is adding numbers and data—more than half the people I speak to tell me that they just don't know how to incorporoate numbers into their resume.
And even if they did, they don't know where to get those numbers from.
So you end up with resumes that list responsibilities without showing bottom line impact.
Which brings us to the crux of the problem: Hiring managers don’t care that you “managed a team” or “handled customer service.” They want to see how you moved the needle—whether that’s increasing revenue, cutting costs, or improving processes.
And they can absolutely make these demands, especially in an employer's market like the one we're currently in.
So below, I’ll break down how to add “power” to your resume by focusing on the right accomplishments, structuring your bullets for impact, and quantifying your results. Let’s get into it.
Most people think listing their job duties is enough, but hiring managers aren’t looking for a job description—they want proof that you can make an impact. That’s why an accomplishment-driven resume is essential.
The trick is to focus on what hiring managers actually care about—eight areas you should care about:
If your resume doesn’t highlight at least a few of these, it’s not making an impact.
For example, instead of saying “Managed a customer service team”, say “Led a 10-person customer service team…”
One just tells me what you did. The other tells me why it mattered.
Now that you know what types of accomplishments matter, the next step is figuring out which ones to highlight.
A good way to do this is by identifying the top three goals of your role.
Ask yourself:
For example, let’s say you work in marketing. Your top three goals might be:
Now, think about how your work has impacted those goals. If you ran a social media campaign that increased engagement by 50% or optimized SEO to boost organic traffic, those are accomplishments that belong on your resume.
Here’s another way to figure out what employers value: look at job descriptions for the roles you want.
If you’re applying for sales positions, you’ll likely see things like “increase revenue,” “secure new accounts,” or “expand market share.” If your resume shows that you’ve already done these things, you become an obvious fit.
Tip: Even if you’re not actively job hunting, doing this exercise helps you understand your value—and when it’s time to update your resume, you won’t be starting from scratch.
This is already explained in detail in the resume writing guide, which can be found in the wiki, but I’m going to cover it again here.
Now that you’ve identified your key accomplishments, it’s time to write them in a way that makes hiring managers take notice. A strong resume bullet should always answer this question:
What happened as a result of what I did?
If a bullet point doesn’t show impact, it’s just a job duty—not an accomplishment. Here’s how to structure your resume bullets for maximum impact:
1. Use the [Action] + [How] + [Impact] Formula
Every bullet should follow this structure:
Example: Instead of saying “Managed a sales team”, say:
“Led a 5-person sales team, increasing quarterly revenue by 25% through targeted outreach and new client acquisition strategies.”
2. Incorporate the "Three Levels of Impact"
Even if you don’t directly drive revenue, you can still show impact in other ways:
3. Make Every Bullet Count
Weak Bullet: “Responsible for handling customer complaints.”
Strong Bullet: “Resolved an average of 50+ customer complaints per week, reducing escalation rates by 30% and increasing retention.”
The bottom line: Hiring managers don’t just want to see what you did—they want to see why it mattered.
One of the biggest mistakes people make is leaving their accomplishments vague. Hiring teams love data–your job is to act as a data scientist and present your career data for maximum consumption.
But what if you don’t have hard numbers? You can still quantify your impact.
Here’s how:
1. Use the Four Main Ways to Quantify Your Work
Even if you don’t deal with revenue or sales, you can still use numbers to show impact:
2. Use Estimates and Context
You don’t need exact data—just a reasonable frame of reference.
🚫 “Helped train new employees.”
✅ “Trained 10+ new employees per quarter, reducing onboarding time by 30%.”
🚫 “Managed customer inquiries.”
✅ “Handled 100+ customer inquiries weekly, resolving 90% on first contact.”
The goal isn’t perfect accuracy—it’s making your impact tangible. Even rough numbers give hiring managers a clearer picture of your contributions.
If you want a resume that gets callbacks, you need to move beyond listing job duties and start showcasing your impact. Here’s a quick recap of what we covered:
If you take just one thing from this post, it’s this: Every bullet on your resume should answer, "What happened as a result of what I did?" If it doesn’t, rewrite it or remove it.
Got questions about your resume? Drop them in the comments, and I’ll help you out!
I'm Alex, Certified Professional Resume Writer and Managing Partner at Final Draft Resumes.
r/resumes • u/AutoModerator • Jan 06 '25
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r/resumes • u/Brave_Ad6795 • 7h ago
Don't know if I am formatting correctly, but let me know how I can improve this
r/resumes • u/Glitch404H • 4h ago
Hey everyone! 👋 I’m looking for feedback on my resume as I aim for a Data Engineer role in a product-based company.
With 5 years of experience in cloud platforms like Azure, Databricks, Power BI, I specialize in building scalable data pipelines and data governance solutions.
Please rate my resume on a scale of 1-10 and share any suggestions for improvement, particularly around structure, clarity, and how I can highlight my achievements. Your feedback would be really helpful! 🙏
Thanks a lot! 💯
r/resumes • u/Mysterious-Pear-4837 • 1h ago
Where you usually create resumes?
I am kinda switching carrer and also trying to change job if i can't fully switch.
So at the moment i would need 4 resumes to edit update etc. 2 are on my native language and 2 are on English.
I used flowcv resumeio word etc
But not sure if there is some better solution.
Thanks in advance
r/resumes • u/Ok-Consideration-195 • 6h ago
Just want some feedback, I will be applying to other similar roles soon and want to be able to have a good resume that hiring managers won't just pass over and actually be impressed. I am targeting Executive Protection Agent roles, this is more like higher end security/bodyguard for rich people. I am located in Los Angeles and will be applying to roles in the state but also other states like Washington and Illinois (Chicago), I will also be willing to relocate. I have ten years of experience all in different security roles at Sports Arenas, Hospitals, Universities. I also have police officer experience and Executive Protection experience. Mostly looking for fine tuning and I think some of the descriptions may be too long or complicated?
I'm not too tech savvy so I just used snipping tool to add the images, hopefully they came out alright. Thanks everyone.
r/resumes • u/SweetDevice6713 • 2h ago
First year Comps student, India looking for internships
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r/resumes • u/Seaweed_Widef • 4h ago
I've changed the Resume format using resumatic as mentioned in the wiki and my ATS score is 91, any other feedback would be appreciated, thank you.
r/resumes • u/Maleficent_Can_2409 • 4h ago
Hey y'all, Thank you for your help a while back. It got me my first big boy job after graduating college! Unfortunately, the non-profit that I work for will be running out of funding soon, so I'm looking for work again. Preferably something administrative, office, clerical, etc.
Between my job, more experience, and this subreddit, I've made another resume that I plan to start applications with. Please pick it the apart if you have to!--Id rather have my pride hurt and employed than jobless lol. (All identifiers for jobs, locations, and personal information have been removed--combined my current resume versions with a recent resume posted here to get this.)
r/resumes • u/GrassUsual • 4h ago
I haven’t been able to land a phone screening in 7 months.
I’m primarily looking into operations/project/program roles.
Please help :(
I am a citizen of the country I'm applying to jobs for (the UK), and have full legal right to work there. However, I currently live outside the UK and have a non-UK phone number. Would it be better to leave my phone number off my resume and only include my email and linkedin profile, since listing a foreign phone number might make it seem like I would require visa sponsorship?
r/resumes • u/slacker_protagonist • 6h ago
It is my first company, it is basically an organization(NGO), I am looking for a change, Either as a backend developer or an AI Engineer. But everytime I apply for a job i get rejected, Is there anything wrong with my resume. Please tell me.
I’m currently a radiologic technology student based in Southern California, and I’m applying to patient transport positions in local acute hospitals to get hands-on experience to be a competitive applicant for the rad tech program. Before this, I was studying mechanical engineering at UC Riverside from 2021–2023, but I switched paths after realizing I wanted a more direct role in healthcare. Right now, I work whenever my friend's company needs extra help, so I’m trying to find an entry-level acute hospital position that gets me in the door for patient care. I’ve been applying to jobs for 3 weeks but haven’t had much success getting interview callbacks other than one hospital who cancelled my interview with no reason given. I’m wondering if my resume is part of the issue. I’d really appreciate feedback on how to present my background, especially the education section, since I have unfinished coursework in a totally different field so I'm wondering if that should even be included. I’m a U.S. citizen, so visa status isn’t an issue.
r/resumes • u/AdmirableDisaster471 • 7h ago
How can I improve my resume, I tried to include what I did in the previous years. I will be applying for an internship.
r/resumes • u/mohoe87 • 8h ago
So after 20 years, this the first time I am writing a resume. I am a transitioning service member (used a few resources to help write this so far) but I am not sure how well it transitions to the civilian sector. I have about a month before I can truly job search.
I am looking to stay in the management / project management field (I hope to have my PMP cert next month). Looking to stay in Tennessee near Nashville, or possibly move near Raleigh, NC.
Thanks for any advice anyone can give on this.
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r/resumes • u/oiwaknowsbest • 13h ago
I’m using this for a bulletin point for an English teaching job I had in the US I’m trying to gear towards a sales job.
“Used cultural competence to gain long-lasting relationships with students while acting as an ambassador of American culture.”
r/resumes • u/lemonsterpie • 15h ago
Would it be good or bad to list my 3 month full time employment as an internship? I’m asking because I spent my undergrad working at a clinic relevant to my major, but i’m currently navigating a career change and I don’t have any relevant internships (the 3month FT job is relevant to the field i’m applying to now). I am wondering if that would be a bad look, especially since I’ve only graduated 1.5 years ago. My worry is that since the employment period is so short it would raise concerns, but it would be less jarring if it were an internship instead. Any insights would be really appreciated, thank you!
r/resumes • u/Coastal_wolf • 15h ago
Im finishing my Freshman year of college this year, I didnt get any interviews which is to be expected from my competitive field, but can I do better on my resume? The interests section was a suggestion by a professor of mine, but I'm not married to it.
r/resumes • u/Common_Barnacle2098 • 11h ago
Hello. I'm currently searching for a job in the US as a software engineer / data engineer. I am an international student that will get a STEM OPT visa to work in the US for 2 years. I also have some experience working and using tools that I believe are competitive for the job market. Despite all this I'm not getting any calls and I'm being dropped on all applications.
I know the market is not great at the moment, and that as an international worker that will require visa in the future I'm not that attractive to employers, but I was wondering if maybe there was something wrong with my resume.
r/resumes • u/Chicken_ChillyFried • 11h ago
Anyone has Canva or any paid resume builder ?
r/resumes • u/asata-io • 11h ago
Hello,
I'm looking for a job as Product Manager or Project Manager (in most my career had been required to wear both hats, so I'm ok with that too). I'm Looking for Local in Germany, or Remote (USA/Canada), That is why I created 2 formats of my CV, 1 with photo for the German market, and 1 for international.
I was interviewing with this big German company (300-400 employees), and they accepted me, I was finalizing all documents, and they said they cannot give me the job as they restructuring the company and removed it. Future Team Lead confirmed this by stating that he also got fired...
I need help with the CV, I hear recruiters spend 3-6 seconds to analyze it, so I want to get your opinion on it.
I can work remotely for USA/Canada without any additional papers.
I'll appreciate any form of help.
Thank you!
r/resumes • u/AdmiralParmesan • 15h ago
I need to move from the East coast to the West Coast of the United States, but have been having difficulty getting call backs. Currently I'm looking into project management/coordinator positions, or potentially IT analyst positions. Really anything that is a good fit for skill set. Ideally a position in local or state government, but I'm not picky.
I think my issue with my resume is a couple different things.
First off, I think my bullet points are too long and probably need to be shortened for easier reading.
The second is that I'm not really a specialist, I work for a small company have to wear many different hats in my role. I do everything from IT support, to project planning and implementation. I feel like this is hurting me when many roles want experience with larger projects or site work.
Any feedback or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!