When my friend Sarah came to me frustrated after months of PM job rejections, I realized something was seriously wrong with how we approach product manager resumes. Her background was solid – she’d led successful product launches at her startup – but her resume wasn’t telling that story. It was a real wake-up call when […]
Here’s the thing – I discovered something pretty eye-opening when I helped my colleague Sarah transform her generic project coordinator resume into a targeted document that landed her three interviews in two weeks. The difference wasn’t magic—she stopped listing basic job duties and started showcasing quantifiable achievements that proved her value to potential employers. Look, […]
Last year, I watched my sister Sarah struggle through months of job applications with barely a callback. She’s smart, friendly, and has great people skills – exactly what you’d want in a receptionist. But her resume? It was basically a list of job duties that could have described anyone. After we spent a weekend completely […]
I remember staring at my blank laptop screen during my junior year, completely overwhelmed by the thought of creating my first internship resume. How do you showcase experience when you barely have any? That feeling of inadequacy quickly transformed into determination when I realized that every successful professional once faced this exact same challenge. Here’s […]
According to William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard, recommendation letters are “extremely important” in college applications. I remember when my own college counselor told me this same thing – I thought she was just trying to stress me out before senior year. Turns out, she was absolutely right. Think of these […]
Last month, I was reviewing applications for a senior marketing manager position when something struck me. Out of 247 resumes submitted, only 12 made it past our initial screening. According to BeamJobs’ 2025 marketing resume analysis, this mirrors industry-wide trends where 90% of marketing resumes fail to capture hiring managers’ attention within the first 30 […]
The medical assistant field is experiencing unprecedented growth, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting 16% job growth by 2031, adding 123,000 new positions. I remember when my sister first started her medical assistant program – she was overwhelmed by the sheer number of resume templates online, most of which seemed generic and unhelpful. Look, […]
Last month, my neighbor Sarah asked me to look at her data entry resume. She’d been applying for weeks with zero callbacks, despite being able to type 75 WPM and having solid Excel skills. After we spent an afternoon tweaking her resume using the strategies I’m about to share, she landed three interviews in the […]
Three years ago, I sat staring at a blank Word document at 11 PM, my coffee getting cold as I tried to figure out how to make “managed classroom of 28 third-graders” sound impressive. Sound familiar? I’d spent years perfecting lesson plans and parent conferences, but somehow translating that into resume-speak felt impossible. That frustration […]
I’ll never forget sitting in my dorm room at 2 AM, staring at a completely blank resume template. Four years of engineering school, countless all-nighters debugging code, and somehow I couldn’t figure out how to make myself sound hireable on paper. Sound familiar? According to the University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering, reviewing quality […]
