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Your Resume is Absolutely Worthless Without an Amazing Story
If you want to attract the right employer, put yourself in your resume.
I hate resumes. I used to be so proud of my resume, not because I was qualified for any particularly amazing jobs, but because it was a good representation of where I’d been professionally, even as an entry-level employee.
I was impressed that I’d even been able to put a resume together right after college. I graduated with my bachelor's degree in 2008, during the Great Recession. I had no job lined up. I’d held a few student jobs in school, but that was it. But I still managed to put together a resume that I thought showcased my semi-professional experience in an appealing way.
Boy was I wrong.
My resume, as nice as it looked, secured me zero job interviews. Zero opportunities. I know there was a recession going on, but damn.
Look, my problem isn’t with the practice of putting together a document to showcase your professional skills and experience. Nor is it with the practice of having that document be required by virtually every job out there in the marketplace.
My problem is that the document is so limited in its acceptable formats. Even if a resume doesn’t fit who you are, your personality, or…
