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Resume guides
Short, plain answers to the questions that come up when you write a resume. Each one ends with a free tool that checks your own.
How to get your resume past an ATS
What an applicant tracking system does with your resume, and the plain changes that keep it readable: real text, standard headings, one column and honest keywords.
Read the guideHow to write a resume summary
A resume summary is two or three sentences at the top that say who you are and what you can prove. How to write one, with weaker and stronger examples.
Read the guideWhat to put in the skills section of a resume
How to build a resume skills section that is useful to both software and people: which skills to list, how to group them, and what to leave out.
Read the guideHow to write resume bullet points
A simple pattern for resume bullet points: what you did, at what scale, and what changed. With weaker and stronger examples, and what to do when you have no numbers.
Read the guideHow to tailor your resume to a job description
A 15-minute method for tailoring a resume to a job posting: find the terms it stresses, compare them with your resume, and change only what is true.
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