How to Write a Resume That Gets Interviews

A resume's job is not to tell your whole story - it's to earn you fifteen more minutes with a hiring manager. Every line should serve that goal.

Start with results, not duties. Instead of "Responsible for managing a sales team," write "Grew regional sales 18% by restructuring a six-person team's territory coverage." The second version tells a hiring manager what actually happened.

Match your language to the role, not the other way around. If a job posting says "cross-functional collaboration," and that's genuinely part of what you did, use those words - many resumes are scanned for relevant terms before a human ever reads them.

Keep it to one page for anything under ten years of experience. A shorter resume forces you to cut what doesn't matter, which usually makes the whole document stronger.