Resume Tips for the Digital Age
Think outside the resume.
If you’ve ever endeavored to think about searching for your next verse, you may have broken out in a cold sweat when you thought about refreshing that dreaded document known as the resume. We mean, how does one express multiple decades of accumulated wisdom and wins into a dull one-pager? Well, you don’t. Here’s your official permission to say “no” when asked to send the relic along. We’ve rounded up some ideas of what to send in its stead.
Hit the links.
We invite you to revisit this article where our friend Amy McGlinn told you all the ways you may be underutilizing your LinkedIn profile. In reality, the platform is way more effective than any resume at showing off all your bona fides. So don’t forget to maximize all its features—for instance, under your experience you can post links to visuals, thought pieces and other examples of your work.
Overhaul the OG.
We rarely suggest following in all of Elon Musk’s footsteps (for example, maybe don’t outsource your stock decisions to Twitter), but the mogul’s resume is a master class in pulling together diverse experience, skills and interests into a single page that vastly improves upon the resume format. We like the clean and visually appealing layout—just viewing it might encourage your own shake up.
Break the mold.
When we put together our own non-resumes, we got a great prompt from our coaches: “Things you won’t learn about me from a CV.” Thinking through answers allowed us to expand on all the wonderful things that make us US—qualities and experiences that didn’t quite fit the traditional CV mold.
Video killed the resume.
If you’re of a certain generation, you should well understand the power of video. Whether it’s recording a short intro for your LinkedIn profile or compiling a highlight reel, there is no way (like, technically no way) you are going to land in a pile on someone’s desk. We found this post helpful to storyboard your thoughts.
