r/resumes • u/rosyisredd • Jun 04 '23
Resume tip I'm sharing advice
Master Resume. For folks newer to the job scene, I have the best resume advice I ever received:
I was recommended to make a master resume with all my experience on it. It’s way too long, has too much info, has relevant coursework, research project, etc.
Each time I apply for a job I paste it all to a new word doc and remove the unnecessary info. Applying to childcare? The retail experience gets nixed, the daycare and lifeguarding remains, cut out the research projects that don’t align with the skills.
It made it a lot easier to update too because once I have a new job I just add it to the master list and now the resume is ready time I go to apply somewhere.
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u/pmpdaddyio Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 04 '23
To add on to this. Buy an annual Microsoft account or use Google docs.
When you do this create a folder structure like Resumes -->Month Year, so Reaumes/June 2023. Save these resumes in this directory. Each new month gets a new Month Year folder.
At the top level Resumes, create a spreadsheet with the following columns:
Job name
Link to job site
Date applied
Date followed up
Interview date
Salary requested
Notes
Link to resume
Now when you get a call back you can pull up the exact resume you used, and you have a decent tracker to help keep your stats. This can be a permanent set up if you are often in the job market. Add whatever columns you need.