The Resume Update

How to complete The Resume Update

A resume that lags behind your actual work undersells you the moment an opportunity appears. This is about capturing recent wins as concrete, quantified results and pruning stale lines so your profile reflects who you are now, not two years ago.

1. Pull your last 6-12 months: projects shipped, metrics moved, tools learned, problems solved.
2. Rewrite each new bullet as action plus result plus number (e.g. 'cut deploy time 40%'), not a job duty.
3. Compress or drop old roles so the recent, relevant work sits at the top.
4. Sync the same updates to LinkedIn so the two never contradict each other.
5. Read it aloud once and run spellcheck to catch clumsy bullets.

Tips

• Keep a running 'brag doc' so next time you aren't reconstructing wins from memory.
• Mirror keywords from target job descriptions to clear ATS filters.
• One page unless you have 10-plus years; recruiters skim in seconds.

What counts as done

Your resume and LinkedIn both show your latest role and skills with quantified bullets, ready to send without edits.