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My manager said my resume looked like a grocery list
He pulled me aside after my shift and said, 'Alice, this just lists your tasks, it doesn't show what you actually did.' I was just putting down stuff like 'served drinks' and 'cleaned bar.' So I went home and rewrote every single line to focus on results, like 'increased weekly specialty cocktail sales by 15% by suggesting them to regulars.' It was a pain but it makes way more sense now. Anyone else have to totally redo their resume from scratch like that?
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valw3620d ago
Damn, that's a rough way to find out your resume reads like a shopping list. But honestly, most of us start that way because nobody tells you the rules. I had to do a full rewrite after a friend who's a recruiter flat out said my resume was just a list of chores. So I sat there and forced myself to add numbers to every line, like "processed 200 orders per shift" or "cut wait times by 5 minutes by reorganizing the prep station." It took me three days and I wanted to throw my laptop out the window. But it worked because the next interview I got, the manager literally said, "I can see exactly what you did for your last place." So yeah, that pain is worth it, even if it feels like homework.
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sagep191mo ago
Ever try using the STAR method for those bullet points? It forces you to frame every task as a specific result.
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