Any tips (serious please) for resumes? Have been with the same company since I graduated over 15 yrs ago. Looking for a job is a bit the unknown. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. Also, Any tips when applying to jobs via LinkedIn?

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I'll disagree with some of the above. I'd keep to 1 page (otherwise I'll assume you're not that good at prioritizing or calling out the relevant parts of your experience), no summary (your bullets should speak for themselves; if you need a summary then your bullets aren't effective), and I'd make it a functional resume rather than chronological (because of only one role)

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No more than 5 bullets per position. Tailor it to the job description you’re applying for (try to match your experience to their terminology). Keep it concise!

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Yeah I would note responsibility changes/increases over the years.

For ideas for a good resume, think back to resumes you’ve reviewed if you did any hiring over the last 15 years. Take the best ideas from those and incorporate into your own resume.

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For linked in, do NOT use your current job title in the headline, especially if the title is something generic like “Manager” or “Senior Manager”.

Put your skills in the title and use a pipe “ | “ to separate them. For example:

“M&A Strategy | Supply Chain Optimization | Business Transformation”. You can usually put four or five skills in until you run out of room. Think of the in-demand skills in your area of expertise. For people like me it is “AWS Architecture”, not Senior Technical Consultant.

I even structured my LI profile to list the projects I’ve been staffed on and my roles on each (I don’t use client names) and not my progression of job titles at each past employer.

I hope this helps and good luck.

EDIT: also pay for LI Premium. It pushes your application to top of the jobs you apply for.

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No problem, OP. Think of skills/terminology recruiters will search on.

1. keep to max 2 pages
2. Highlight the project achievements
3. Given an overview at the very beginning of resume. There are tons of resume template if you google those.
4. Apply to jobs as you seem fit but referrals works best. If no known person - then network with folks of that firm in Lonkedin and see if any one or even a recruiter will be willing to help you out.
5. Negotiate salary - check the market value of the position you are interested.

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Thank you!!

Understand your work progression and story helps outline what you're looking for and your unique value proposition. Feel free to dm me if you have any specific questions

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In your bullets always think of the “so what” I.e I did x vs I did x which had Y value in terms of tangible results

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