Category: Resume

You open your resume after a layoff and change one word: “Present.” Then you wonder whether the next line needs to explain everything that happened. Usually, it doesn’t. List the job with its accurate end date and keep the accomplishments. A brief note such as “Position eliminated during restructuring” is optional when it helps explain…

Special skills on an acting resume are abilities you can use on camera or on stage, such as speaking another language, playing guitar, tap dancing, or riding horses. They help casting teams identify actors who can meet a role’s specific requirements. This guide gives you skill lists to choose from, shows how to describe your…

“Assisted with clinical trials” hides almost everything useful about your work. Did you schedule participant visits, prepare regulatory documents, resolve data queries, or do all three? A strong application makes that work visible. Identify your study setting, describe the tasks you handled, name the systems you used, and list your education and current qualifications. An…

“Calm under pressure” sounds right for emergency communications. But on a resume, it leaves the most useful question unanswered: what have you actually done that shows it? Build your application around specific evidence of listening, accurate documentation, sound judgment, and clear communication. Include a short profile, relevant work history, technical skills, education, and any applicable…

Action verbs for a resume describe what you did. Words such as organized, repaired, analyzed, taught, and resolved help you explain your work clearly. Start with an accurate verb, then add the task and a useful detail or result. Quick answer Choose the verb that matches your contribution. Use supervised when you oversaw employees, assisted…

An impressive funding total can still leave an employer guessing. Did you research the opportunity, write the proposal, coordinate the submission, or join the organization after the award arrived? Your application should connect the result to your contribution. Name the kinds of funders and programs you know, show the documents and processes you handled, and…

“Managed Salesforce” could mean updating a few records or keeping a company’s selling process running. Your resume needs to make that difference obvious. Start with the process you supported, explain what you personally changed, and show how the work helped its users. A dashboard matters because someone uses it to make a decision. Automation matters…

For future job applications, upload your resume through Jobs > Preferences > Resumes and application data. To send it with a particular job application, use the Easy Apply form. To display a downloadable resume to people viewing your profile, add it to Featured instead. Choose the upload route that matches what you want to do.…

Put your LinkedIn profile URL with your contact information at the top of your resume, near your email and phone number. Display a readable address, such as linkedin.com/in/yourname, and link it to your full profile URL, including https://. This gives someone reading a PDF a clickable link and someone holding a printed copy an address…

List relevant freelance work in your Work Experience section, just as you would a salaried role. Give your specialty, identify the work as freelance or contract, include dates, and describe what you delivered. For several similar clients, one self-employed entry is usually easier to read than a separate job for every assignment. Here’s a fictional…