taylor desseynvp of community

should you tailor your resume #resumetips

24 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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Customize your resume summary for each job by listing the specific skills from the job description. Hiring managers are 80% more likely to consider candidates whose summaries mirror required skills. Keep it to 5-7 bullet points and skip re-editing the whole resume.

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You can specifically list out the skills that my job description needs, I'm going to call you 8 outta 10 times. Professional summary, incredibly important. 5 to 7 bullet points, high level about your background. It's not feasible to edit your resume for every single position that's open that you apply to. You edit your professional summary for each position you apply to. And if I'm a hiring manager and you can specifically list out the skills that my job description needs in the professional summary, I'm going to call you Probably 8 out of 10 times.

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