your resume should craft a narrative #resumewriting #resumetips

16 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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In this segment, the speaker criticizes the common practice of filling the top of a resume with vague, generic statements that fail to tell a coherent story. He emphasizes that the resume’s first third should function as a narrative hook, listing concrete skills, technologies, and the number of years of experience for each (e.g., "TypeScript for 3 years," "AWS cloud for 2 years," ".NET web development for 10 years"). By providing these specific, quantifiable details, candidates create a clear, compelling narrative that immediately signals value to employers.

Most of y'all just have a bunch of jibber jabber at the top of your resume, and it's awful. It doesn't tell a story. You have to understand something. Your resume is the first thing that employers see, and it crafts a narrative. So, at the very top of your resume, the very top third of your resume, I need specific skills, what you've done, how many years of experience. I've done TypeScript for 3 years. I've done cloud AWS for 2 years. I've done .NET web development now for 10 years, right? I need specifics.