I finally stopped overthinking my resume after a recruiter told me this one thing

For years I kept cramming every job duty into my resume, thinking more detail was better. Then a recruiter at a tech fair in Austin told me to cut it down to just 3 bullet points per job with hard numbers. I tried it for a software support role and got 3 callbacks in 2 weeks instead of zero in a month. Has anyone else had luck with a specific format change?

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christopher_wells415d ago

I used to think you needed to list everything to show you were qualified, but after hearing from a recruiter at a career fair in Dallas I tried the three bullet point approach and it worked better than I expected. It feels wrong to leave stuff out, but the numbers really do get their attention.

cooper.phoenix15d ago

Totally had the same thing happen to me. I was listing everything under the sun for my IT support jobs, thinking more was better. A buddy who worked in HR told me to chop it down to just three strong results with numbers, and my phone started buzzing within a week. It felt weird at first, like I was hiding stuff. But recruiters don't read everything anyway, so keeping it short and showing hard proof makes them stop and actually read. The numbers are key too - saying "cut ticket response time by 30%" is way better than "helped with tickets". It's crazy how just changing the layout and trimming the fat made such a big difference for me too.