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[–] odelik@lemmy.today 0 points 2 days ago (6 children)

You don't need to lie on your resume for it to stand out and be impressive.

First, stop listing "duties" and generalized things for the role. As somebody that's done a few hundred interviews, I quickly bin those resumes. I have a good understanding of what a related role's duties are that would make you qualified for a role I'm interviewing for.

Your goal in a resume is to show the hiring team of what you can provide to the team/company if you are brought on board.

What you should do is keep track of you work successes and KPIs and periodically update your resume with those successes and metrics for that role. Got a top performer review status, log it. Increased sales for the department by some % for the year, log it. Delivered a highly complex & valuable project, log it.

If you do the above, I can have a good understanding of what you're actually capable of and how you utilize the skills you have within a role.

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

So, what you're saying is people should lie about work successes instead of degrees? Got it. Will do.

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