Recorded on Thursday, April 4, 2024 In this video, Albert of Albert's List discusses the art and science of crafting resumes that stand out and help you get your dream job. Understanding the Resume's Purpose: Learn how to leverage this document effectively to showcase your skills, experiences, and achievements in a way that captivates recruiters from the get-go. The Power of Impact: Discover why quantifying your achievements and emphasizing results is crucial for grabbing attention and demonstrating your value to prospective employers. Strategic Resume Ordering: There is an optimal structure that will ensure that your resume flows seamlessly and highlights your most impressive credentials. Content Do's and Don'ts: . Understand what key information to include and what to leave out to ensure that your resume is concise, relevant, and compelling. Harnessing AI in Resume Writing: Explore how AI tools can be beneficial and when human touch is indispensable for crafting a personalized, impactful resume. And much more! Also, check out: https://albertslist.gumroad.com/l/resumereview/IPO. About the Speaker: Albert Qian is a technology product marketer and founder of Albert's List, a job and career community focused on connecting job seekers, hiring managers, and working professionals to produce positive career outcomes. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Albert has worked at various technology companies in various marketing capacities and conducted many successful job searches. Connect with Albert on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/albertqian and on Albert's List at https://bit.ly/findyournextjob.

1. How to Master Resume Writing in
a Competitive Market
Albert Qian
Albert’s List
Thursday April 4, 2024

2. About Me
 San Francisco Bay Area born-and-raised
product marketing manager
 Founded Albert’s List, a community of 49,400
members on Facebook to support and connect
job seekers to various resources —
bit.ly/findyournextjob

3. Agenda
The State of the Job Market
What is a Resume?
Telling a Story With Your Resume
Connecting Resume to Interview
Next Steps

4. The State of the Job Market

10. 2024 Continues
to be Uncertain
 Interest rates won’t fall until later this year,
which means hiring is on pause.
 AI continues to be remain a hot field, and
threatens employment.
 Job hunting will remain competitive.

11. What is a Resume?

13. The Hiring Hierarchy

14. The Hiring Hierarchy

15. What is a
Resume?
 A marketing document that showcases your
capabilities.
 A proof-of-concept asset that guides the hiring
process
 A conversation starter that enables the right
interview questions.
 A relevant history of what you’ve done that
proves you can do it again.
It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than
this.

16. JOB SEARCH PROCESS
RECRUITER SCREEN
• Shows that your resume passes
the initial screening
INITIAL CANDIDATE SCREEN
• Shows that you know your resume
• Shows that you know how your resume relates
to the role
• Provides guidance for the interview
TEAM MEMBER SCREENS
• Shows that you know how your
resume applies to the job
PROJECT ROUND
• Shows that you know what to do
on your resume
REFERENCE ROUND
• Confirms that your resume
is correct

17. Telling a Story With Your Resume

18. • Recruiters only read resumes for 6 seconds
on average, at the top left-hand corner.
• It’s important to showcase the most
important items in that area, including:
• Your role
• Summary or highlights of what you
have accomplished
• Skills
• Immediate professional experience

19. • Don’t make it hard to read your
resume.
• Two-column resumes are distracting;
recruiters don’t know where to look.
• Put the important content at the front.

20. The Best
Way to Tell
Your
Resume
Story
Name and other identifiers
Summary / Highlights
Skills – categorized and comma separated
Experience – bulleted
Education / certifications

21. Other Notes
Regarding the
Resume
If you are a new graduate, place
your education between your
summary/highlights and your skills.
The preference is to leave hobbies
off, unless relevant to role.
Leave off “References Upon
Request”

22. Telling a Story With Your Resume: Impact
GROWTH PRESERVATION INNOVATION
The resume should reflect this

24. VERB + What the duty was + HOW IT
IMPACTED THE COMPANY + QUANTIFY
THE IMPACT

27. Connecting Your Resume to the
Interview

28. An Interview is Two Things
CREATING
EXCITEMENT
REDUCING CONCERN

29. Your Resume
Needs to
Create Softball
Pitches
The bullets you tell should
accentuate your capabilities.
The stories you tell should
lead you to the right
conversations.
Write the strongest bullets,
get the question you want to
answer.

30. “How did you do that?”
“What is your process for
driving revenue?”
“What does your program look like?”
“How would you develop something like this for us?”

31. “How did you do that?”
“How did this impact revenue?”
“How did you do that and what
processes did you use?”

32. “What tools did you use
to make this happen?”
“What were the
productivity hacks?”
“What strategies did you employ to make this happen?”

33. Next Steps

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36. Stay in Touch
 Connect with me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertqian
 Join Albert’s List and introduce yourself:
https://bit.ly/findyournextjob.
 Be sure to indicate you discovered me or the
community through this webinar.

37. Thank You