Took me 3 years to accept a coworker's advice on my resume and it actually worked

I always thought my resume was fine because I had all the job duties listed out. A senior dev I barely knew at a conference in Columbus told me my resume read like a shopping list and nobody cares about duties, they want results. He said to put numbers on everything like 'cut server response time by 20%' or 'led a team of 4 on a 6 month project'. I changed my whole resume that night and got 3 interviews in the next two weeks. Has anyone else had one piece of feedback that completely flipped how you apply for jobs?

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robin_foster121d ago

Same here. Numbers changed everything on my resume.

troyp3721d ago

Ha yeah, numbers are basically magic. Before I had them on my resume, employers thought my biggest accomplishment was showing up on time.