Drop your resume hot takes. Here are mine. 🌶️

  • Objective statements/summaries are dead. Use a short tagline for yourself under your name instead
  • (For students especially) Hard pass on including GPAs on resumes: Your success is not/will not be defined by a GPA.
  • Delete your Skills section: If anyone can say it, don't say it. Instead, make it clear what your skills are by describing your accomplishments/day-to-day in your work experience section
  • I know this one likely depends on industry, but it's still a hill I will die on: No headshots on your resume.
  • Start the document with work experience, not education. Put education after work experience.
  • Don't use colors. White paper, black text, that's it.

What else? Do you have any resume hot takes? Let's hear them.