Your Resume is Boring. Here's How to Fix It.



 I've hired hundreds of people. Let me tell you the one thing that makes me trash a resume in 5 seconds, and the simple change that will make me call you.

Let's get straight to it.

I look at resumes all day. Most of them are terrible. Not "badly formatted" terrible. I mean soul-crushingly, "why did I even open this" terrible.

They all look the same. They all sound the same. "Responsible for," "Duties included," "Managed a team."

I don't care.

Seriously. I don't.

When I'm hiring for a sales role, I don't care that you were "responsible for making calls." I want to know if you were any good at it. When I'm hiring a project manager, I don't care that you "managed a team." I want to know if you led them to success or just attended a lot of meetings.

Your resume is not a list of your job duties. It's an advertisement for what you can do for my company. And right now, yours is putting me to sleep.

The One Thing I'm Looking For

On every single line of your resume, I am looking for one thing: Proof.

I don't want to know what you were told to do. I want to know what you actually did. More specifically, I want to know what you achieved.

Let me show you the difference with a real example from a marketing role I hired for last month.

What 90% of people write (I skip this):

  • "Responsible for social media."

  • "Ran email campaigns."

  • "Grew our followers."

My thought bubble: "So was everyone else. This tells me nothing. Next."

What the person I hired wrote (I called them in 10 minutes):

  • "Grew our Instagram audience from 5,000 to 25,000 in 12 months by launching a user-generated content campaign."

  • "Our last email campaign had a 35% open rate (industry average is 21%) because we A/B tested subject lines."

  • "One of my LinkedIn posts got picked up by a industry newsletter, driving 500 qualified leads to our website."

My thought bubble: "This person gets it. They know how their work ties to a business result. I need to talk to them."

See the difference? One is a list of tasks. The other is a list of accomplishments.

The Simple Formula to Rewrite Your Resume Tonight

For every single bullet point on your resume, do this. It's a simple formula.

Start with a POWER VERB.
Stop using "Responsible for." Start with words like:

  • Increased, Decreased, Grew, Saved, Launched, Improved, Streamlined, Won.

Then, add a NUMBER.
If you didn't measure it, it didn't happen. No number is too small.

  • Did you save time? "Cut report generation time from 2 hours to 20 minutes."

  • Did you handle volume? "Processed 50+ customer tickets daily with a 95% satisfaction rate."

  • Did you work with a budget? "Managed a $10,000 monthly advertising budget."

  • Did you improve something? "Improved team productivity by 15% by introducing a new software tool."

Finally, add the IMPACT.
So what? Why did that number matter?

  • "...which freed up 10 hours per week for the team to focus on client strategy."

  • "...leading to a 5% increase in customer retention last quarter."

  • "...resulting in our team winning the 'Q3 Regional Performance Award.'"

Put it all together:
[POWER VERB] + [NUMBER] + [IMPACT]

"Reduced website loading speed by 2 seconds, which decreased the bounce rate by 18%."

That one line tells me you are technical, you understand user behavior, and you care about results. That's a powerful story.

Your Homework (Do This Now)

  1. Open your resume.

  2. Find every bullet point that starts with "Responsible for."

  3. Delete it.

  4. Ask yourself: "When I did that task, what was the outcome? What number can I attach to it?"

  5. Rewrite it using the formula.

If you can't find a number, it probably doesn't belong on your resume.

The Hard Truth

I am not a charity. I am not hiring you to give you a job. I am hiring you to solve a problem for my company.

That problem might be "we need more sales," or "our projects are always late," or "our customers are unhappy."

Your resume is your one chance to prove you are the solution. Stop showing me you can follow instructions. Start showing me you can get results.

Feeling stuck? Can't find the numbers?

Sometimes you're too close to your own work to see your wins. That's where a professional can help. We offer a free resume tear-down where we'll look at your current resume and give you 3 specific, actionable tips to rewrite it.

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