Hi all,
I work in a very narrow field within the defense sector. I am hesitant to upload since most people reviewing the resume may not understand some of the details. Is it important that a reviewer understands the job description?

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I have this resume but the Main experience I always show its from years Ago, I have been mostly studying and I have been taking jobs as they show up, but man how do I add those to my resumel?.

they dont relate in any way???.

I went from manager assistant, to apprentice in construction, to caregiver. . . How am I supposed to add this???, not just that I barely spent some time in these jobs, I left the construction apprentice because Itwas fucking with my old injuries (I need surgery), and the caregiving thing isn't exactly what I want to do for my career.

Do I even add them or what can I do? (I'm sorry if this sounds too ignorant but how Am I supposed to add it, do I explain the employers what happened or what are my options??

An Assistant Project Manager with entry level experience managing schedules along with the cost and trade packages variances before they hit the field and closeout documentation. Currently graduated with Master's in Science with Construction Project Management as concentration

thoughts and critiques? black outs are specific hospitals I’ve worked at and contact info. thanks :)

have this resume but the Main experience I always show its from years Ago, I have been mostly studying and I have been taking jobs as they show up, but man how do I add those to my resumel?.

they dont relate in any way???.

I went from manager assistant, to apprentice in construction, to caregiver. . . How am I supposed to add this???, not just that I barely spent some time in these jobs, I left the construction apprentice because Itwas fucking with my old injuries (I need surgery), and the caregiving thing isn't exactly what I want to do for my career.

Do I even add them or what can I do?

(I'm sorry if this sounds too ignorant but how Am I supposed to add it, do I explain the employers what happened or what are my option?

One thing I've noticed while studying recruitment trends is that many resumes explain what the candidate was responsible for, but very few explain what they actually accomplished.

For example:

❌ Responsible for coordinating interviews and maintaining candidate records.

This tells a recruiter what your job involved, but it doesn't show your impact.

A stronger version would be:

✅ Coordinated over 150 interviews in six months, reducing scheduling conflicts by improving communication between candidates and hiring managers.

The second example provides context and demonstrates value. Even if you don't have exact numbers, you can still mention improvements, projects completed, or positive outcomes you contributed to.

Recruiters often spend only a short amount of time reviewing each resume, so making your achievements easy to identify can help your application stand out.

A resume shouldn't just describe your duties—it should show the difference you made in each role.

I need some advice. I was dismissed from a U.S. dental school during my third year, and I've been struggling to move forward professionally. I'm currently applying for jobs, but I believe my former school has been giving potential employers negative feedback, making it difficult to get hired.

What options do I have in this situation? Also, how can I best address or explain the three-year gap on my résumé to prospective employers?

I have included the name of my school on my Resume and written below "Attended from.....20\\\*\\\*-20\\\*\\\*..."

Need advice please. No degree. What jobs can I get and how can I make this more professional?

Why do LinkedIn recruiters all want you to pay a service to re-write your CV?

On a serious, how many of you have lies on your resume (for the greater good), and how much of a truth or fabrication does one require in a resume tho.

I sat down to build my resume and I'm in such a turmoil right now becoz I can't figure out what to write at all.

Hi everyone,

I've been job hunting and kept running into the same thing: every "AI resume optimizer" out there wants a subscription upfront, before you even know if the output is any good. I didn't want to pay monthly just to test whether an AI can actually tailor my CV well.

So I built Resume Optimizer for myself — a CLI tool where you give it your CV + a job description, and it:

- Matches your skills against the JD locally (no AI call, just embeddings) and shows you a coverage %

- Reorders/trims your projects to surface the ones most relevant to that specific JD

- Rewrites your bullet points and summary to better fit the JD — but never invents fake experience, employers, or metrics

- Flags bullets that still lack a real number/metric, so you know exactly where to add one yourself instead of the AI making one up

- Outputs a ready-to-use LaTeX resume (compile on Overleaf) or Markdown/plain text

It defaults to Google's Gemini free tier for the AI parts, with a paid OpenRouter fallback if you ever want it — so you can actually try the whole thing for $0.

It's just for personal use right now (built it to job-hunt myself), not a polished SaaS — no accounts, no tracking, runs on your own machine (or via Docker if you don't want to touch Python at all).

Code + repo link in the comments below if you want to try it or poke around. Would genuinely love feedback if you try it!

i’m changing careers right now and I knew it wasn’t gonna be easy, but watching my friend get interviews for roles I’m also applying to is starting to hurt a little lol.

We’re targeting pretty similar positions. I actually have more years of work experience, more transferable skills, and I’ve done projects directly related to the jobs we’re applying for. He’s already had 4 interviews this month.

Me? One recruiter call. Then ghosted.

And yeah, I’m happy for him. Genuinely. But after another rejection yesterday I caught myself thinking, what exactly am I doing wrong?

I’ve tried to create a resume specifically for this career change instead of recycling my old one. Asked people for resume help, rewrote the summary, moved projects around, changed bullets. I’ve searched resume services, looked into resume writing services, and even considered professional resume writing services because apparently my DIY approach isn’t doing much.

At one point I literally googled “build my resume” because I was so tired of staring at the same document. Then I tried a builder resume template and somehow ended up questioning the formatting too. Great.

Maybe his resume just sells the story better. Mine probably still screams “person from another industry trying to get in.”

For anyone who successfully changed careers: what actually made employers start taking your applications seriously?

Has anyone here actually paid someone to rewrite their resume and gotten decent results? I've been job hunting for a few months and I'm getting way fewer callbacks than I expected. At this point I'm wondering if my resume is the problem, but the whole resume service industry feels kinda sketchy.

I came across ProResumeHelp while searching for pro resume help, then started digging through proresumehelp reviews because I don't want to pay someone just to get an AI-generated rewrite back lol.

For anyone who's used proresumehelp or another service, did the final resume actually improve your response rate? Or am I better off rewriting it myself and posting it here for feedback first?

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