The Rewriter
You're doing more work per application than almost anyone. It's going into the thing that moves least.
Your type
The Rewriter
You're doing more work per application than almost anyone. It's going into the thing that moves least.
What's actually happening
A rewritten resume mostly reshuffles the same evidence into new sentences. The person screening it isn't comparing your prose to anyone else's — they're checking whether you can evidence the requirements. Rewriting doesn't change what you can evidence. Choosing which evidence to lead with does, and it takes about five minutes.
This week
- 1
Stop at one resume
Keep the best version you've written. It is already better than the one you started with, and the next rewrite will not beat it by enough to matter.
- 2
For the next five, change only the top third
The summary and the order of your most recent role. That is what gets read before a decision is made. Leave everything below it alone.
- 3
Read one posting properly first
Write down the three requirements it actually screens on, then lead with the experience that answers them. If you can't answer one, that is information about fit — not a writing problem.
Where to start
It pulls out what a posting actually requires, which is the thing to aim your emphasis at.
Is this you?
Eleven questions, about two minutes. You get your own score out of 100 alongside your type — and we'll show you how it compares to this one. No account, and your answers stay in your browser.
Find your typeThe other seven types
- The Wide NetYou're doing the work. It's landing in the wrong places.
- The PerfectionistYour applications are good. There aren't enough of them to find out.
- The DrifterThe applications aren't the problem. Keeping hold of them is.
- The ResearcherYou've thought about this more than you've acted on it.
- The CampaignerYou're running a real campaign. The channel is what's capping it.
- The CloserIt's working. The risk now is what happens when these ones end.
- The Steady HandNothing here is broken. There just isn't enough of it yet.