{"id":15525,"date":"2022-07-01T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T23:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=15525"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T04:16:25","slug":"make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Resume Stand Out with this Helpful Tip from Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15527\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google.png\" alt=\"make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google\" width=\"1326\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google.png 1326w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google-1024x344.png 1024w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/make-your-resume-stand-out-with-this-helpful-tip-from-google-768x258.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve heard of the\u00a0not-so-good examples of resumes\u00a0out there. You\u2019ve also learned why it is important\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-write-a-resume-that-gets-you-the-job\"><strong>to craft a resume that stands out<\/strong><\/a>. But have you heard about Google&#8217;s resume formula?\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/201088\/google-just-revealed-the-incredibly-simple-formula-for-killer-resumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google\u2019s senior vice president of people operations, Laszlo Bock, shares his best advice to prospective applicants on writing a stand-out resume<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe key,\u201d [Bock] said, \u201cis to frame your strengths as: \u2018I accomplished X, relative to Y, by doing Z.\u2019 Most people would write a\u00a0resume\u00a0like this: \u2018Wrote editorials for The New York Times.\u2019 Better would be to\u00a0say: \u2018Had 50 op-eds published compared to average of 6 by most op-ed [writers] as a result of providing deep insight into the following area for three years.\u2019 Most people don\u2019t put the right content on their\u00a0resumes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Got it? Let\u2019s break this down into a formula: Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]. By following this formula, you can highlight your accomplishments in numbers, and not only through words. Make your resume stand out by making it \u201cresults-oriented.&#8221; Imagine that you are applying for a job as a writer. Note the big difference below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Previous<\/strong>: Wrote articles on job searching and career advice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revised<\/strong>: Wrote 10 articles a month on job searching and career advice, exceeding the required total of 5 articles per month, which generated a combined total of 100,000 page views, 7,000 likes, and 550 tweets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a few more examples. If you&#8217;re applying for a management position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Previous:<\/strong>\u00a0Managed a team in charge of developing computer-based training modules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revised:<\/strong>\u00a0Managed a team of eight members in developing 10 computer-based training modules on HR-related benefits from 2013-2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re applying for an office management position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Previous:<\/strong>\u00a0Reduced the department\u2019s printing costs through a cost-cutting initiative.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revised:<\/strong>\u00a0Reduced the department\u2019s printing by Php15,000 per year by collaborating closely with purchasing department in acquiring lower-priced ink cartridges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re applying for a sales position<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Previous:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Produced new sales by working with the marketing team.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revised:<\/strong>\u00a0Produced Php3M in new sales from 2012-2014, with Php500,000 as the initial goal over the same three-year period, by working with the marketing team and targeting companies in the Paranaque-Laguna-Muntinlupa areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For someone who has reviewed thousands upon thousands of resumes, Bock definitely knows what he is talking about. Simple advice that does not reek of rocket science, right?\u00a0It\u2019s time to fine-tune your resume with this Google-inspired advice. How close or far is your resume to the model Bock suggested? Was it an \u201ca-ha!\u201d moment for you? Share your thoughts in the comments section below. If still having trouble crafting your resume, you can use\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/blog\/the-only-resume-template-youll-ever-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this template we provided<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Sign up on Kalibrr<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>\u00a0today and find the right job for you. You can also\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/i\/77238488FF110D6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>subscribe<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> to our weekly newsletter and get Kalibrr Career Advice straight from your inbox.<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve heard of the\u00a0not-so-good examples of resumes\u00a0out there. You\u2019ve also learned why it is important\u00a0to craft a resume that stands out. But have you heard about Google&#8217;s resume formula?\u00a0Google\u2019s senior vice president of people operations, Laszlo Bock, shares his best advice to prospective applicants on writing a stand-out resume: \u201cThe key,\u201d [Bock] said, \u201cis to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[93],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}