While updating my resume recently, I decided to move my education to the bottom of the page. Just a year and a half out of college, my professional experience is significantly more impactful on my resume than my degrees. They’re still needed (more so to jump through a hoop than anything) but I found that putting it at the top with my graduation date undersold everything I have accomplished and experienced in my short time since graduation. Updating my resume proved enlightening.
Isn’t it a great feeling when you can see the growth in this document? Congrats on getting to this part, where you have so much to share about how you can add value.
Great idea, but now I feel incredibly neurotic for looking/updating mine every other week. I always feel like I'm forgetting something and need to go back and check to see if I did.
Cool post! It made me think about adding metrics to my CV, adding timestamps to old versions, and changing the structure. (And updating it every 6 months.)
While updating my resume recently, I decided to move my education to the bottom of the page. Just a year and a half out of college, my professional experience is significantly more impactful on my resume than my degrees. They’re still needed (more so to jump through a hoop than anything) but I found that putting it at the top with my graduation date undersold everything I have accomplished and experienced in my short time since graduation. Updating my resume proved enlightening.
Isn’t it a great feeling when you can see the growth in this document? Congrats on getting to this part, where you have so much to share about how you can add value.
Great idea, but now I feel incredibly neurotic for looking/updating mine every other week. I always feel like I'm forgetting something and need to go back and check to see if I did.
Everyone has their own system. As long as you are updating it. This is more for those that never update or don’t have a system of doing so.
Cool post! It made me think about adding metrics to my CV, adding timestamps to old versions, and changing the structure. (And updating it every 6 months.)
Nice longitudinal observation! Good luck Dr. Day!