r/madlads 15d ago

Reductio ad fontium

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u/violin-kickflip 15d ago edited 15d ago

Do not recommend. Some recruiters know how to sniff this out. Don’t want this popping up when you’re in the interview stage and then you’re disqualified.

Rather, take the time to weave the job description into your resume. Achieves the same result.

Edit: some folks recommending using ChatGPT to tailor your resume. that can be hit-or-miss, but agreed. definitely leverage AI

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u/Fuck0254 15d ago

Rather, take the time to weave the job description into your resume. Achieves the same result

Making a custom resume for every application is a suckers game. I'd rather fail an interview than waste so much time.

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u/violin-kickflip 15d ago

That’s a fair point but… it’s the reality of job searching. It also helps you to understand the role better and recall relevant info better during the interview.

Source: I’ve gotten jobs at a few industry-leading Fortune 500 and 100 companies. I absolutely took the time to tailor my resume.

Doesn’t take that long…

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u/tsukaimeLoL 15d ago

Depends entirely on what job you are looking for though, high specialization jobs, sure? The ones that need you to have two hands and a pulse (optional) its much easier to just go with a numbers game strategy.