r/interviews

23h ago

u/Jeff2sayshi

Let's spread some positivity. I'm 7 weeks into my new job, here's what worked for me.

So, this sub was a huge help for me after the company i worked for went bankrupt and i was job hunting for 4 months. I actually ended up with two job offers, and am now 7 weeks into my new job i wanted to pay back by giving advice from what i learned.

Note: Job is retail - corporate level

So, first, your resume. The thing you'll read over and over again is to personalize your resume for each posting. The other thing i kept reading was for your resume to not just say what you did, but what the impact was.

With regards to those two, I definitely updated my resume to read things like: managed X amount of people, hit inventory targets of $X Million, etc. I also added a full page of my biggest projects to my cover letter. However, I did NOT personalize each resume.…