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Hot take: your resume summary line is a waste of space, delete it today
Last month I sat in on a hiring panel at our office in Austin and watched 14 resumes get tossed in under 90 seconds. Every single one had that boring two line summary at the top, stuff like 'Results driven professional seeking new challenges.' Nobody reads that garbage, recruiters skip straight to your last job. I pulled mine off last week and got two callbacks in three days, which is two more than I got in six weeks before. The space is better used for a skills list or a link to actual work you've done. Has anyone else tried cutting that section and seen a difference?
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elliotellis1mo ago
Did you see that LinkedIn post from a recruiter last year where she said she spends about 6 seconds on the top of a resume before moving down? She said the summary is the first thing she skips because it all sounds the same. I read a comment from another hiring guy who said he only looks at the last two jobs and then checks for a portfolio link. That lines up with what you saw on your panel, so it seems like the summary is just dead weight now.
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