The Recruiting Rodeo 🐎 ﹘ THE STORYTELLING SERIES (The Resume📑)

Vol. 31: To Summarize or Not To Summarize, "That" Is The Question (But First ... It's Super Important To Understand How Recruiters Find You ...)

Welcome back to The Recruiting Rodeo 🐎 and its “storytelling” series. Now that we’ve interviewed some of the world’s leading content talent, we’re going to start merging their “data” — what they shared with us about storytelling and narrative — to tackle one of the most, if not THE most, important and complex sections of one’s RESUME 📑— the SUMMARY section.

To be honest, you don’t even need a SUMMARY section on your RESUME📑 depending on where you are in your career (more about that soon…) BUT … if you’re going to include one (as well as fill out the HEADLINE section of your LinkedIn profile — i.e., the words that appear directly below your profile picture) then, why not …

MAKE IT COUNT!

Before we dive into the SUMMARY section, and how to create a strong one, using what we learned from our content friends, let’s do a quick recap of the RESUME 📑-related content and topics that The Recruiting Rodeo’s 🐎 “storytelling” series has covered so far:

Vol. 20 — The Resume’s Purpose and What Makes a Strong Resume.

Vol. 21 — Resume Flow🧘🏼‍♀️: The Path Your Resume Takes From Online Application Through Hire.

Vol. 22 — The Contact Information Section. What To Include And Why It Matters.

Vol. 23 — The EXPERIENCE Section And Its “Magic Bullets!”

And let’s not forget The Recruiting Rodeo🐎: Vol. 29: The Basics. What You Need To Know Before We Dive Into How To Tell Your Professional Story. To me, the very basics, the low-hanging fruit for a job search and talent acquisition, if you will, are the following: 1) for job seekers, steer clear of typos on your resume and professional social media profile and 2) for talent acquisition pros, meet candidates under serious consideration for a position in person, whenever possible, versus relying strictly on video for interviews.

Now, on to the SUMMARY section …