Resume TipMarch 5, 20263 min read
Put Your Best Bullet in the Top Third
Recruiters scan top-to-bottom. Lead with your strongest evidence.
The top third of your resume gets 80% of the attention. Use it accordingly.
Do this today
- Move your most impressive bullet to the first sub-point under your most recent role
- Front-load it with the metric, not the verb ("$1.2M ARR" before "by launching...")
- Demote weaker bullets to the bottom of each role
- Cut anything older than 10 years unless it's a marquee credential
Recruiters won't make it to your second page. Make the first page count.
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