We took a real resume from a laid-off tech worker and turned it into something fantastic
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While researching a recent story on long-term IT careers, we talked to a guy who had been suddenly laid off, after decades of success at several large tech companies.
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When he shared his resume with us, it looked like it came from another era.
We wondered, what should he be doing differently?
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So we contacted Volen Vulkov, co-founder of EnhanceCV, a startup that automatically analyzes your resume mistakes and helps you redesign a new one. (These are the folks that turned Mark Zuckerberg's life into a cool resume.)
This time, we wanted them to take someone's actual resume, modernize it, and offer pointers on how anyone could do the same. And they went all out.
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The resumes below are real, although the person's name, companies' names, and some details have been changed to protect his identity.
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