Resume & LinkedIn Made Simple

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• Think of a resume as a trailer cut for one audience and your LinkedIn profile as a shop sign that stays up all day.
• When time is short, spend it on the first ten lines, five result lines, and a clear photo and headline; the rest is polish.
• Leaving out what does not fit the job is editing, not lying; claiming what did not happen is the one line never to cross.
• Put a family business, gig work or freelance years on the page as a real job, with matching lines and one reason for the move.
• Show children that a resume is evidence, not bragging, and model asking one knowledgeable person for feedback before you stop and send.

In deze bit

1. Two pictures that make it simple

   If resumes and LinkedIn feel like a fog of rules, hold on to two pictures. A resume is a film trailer.

2. Five myths worth dropping

   First myth: nobody reads resumes now, it is all LinkedIn. Most employers still ask for a resume, and many check the profile too, so you need both, telling the same story.

3. The first ten lines do most of the work

   When time and energy are short, three things do most of the work. The first is the top of the resume, roughly its first ten lines: your name, a contact line, a two-line summary naming the job you want, and the opening lines of your latest role.

4. Odd-shaped work: shops, gigs and family firms

   Many parents have work that does not fit neat boxes: a family shop, freelancing, delivery gigs, a business that closed. Put them on the page as real jobs, because they are.

5. Evidence, not bragging: talking with children

   Children learn little about work from lectures and a great deal from watching a parent prepare for it. When you update your resume, do some of it where they can see, and say what you are doing in plain words: I am choosing the three things that show I am good at fixing machines.

6. Getting help, then knowing when to stop

   You do not have to do this alone, but the help you choose matters. The most useful reader is one person who works in or hires for the field you want.