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Sonika Arora
Sonika Arora

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What a Tech Recruiter Actually Wants to See on Your Resume 🔖

Alright, today let’s talk about that hollow feeling after you click 'submit' - the one where you wonder if your carefully crafted application landed in some company’s digital trash can 🗑️♻️

By the time you submit it, you’ve already spent hours tailoring your resume, picking the perfect "action verbs", and maybe even asked ChatGPT to "make it sound more professional." Then you hit 'submit' and get… silence.

What if the secret to standing out isn't adding more buzzwords, but mastering a simple, two-part formula that gets you a response?

I had a fascinating chat last week with Charlotte Steggall, a tech recruiter with over 10 years of experience hiring Gen Z for tech roles. She told me the applications that are impossible to ignore always do two things:

1️⃣ they tell a compelling story,

2️⃣ they provide concrete proof.

Let’s dive into the details 👇

https://onboardedhq.substack.com/p/what-a-tech-recruiter-actually-wants-to-see-on-your-resume

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