The Proven Playbook to Writing a Winning Resume in Just 7 Days
Turn recruiters’ heads with a resume that shows off the best, most professional you! Finally feel confident turning in a resume that checks all the boxes your potential employer is looking for, and doesn't contain common mistakes that tank applicants' chances in the job market.
Featuring Lucy Yeh, Career & Life Coach
Format
Every lesson contains a few short instructional videos, a summary of key tips and takeaways, and a quick assignment to help you apply what you learned. Completely mobile-friendly.
Duration
This course lasts 7 days, with one lesson per day delivered to your inbox.
Time
Each lesson takes 5 minutes to read and watch.
What you will learn
- Formatting and layout guidelines for a professional looking resume
- How to customize your experience to each job you apply for
- Common resume cliches you need to avoid
- How to frame extracurriculars, soft skills, and volunteering to enhance your job candidacy
- The proofreading checklist you need to follow to get your dream job
- Answers to the most frequently asked questions about job searching
Why should you take this course?
- To look like the best candidate you can for job postings. Learn how to tailor your resume to each job posting, so that recruiters walk away impressed with how well you fit what they’re looking for.
- To send in your resume with 100% certainty you’ve put your best foot forward. A careless typo, resume cliche, or awkward sentence can make even the best candidate look bad.
- To learn what recruiters want to see (from an actual recruiter). We worked with Lucy Yeh, an active recruiter, to make sure our advice applies to what real recruiters are looking for in a variety of industries.
Course Overview
5 Lessons
Resume Basics: Formatting and Style
Learn how to choose a resume format that best represents your experience and aligns with your career goals.
Contact Information and Headline
Craft an eye-catching headline that lets recruiters know how to get in touch with you.
Work Experience
Show recruiters what you’ve achieved in your past internships, jobs, and volunteer activities.
Education
Order, format, and represent your education well, no matter how non-traditional it may have been.
Relevant Skills & Additional Sections
Stand out with additional sections showing off hard and soft skills that will be an asset to your prospective employer.
Finalizing Your Resume
Make sure your resume is in tip top shape, then ask someone you trust for a final opinion before saving, exporting, and sending your resume off.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to the most asked questions about job searching, like “How do I write an email inquiring about a job?” and “How do you follow up after an interview if you haven't heard back?”
Meet the Expert
Lucy Yeh
Career & Life Coach
Lucy Yeh is a Human Resources Director, Recruiter, and Certified Life Coach (CLC) with over 20 years of experience. With a training background with Coaching for Life and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at InsightLA, Lucy has worked with professionals of all levels to improve the quality of their careers, personal/professional relationships, self marketing, and life balance.
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What are others saying?
Serena
I was feeling really stuck trying to represent my experience, even though I felt like I was a good fit for the jobs I was applying for. Once I took this course, the resume sort of just flowed out of me. Thanks wikiHow!
Omri
This course helped me create a resume that I feel really proud to send out. Before, I always felt this pang of insecurity whenever I uploaded a resume to a job application. So glad that’s changed!
Kristina
I’m back to update you that I actually got a job after 2 months of searching, after updating my resume with your course. Thank you so much for the invaluable help.
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