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How did you learn to write a resume?

I’m a professional writer and have been looking for a job outside the field with no luck. I’ve sent my resume to tons of people and they’ve all said it looks great and given me minimal edits and no jobs have come by even though I’ve applied to hundreds. I talked to my aunt who is the CFO of a company and she has spent hours helping me rewrite it. Does anyone actually teach this? I remember being taught in college which is what I followed when writing my resume and after redoing it I can say it sucked. Like who is actually out there helping people know what to include and how to successfully get jobs? And why don’t jobs give you feedback when you apply or ask questions to understand a bit more? I’m so overly frustrated by being on the hunt for 9 months and constantly getting…


I’m a professional writer and have been looking for a job outside the field with no luck. I’ve sent my resume to tons of people and they’ve all said it looks great and given me minimal edits and no jobs have come by even though I’ve applied to hundreds. I talked to my aunt who is the CFO of a company and she has spent hours helping me rewrite it. Does anyone actually teach this? I remember being taught in college which is what I followed when writing my resume and after redoing it I can say it sucked. Like who is actually out there helping people know what to include and how to successfully get jobs? And why don’t jobs give you feedback when you apply or ask questions to understand a bit more? I’m so overly frustrated by being on the hunt for 9 months and constantly getting ghosted by employers. This is actually worse than dating.

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