u/EarLower4070

I’ve been reviewing a lot of resumes lately, and most people are making the same mistakes without realizing it.

It’s not that they’re unqualified, it’s that their resume doesn’t show it properly.

Here are the biggest issues I keep seeing:

• Bullet points that just describe tasks instead of results (“Responsible for procurement…” vs. “Increased supplier response rate by 200%”)
• Important achievements buried at the bottom (your strongest impact should be impossible to miss in the first 5 seconds)
• No clear structure or flow (random sections, empty categories, or things like “Projects” with nothing in them)
• No professional summary (so recruiters have zero context when they open your resume)
• Overdesigned formats that break ATS systems (especially LaTeX templates, they look nice but can hurt your chances)

One small shift that makes a huge difference:
- Focus every bullet on impact + numbers + outcome

Example:
Before: “Managed inventory and suppliers”
After: “Reduced inventory shortages by 35% by optimizing supplier coordination and forecasting”

That’s the kind of thing recruiters actually notice.

If you’re applying and not hearing back, it’s usually not your experience - it’s how it’s presented.

If anyone wants, I’m happy to take a quick look and give feedback or help rewrite it.

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Resume writer here. The #1 reason you're not getting callbacks has nothing to do with your experience.

Most people think rejections mean they're underqualified. They're not.

They're getting filtered out before a human ever sees their name. ATS software rejects over 75% of resumes automatically based on keywords, formatting, and structure alone.

The fix isn't adding more experience. It's making what you already have readable to the software first and compelling to humans second.

Three things that get resumes through ATS instantly:

• Standard section headers (Experience, Education, Skills - not creative alternatives)
• Keywords pulled directly from the job description
• No tables, columns, or text boxes - they scramble in ATS parsers

If you're sending applications and hearing nothing, it's almost certainly a formatting or keyword issue, not a qualification issue.

Happy to review anyone's resume in the comments.