What if the answer isn't on your resume?
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Why tweaking your resume keeps you invisible
The patterns recruiters see (that you’ve been dismissing)
Four questions that make everything click
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Patterns matter more than time in a seat.
What I'm Seeing
If you’ve ever been in a career transition, you know the depth of emotions you cycle through. It’s a lot.
I’ve seen so many iterations of how people navigate career transitions. Not just because of my vantage point as an executive recruiter for almost two decades, but as a young girl seeing my father.
My dad had been let go as the GM of a $400M business as he and the CEO did not see eye to eye (I later found that out). He was going on month 8 of his search. He had other opportunities but that would require moving our family, which he didn’t want to do since I was a freshman in high school and my 2 younger brothers were settled in their schools. I’ll never forget the defeat I saw in his eyes one morning as we ate our cheerios together before my 6:50am bus arrived. I remember turning back as I left the house and that’s when I saw it…my dad crying. It was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
So yeah, career transitions are emotional.
And I want to help!
That restlessness when you’re updating your resume for the hundredth time. Adding another bullet point. Tweaking another job description.
Hoping this version will be the one that lands.
But here’s what I want you to know…the resume tweaking is not where you spend your time. Ok, here and there, yes. But the tweaking comes as a byproduct of you deciding what you actually want (rather than being open to anything) and positioning yourself in a way that stands out.
You see, the ones that get multiple offers….they’re not better than you. They’re the most well-articulated in owning their narrative, having supporting stories and communicating with confidence.
They also know their patterns. They can name what they do better than anyone else. They can explain exactly why their background is a good fit for the problem [insert company] faces.
Most people are still leading with titles, companies, and tenure. Reciting responsibilities. Hoping someone connects the dots.
The market isn’t connecting dots anymore. There are too many dots.
What I Recommend
Here’s what I recommend doing…The Career Transition Audit:
Four questions to ask yourself before touching your resume:
1. Where have I consistently been pulled in to fix, build, or stabilize something?
Not what your job description said. Where did people actually need you?
2. What problems follow me across roles, regardless of title or industry?
The thing you solve over and over. Even when it’s not officially “your job.”
3. When have I been told, “You’re really good at this”?
The compliments you dismiss because they feel too obvious. Those matter.
4. Where do I feel most energized vs. depleted?
Your energy is data. Your energy matters big time.
Point being:
Patterns matter more than time in a seat. This is how recruiters infer “level” and “fit” before skills even enter the conversation.
When you can name your patterns, what people come to you over and over and over about, you stop marketing everything you’ve done and start positioning what you do best.
Micro-Moves
What’s your micro-move this week?
Grab 20 minutes. Journal on those four questions and see what shows up.
You might be surprised by what’s been there all along… you might have been brushing it off like it’s no big deal. I can’t begin to tell you how many people I have had to interrupt mid-conversation to tell them that what they do is truly unique. You have done it for decades, so you can’t see it the way I do. Much less position it in a way that turns heads.
If this stirred something in you today, and you trust your next opportunity is an important one, let me help you. Hire me and we’ll get you moving faster with more conviction and energy than going it alone. Because walking this path is so much more fun together. And, that’s how you learn.
Of the fence? Book 15 minutes to see if we’re a match.
And if you are in the muck, I get it. I know. It sucks. But that just means there’s an epic next chapter around the bend. Who knows, maybe you’ll look back a year from now and see how this was all lining up for you.
To bring you into a role and company that is directly in line with your mission, your vision, and your values.
Because the world is causing all of us to go into deeper reflection.
Urging you to become your highest potential. It’s in you, you are it! Now it’s time to live it.
Next week: How to translate what happens 'because of you' into language the market responds to.
Reach out with questions and feedback. I love hearing from you.
With belief in your magnificence,
Laura