<aside> 👋 Welcome to Step 1 - Think of this as your preparation for Countdown 1. The goal for today is to help you strengthen your resume content. These resources are designed to help you identify common pitfalls and implement simple solutions to make your resume stronger.

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<aside> ‼️ An important reminder: Content is KEY. Since you'll be using our custom resume builder, format is not important right now. Don't worry, we'll show you how to use the builder in Countdown 1 (you can see an example of what that looks like here). Formatting is cumbersome and time-consuming, so we eliminate that step for you. Your focus should only be on making your resume content awesome.

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<aside> ⏭️ What's coming up next: During Countdown 1, we'll go over how to take your resume from good to great. Afterwards, you will upload your resume and submit for review.

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1. Resume Best Practices:

<aside> 💁 First, let's go over some resume best practices. These are the generally agreed upon do's and don'ts for any resume, regardless of industry. P.S. 👉 Here's a link to a google doc with this information (pin it to your browser or print it out

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1. Your resume should provoke the questions you want to be asked 🧑‍💼
2. Formatting consistency is KEY 🔑
3. Your goal is an information-dense and concise resume 📇
4. How far back in your experience should you go? ⏮
5. The Education Section 🧑‍🎓
6. Strong 👏 action 👏 verbs 👏
7. Emphasize numbers-based results first, then skills 📈
8. Put on your recruiter hat, review it, and then review again 🔍

2. Resume Review

<aside> 💡 Next we're going to walk you through some real resume examples and common mistakes that we see. Click each of the below to see what is missing on each resume and see the edits that would make them stronger.

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There are three types of resumes that we see:

1. Little Content, Needs Expansion
2. Light on Work, Heavy on Extracurricular
3. Too Much Stuff, Needs to Focus/Simplify