Framing for Seniority
- Adam Karpiak
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
If you're aiming for leadership roles, your resume might be working against you.
It’s not enough to list accomplishments. A leadership resume has to show how you think, how you lead, and how you drive outcomes at scale. It has to prove you’re ready for more...not just that you’ve done a lot.
That’s exactly what we helped a Resume Edit client figure out.
A recruiter reached out to them about a Director-level opportunity. BUT their resume didn’t reflect any of the strategic thinking or leadership impact they'd built up over the years. It made them look like a doer. Not a decision-maker.
I reframed the summary to reflect his current trajectory. I elevated his strategic contributions and clarified their leadership. We made the case for their readiness to step into that role...and it worked.
They landed the job. Got promoted. Then promoted again.
Two years later, they're now a VP…with a $150K bump in base salary to show for it.
Here’s what made the difference:
We framed the resume for the level of the job, not just the work itself.
We provided context; not just what was done, but how, why, and what changed because of it.
We highlighted ownership, leadership, and business impact.
Want your resume to reflect the leader you actually are?