Level Up Your Resume
- Nov 19
- 2 min read
If you’re aiming for senior-level roles but not hearing back, there’s a good chance the problem isn’t your background…it’s how your resume presents it.
Many people who want bigger titles already have the experience. The issue is that their resume doesn’t show their relevance for the roles they want. A resume needs to show how you’ve operated based on the roles you’re targeting, not just what your previous job descriptions looked like.
Hiring teams take you as seriously as you present yourself. That starts with a focused summary that explains how you solve problems, lead, collaborate, and drive outcomes in a way that lines up with your target roles. The summary isn’t supposed to recap your entire career. It’s supposed to introduce your value.
The structure matters just as much. Put your most relevant responsibilities and accomplishments at the top of each job. Lead with the work that matches what you’re applying for, not what mattered most to your last employer. That makes your experience much easier to understand at a senior level.
Context is important too. Listing duties doesn’t show how you operate. You need to explain how you approached the work, how you supported scale, how you collaborated across teams, and what changed because of your efforts. That context helps the reader understand the level you truly worked at.
When your resume is structured clearly, written tightly, and centered on relevance, something important happens: hiring teams finally see you at the level you’re targeting. The experience reads like a lateral move instead of a step up.
And yes…it works. This approach helped a real resume client land a higher title and better compensation once their experience was framed with clarity and intention.
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