Post by @resume_assassin_mary

As a former Amazon recruiter, here are 5 things recruiters notice about you almost immediately but probably won’t tell you. 1. They notice when you look expensive but not obviously valuable At $150K+, a recruiter is not impressed just because you have 18 years of experience. They are looking for evidence that your work carries more weight now than it did five years ago. Show: • bigger business problems • broader scope • stronger decision authority • more senior stakeholders • clearer financial or operational impact If your resume looks like the same job repeated at increasingly larger companies, you may look experienced without looking more senior. 2. They notice when your title is doing too much of the work A VP title can be misleading. So can Director, Head of, Principal, or Chief. Recruiters look underneath the title for actual scale. Give them context: • size of team • budget • markets or regions • revenue responsibility • customer base • complexity of the environment • level of decisions you owned A modest title with major scope can look far stronger than an impressive title with very little proof behind it. 3. They notice when your resume makes them nervous This is a big one. Sometimes a recruiter likes your background but sees something they know the hiring manager is going to question. Too many short stints. A major career pivot with no explanation. A recent role that looks smaller than the one before it. A title that does not line up with the work. A ten-year career story that suddenly changes direction. You do not need to over-explain everything, but you do need to remove unnecessary doubt. Tip: read your resume like someone trying to poke holes in it. If something makes you stop and wonder what happened, a recruiter may stop there too. 4. They notice when your best work is oddly hard to find Some of the strongest professionals I work with have enormous accomplishments buried where nobody would expect them. The $20M result is on page two. The board exposure is hidden inside a paragraph. The acquisition work gets one vague bullet. The role that best proves readiness for the target job gets less space than an older, less relevant role. Your resume should not make the recruiter earn the good stuff. Tip: the first half of page one should contain enough evidence to establish your level before they get deep into the work history. 5. They notice whether they can repeat your value in one sentence This is probably the most overlooked one. Recruiters often need to explain you to someone else. The easiest candidates to move forward are the ones whose value is simple to communicate. Something like: She has already scaled this exact function across three regions. He has led two integrations bigger than the one we are hiring for. She has already solved the revenue problem this team is dealing with. That is what you want. A resume that gives the recruiter a clear reason to say, we need to talk to this person. 📌 Save this before you update your resume or apply again. #jobsearchtips #resumetips #careeradvice #jobtok #careertok