Post by @resume_assassin_mary

As a former Amazon recruiter, here are 5 lies you should tell on your resume if you're targeting a $150K+ job. And no, I'm not telling you to make things up. 😂 I'm telling you to stop being so literal. 1. My title is the job I WANT. Your company calls you Senior Manager, but you're targeting Director? Put DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS in your resume headline if that's the level you're qualified for. Keep your actual employment title accurate. Your headline tells recruiters where you're going. Your work history proves why you belong there. 2. My biggest achievement happened 10 years ago. Who cares WHEN it happened if it's your strongest proof? Pull that $30M transformation, major acquisition, or enterprise turnaround into a Key Achievements section at the TOP. Include enough context to show when and where it happened. Your most impressive accomplishment shouldn't disappear because it's buried on page two. 3. I was hired to fix a $20M problem. Maybe you weren't. Maybe you discovered it six months later. You don't need the entire backstory. Instead of saying you improved operational efficiency, explain that you inherited a failing $20M initiative, identified the bottleneck, and recovered $4M in annual costs—if that's what actually happened. The problem makes the achievement impressive. 4. I have experience in THEIR industry. Not necessarily. But you've solved THEIR problem. Reduced customer churn in telecom? That experience could be relevant to SaaS companies struggling with retention. Translate your achievements into the language of the target role. Use terms like customer retention, recurring revenue, or operational scalability when they accurately describe your work. Make the connection obvious. 5. My last job is the most important one. Not always. Your current role might be smaller than the one before it. If you previously led 200 people and a $50M portfolio, but now oversee a team of 12, don't give the smaller role twice the space. Your resume should emphasize relevance and scope, not simply recency. At $150K+, you're not being hired because you've done a lot. You're being hired because you've solved problems expensive enough that companies will pay you six figures to solve them again. 📌 Save this before your next resume update, and share it with someone targeting a bigger role. #resumetips #jobsearching #careertok #careeradvice #jobtok