095 Nils Davis Your resume should show how amazing you are

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095 Nils Davis Your resume should show how amazing you are

Bill Cushard

Mar 14, 2024

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Nils Davis Product Management Bill Cushard Rebel Intrapreneur

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In one Linkedin post, Nils Davis showed me how my resume (all of ours) should tell the story I want the hiring manager to know. Primarily that I am the role they are looking for.

Let’s face it, we have 6-10 seconds to get the hiring manager to know we are the one for them.

How?

Redesign our summary section.

Nils suggests the following format:

I am a … <descriptive role, such as “enterprise software product manager in Silicon Valley.”>
I have … <your top-level most impactful achievements in one or two sentences. E.G., “Driven multiple products from concept to release to market acceptance.”>
I have a reputation for … <something that is valuable and differentiates you. E.G., “...building credibility fast with both technology teams and business stakeholders.”>

This seems one heck of a lot better than a summary section with a bullet point list of skills.

Rebel Intrapreneurs are good at positioning themselves in their areas of expertise and selling themselves and their ideas. Nils and I discuss the importance of treating our resume as a sales letter.

More about Nils Davis:

His Linkedin post that we talked about

Nils Davis on Linkedin

The Perfect PM Resume

The Secrets of Product Management Podcast

His Book: The Secret Product Manager Handbook

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More about Bill:

Bill Cushard on Linkedin

Bill Cushard on Twitter

Rebel Intrapreneur podcast website

Bill’s book: The Art of Agile Marketing: A Practical Roadmap for Implementing Kanban and Scrum in Jira and Confluence

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