We took a real résumé from a highly-experienced tech and finance recruiter and turned it into something fantastic by Rachel Gillett and Anaele Pelisson on Aug 31, 2017, 11:38 AM - We asked experts from Topresume to make over the résumé of a mid-career professional
- The experts top-loaded the résumé, made it easier to read, and emphasized the worker's experience
- You can take tips for your own résumé from the changes they made
As an experienced talent acquisition professional, Lewis (not his real name) knew his résumé would be held to a higher caliber. Despite his years of experience in the recruitment field, he says even he needed help pulling the right information together for his résumé so he could better highlight his accomplishments and skills. "I'm great at evaluating candidates' résumés for work, but when it comes to my own résumé, I knew I needed help to tell the right story," Lewis says. As part of Business Insider's résumé makeover series with Topresume, we thought we could help. Dan C., a résumé writer with Topresume, who we asked to rewrite Lewis' résumé, made a few key changes overall to Lewis' résumé: - Top-loaded the résumé to highlight key skills, experience, and accomplishments.
- Organized the résumé in a way that creates more white space, making it easier for employers to quickly skim and identify the most important information.
- Fleshed out professional summary and areas of expertise sections.
While your résumé may look different, these specific pointers from Dan and Amanda Augustine, career-advice expert for Topresume, should help you overhaul your own: 
SEE ALSO: We took a real résumé from a mid-level employee and turned it into something fantastic DON'T MISS: 38 things you should remove from your résumé before it ends up in the 'no' pile 1. List your LinkedIn profile URL  Lewis already had a LinkedIn profile, but he hadn't added this information to his résumé, Augustine tells Business Insider. Dan made sure Lewis customized the public URL for his LinkedIn profile to include his name before adding it to his new résumé. He also encouraged Lewis to edit the information on his LinkedIn profile to match his updated résumé document. "In today's high-tech job market, most recruiters will search online for a candidate to see if his résumé and online profiles are consistent, so make sure both resources tell a consistent story about your experience and goals," Augustine says.
2. Flesh out your professional summary  Your professional summary— the first section at the top of your résumé, below your contact information — is an important ways for you to demonstrate your value to prospective employers. Dan expanded Lewis' professional summary to highlight Lewis' qualifications for the role he's targeting. "In other words, Dan fleshed out his elevator pitch," Augustine says. According to Augustine, a good résumé professional summary should incorporate your level of experience, most relevant achievements, the industry(s) in which you've worked, assuming they're relevant to your current job search, and your job goals.
3. Create a key skills section with appropriate keywords  Augustine says that many employers use software known as an applicant tracking system to filter job applications and determine which ones are most likely to be a good fit for their role. As a result, she says it's important to include relevant keywords that are found within the job description to help your application make it past this initial gatekeeper. Dan incorporated a selection of appropriate keywords into the top third of Lewis' résumé by adding a key skills section. This section is also referred to as a core competencies or areas of expertise section on the résumé, Augustine says.
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