Guy Vago

Sales by day, decks by night | Shooting people (with my camera) | Talking love & non-monogamy on the mic | Yoga keeps me sane

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Contract work can make you look temporary on paper.

Translate the bullets into full time ownership: roadmap, stakeholders, onboarding, outcomes.

That is the version hiring teams understand.

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Your resume might be pricing you too low.

If the role pays more but your bullets sound tiny, the system reads you as junior. Add money signals: budget, revenue, savings, quota, team size.

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You can be qualified and still get filtered out.

Some ATS screens score degree words, certs, and training before anyone reads your story. Put the matching credentials where the system can actually see them.

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[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Remote jobs still use location filters.

Add your timezone, work authorization, and the remote tools from the job post. Tiny fix, big difference.

https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Same experience, different resume language.

If your bullets say helped/supported/assisted, the ATS may read you as junior. Match the role’s words: owned, led, budget, rollout.

Free tool: https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Your LinkedIn says one thing. Your resume says another.

Recruiters notice the mismatch before they trust the experience.

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You keep applying to remote jobs and hearing nothing back. The filter can reject you on location before a human ever looks. Tailor your resume to each posting. https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

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You made your resume look pretty. Two columns, icons, a headshot.
The software reading it first sees scrambled junk and rejects you.
Switched to one clean column, tailored to each job. Four callbacks that week.

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Why does a 50 year old with 20 years of experience get ghosted? The software reads you as overqualified before a person sees it. Stop listing every job since the 90s. Tailor it to the role in front of you. Three interviews in ten days.

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Took 3 years off to raise my kids. 40 applications, zero replies.

My resume screamed 'gap' before anyone read a word. So I tailored it to each job instead.

Two weeks later: 4 interviews. https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Applied to 50 jobs a week for months. Zero callbacks.

Stopped. Picked 5 jobs. Tailored each resume.

3 callbacks from 5 applications.

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Stop copying your old job title onto every application.

That is exactly why career changers never hear back.

Rewrite your bullets around what they need. Three callbacks in a week.

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

You just got laid off. You update your resume, send it out, and software rejects it before a human ever sees it.

The fix took me two minutes. I matched my resume to the job description.

Three callbacks in one week.

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

40 applications after college. Zero callbacks.

One change: I stopped sending the same generic resume everywhere.

https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

You need a new job but your boss is on LinkedIn watching everything.

Went stealth. Tailored each resume to the actual job posting.

Three interviews in two weeks. Nobody noticed.

https://t.co/81TyR3Tart

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Eight years in a classroom. Managed thirty kids, built curriculum, ran programs. My resume? Just said 'teacher.' Hiring software couldn't translate any of it. Rewrote it with the right keywords. Three callbacks in one week.

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My friend and I applied to the same job. Same background, same skills.

She got the interview. I didn't.

The difference? She rewrote her resume to match the job's keywords. The ATS scored hers higher.

Two minutes to fix mine. Five interviews that month.

[Guy Vago @GuyVago]

Stop hiding the gap on your resume.

I tried that for 3 months after my layoff. 30 applications. Nothing.

Then I started matching my resume to each job description. The actual keywords.

3 interviews that week.

https://t.co/81TyR3Tart