Resume Guide

8 guides, one for each career category, covering what actually gets a resume noticed in that part of the industry and what tends to work against it.

Field & Trades

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Field & Trades Resume Guide

A lot of trade roles don't require a formal resume at all. When one helps, lead with your certifications and safety record, not a chronological work history.

Project & Operations

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Project & Operations Resume Guide

Recruiters in this category screen on specific project numbers and named software, not job titles, so a resume that only says 'managed projects' gets passed over fast.

Preconstruction & Estimating

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Preconstruction & Estimating Resume Guide

Estimating hiring managers want to see the CSI divisions you've priced and the software you priced them in, not a general description of your attention to detail.

Business

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Business Roles Resume Guide

A resume for accounting, HR, contracts, or procurement at a construction company needs to read as construction-specific, not like it could be dropped into any industry unchanged.

Technology & Design

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Technology & Design Resume Guide

Here, a portfolio link and named software fluency carry more weight than a degree, and a resume without either one is missing what reviewers check first.

Specialized Construction

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Specialized Construction Resume Guide

These roles are hired almost entirely on the specific license or certification tied to the specialty, so naming it clearly matters more than general trade-resume language.

Insurance & Claims

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Insurance & Claims Resume Guide

Your state adjuster licensing status usually gets checked before anything else on the page, so it needs to be visible immediately, not discovered on a second read.

Consultants & Advisory

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Consultants & Advisory Resume Guide

A firm's principal is reading this, not a recruiter, and they're screening for specific engagement outcomes and dollar figures, not a description of your trusted-advisor style.