Your resume is failing for this one reason.
The reason that a resume fails to get calls for the jobs you want is marketing 101.
The winning resume is a marketing piece to drive the right interviews.
This is very different than the reverse chronology resume we learned in high school.
In some cases, there are 2-3 possible wins for different types of roles that can achieve the candidate’s goal.
In Jeff’s case, the primary solution is a senior Ruby on Rails software development engineering angle.
A new resume specification is a little bit jarring to people because first of all, it’s a whole new way to see and present yourself while still being you and still being true.
If we lead with Jeff’s PhD in Economics will he get calls for an Software Development role? No.
We determined on the strategy consult call that the SDE angle was the only one possible to achieve his salary ask remotely.
What matters is what matches.
Jeff went through a process, like many professionals do, to show the recruiter the things you can bring to the table.
This is not the sort of resume that comes from career training in high school and college.
Listen in on the process of Jeff accepting the winning solution. In Episode 3, we go over the logic of the interview prep.