Resume writing

Chester Wyke September 23, 2024 Updated: April 25, 2025 #misc

Templates

I found the following sources for templates. I eventually decided on this one. It was written using typst and turns out that’s a really simple and powerful language so learned that in addition.

Bullet point formula

Source: How to write a killer Software Engineering résumé

Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]

The article I read attributed it to Laszlo Bock, Former SVP of People Operations at Google

Verb word bank from article

ImprovedTransformedObtained
IntegratedShapedDecreased
IncorporatedRedesignedDeveloped
PilotedStructuredCreated
OptimizedIncreasedRevitalized
ReducedEstablishedUnited
RefactoredAddedUsed
UtilizedSpearheadedBuilt
ImplementedSpurred
DesignedProduced