During a Denver Women in Tech (WIT) User Group meeting I led a discussion on resume tips & tricks as well as gave feedback on resumes that were submitted beforehand.

1. Denver
Women in Tech
User Group
salesforceusergroups.com
Extreme Resumé Makeover!
Brett Barlow
April 21, 2016

2. Brett Barlow
Co-Founder & Manager, Salesforce Talent Evangelism
• 2x Salesforce Certified
• Salesforce Consultant (pro bono) for Nonprofits
• Passionate Supporter of Salesforce Women in Tech
• @thebrettbarlow on Twitter

3. 1. Current Employer and Job Title
a. AKA – Where is the candidate working now and what are they doing there?
2. Previous Employer and Job Title
a. AKA – Where did the candidate used to work and what were they doing there?
3. Am I Interested?
a. If yes, they’re now looking for #s, keywords, etc.
b. If no, they’ve moved onto the next candidate
How Recruiters Skim a Resume

4. Formatting FAQ’s
Where do I put my Education,
Certifications and Training?
Where do I put Salesforce Community-related
experience (ie. User Groups, Blogs, Dreamforce, etc.)
How long should it be?
Should it always be 1 page?
Should I add links to my LinkedIn,
Twitter or other sites to my resume?
Should I/How do I list Applications
or Tools I have expertise in?

5. Introduction Section

6. Experience Section

7. Extreme Resumé
Makeover Time!!!

8. Safe Harbor
This presentation may contain opinions on resumes that may involve risks, uncertainties and hurt feelings. I know
we all put a lot of effort into writing the perfect resume but if any such hurt feelings materialize or if any of the
assumptions proves incorrect, the results of this workshop could differ materially from the results expressed or
implied by the advice I give.
All statements made are made with the best of intentions and only intended to help you make that bad ass resume
so you can land your #dreamjob! But actually, I’m here to help and the best way to help is be as candid with my
feedback as possible!

9. Make Salesforce
the focus of
your resume!!!
Include specific
facts in the
Career Profile!!

10. My eyes jump to
the cert and
then the AE role
Build this
experience into
the resume!

11. Lots of stuff but not
focusing on the
right experience!

12. 1 sentence for SFDC/CRM exp
1 sentence for your background exp
1 sentence for Community involvement
3-5 lines total!
Too much text!!!
I only really catch
the highlighted
when skimming

13. Careful with having
the whole resume be
too bullet-heavy!
Combining this
into 1 company
will show your
awesome work
tenure!!

14. Questions?
Brett Barlow
@thebrettbarlow
/brettbarlow