What Glen Kelman wants to see on your resume

by Matthew on February 23rd, 2009

… and another tool for your CV-writing kit.

Guy Kawasaki makes decisions about people, as an employer and an investor. He’s endorsing the advice of Glen Kelman – CEO of Redfin. His advice is a comprehensive overview of how to write a CV.

  1. Verbs ending in ā€œdā€: shipped, launched, built, sold.
  2. Results: not responsibilities or experience — but what responsibilities and experience helped you accomplish.

And his take on the length of your CV? “Two pages, max. If you’re under 30, one page.”

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