Tailored resumes & LinkedIn/Indeed

Feral

I've always tailored my resume for each position I apply to. For example, I will focus my resume on skills specifically listed in the job post.

However, LinkedIn/Indeed make my 'generic' resume available to the companies I apply for.

Does anybody have a good strategy for reconciling this?

kedinik

Frame your generic resume in terms broad and open-ended enough that it would be clear you were just emphasizing exactly what they were looking for in the tailored resume?

Feral

kedinik wrote: »

Frame your generic resume in terms broad and open-ended enough that it would be clear you were just emphasizing exactly what they were looking for in the tailored resume?

That's what I'm thinking. I just don't want it to come across as bullshitty?

LostNinja

Anytime I've applied for a job directly through LinkedIn there has been an option to upload a resume with your profile. My profile will just flat out list everything, well everything that I would want any potential employer to know, but then I would upload my tailored resume with my application.

spool32

It's what I've done. Sort of a general overview on Linkedin, where I go into specific achievements on my resume. Mine's not perfect but if you PM me i'll shoot you the link to each.

Feral

LostNinja wrote: »

Anytime I've applied for a job directly through LinkedIn there has been an option to upload a resume with your profile. My profile will just flat out list everything, well everything that I would want any potential employer to know, but then I would upload my tailored resume with my application.

I think I like this approach. I'll make my LinkedIn profile obscenely long and expansive and send a focused version with the application.