📝 Resume Review of the Week:

TL;DR: Your Resume Is Wasting Space

White space, uneven formatting, and outdated experiences can quietly weaken your resume. Small layout fixes can dramatically improve readability and recruiter perception.

🎥 What This Episode Covers

In episode four of Lathanial’s Resume Refresh, Lathanial reviews a Babson College student’s resume and focuses on conciseness, spacing, and prioritization.

Instead of changing the student’s entire story, he highlights formatting inefficiencies that are costing valuable space and clarity.

The resume itself is strong. The structure just needs tightening.

🧠 The Resume Fixes That Matter Most

1. Remove the Bio Section

Undergraduate resumes do not need a personal blurb. If you want to explain your background, that belongs in a cover letter or interview.

2. Reduce White Space

Spacing sections too far apart wastes room that could be used for stronger bullet points or additional experiences.

Recruiters want density without clutter. Tight formatting signals polish.

3. Fix Date Alignment

Dates should extend to the end of the line for clean visual scanning. Inconsistent alignment makes resumes look unfinished.

4. Prioritize College Over High School

As you move through college, your high school experience should gradually be replaced with stronger, more relevant college experience.

If you keep high school roles, expand them with meaningful bullet points that show transferable skills.

5. Clean Up Bullet Points

If a bullet runs onto a second line, it should extend close to the margin. Avoid single words hanging alone on a new line.

Either tighten the wording or expand the impact so the line fills naturally.

🧩 Why These Changes Matter

Recruiters scan resumes in seconds.

Formatting inconsistencies create friction. Clean alignment, concise bullets, and prioritized experiences make your resume easier to read and more professional instantly.

This episode reinforces something important:

Sometimes the issue is not your experience. It is your presentation.

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