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Part 2 ➤ Six Steps to a Perfect Resume

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Read each line on your resume
out loud. If you stumble over a earned increased
word, consider changing it to
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you. After all, in the job inter-
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Avoid using the same word many expanded lowered
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software project” in one bullet-
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in another statement so as not
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