During my senior year of college, I decided that I wasn't going to become another boomerang kid that moved back home, jobless and with no plan for after graduation.
I took on an extra internship, participated in extracurricular activities to expand my network, and made connections at job fairs.
I also crafted, revised, rewrote, and continuously edited my résumé.
This résumé landed me interviews at Google, BuzzFeed, Oscar, and nearly two dozen other top startups.
I also got interviews for full-time jobs at a major political campaign, a huge government contractor, and a billion-dollar foundation.
A résumé sounds pretty simple — write down your education, work experience, and a few extras and save it in a text file. Sure, this is technically a résumé. But after months (years, really) of working on my own, I've found a different approach to this living, breathing document.
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Katie Simon has been an entrepreneur since age 14 and a writer since she could hold a pen. She is the founder and chief consultant at More Money For Me, where she works with millennials to craft irresistible résumés and land dream job interviews. She holds a BA in narrative branding from New York University, and her work has appeared on sites including Refinery29, Health.com, Elite Daily, and Huffington Post.
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