How to Make A Resume that Stands Out in 2026 (after hiring 1,000s)

Stop being invisible to recruiters. You're competing with thousands of other candidates and your resume needs to stand out. I've hired thousands [music] of people and have reviewed tens of thousands of resumes. In the next few minutes, I'll show you six ways to make your resume [music] stand out, exactly what hiring managers are looking for

when they decide who gets the interview, and fatal mistakes to avoid. Chapter 1, know how recruiters read [music] resumes. Here's what most people don't know. Resumes get read in three stages. Think of them [music] as gates you need to pass. First is the skim. It's under 2 seconds. Then the scan, usually around

10 seconds. [music] And finally, if you pass both of those, they'll study it, which could go like a minute plus. The next thing you're going to want to think about is that people read resumes in an F pattern. They go [music] down the spine and they look at the titles first, then they scan the resume looking for

keywords. If those look good, then they'll read all your skills and bullets. I'll talk about keywords and how to structure your bullets in a bit, but this means that your top bullet in each position has to be amazing. If [music] that first bullet is strong, they will read the rest. If it's weak,

then they're going to move on to the next person. And then soft skills, don't just list them. Demonstrate [music] them in your bullets. Led a team of five shows leadership way better than writing leadership skills in your skill section. There's other things hiring managers are judging you on in this process and they're not so obvious. I've shared

those in this [music] video and I've even covered things that they likely won't admit. The link is in the description as well. All right, number two, you need to master the keyword game for your resume to stand out. Since recruiters and hiring managers are skimming, [music] they have specific skills in mind. And they want to see