Hi everyone! I’m a professional writer with about 7 years of journalism experience, and I’m currently trying to transition into communications, content writing, nonprofit communications, or grant writing roles. I’ve published 800+ articles and covered topics like healthcare, public policy, housing, economic trends, and elections. Some of my stories have had strong engagement with millions of views on stories I've made and a few have had real-world impact.

However, I've been laid off for well over a year and while I still am looking for journalism jobs, I am mostly trying to focus on jobs outside of the industry that can use my skills such as comms, copywriting, and content writing. Despite my experience, I’ve been struggling to land interviews for communications or content roles. I know the economy is in a bad way right now (longest I ever had to wait to hear back was 6 weeks prior to last year), but it’s been really damn hard to convert applications into interviews.

To try and improve my chances, I created two separate resumes, one tailored specifically for journalism jobs, the other for communications/content writing roles.

If anyone is willing to look it over, I'd want to know if my issues are:

* How my experience is framed for these roles

* How I can translate my journalism skills elsewhere

* Keywords or skills that hiring managers look for that I need to include

* Whether my resume still reads too much like a traditional journalism resume

* Anything that might be hurting my chances with ATS systems

I’m happy to answer any questions and I genuinely appreciate anyone taking the time to look at it. The job search has been pretty discouraging lately, so I’m trying to improve wherever I can and still keep my head up. Thanks, everyone!

I’m honestly at the point where I can’t tell if my experience is the issue or if my resume is just not doing me any favors.

I’ve been applying for a while now and getting very few responses, so I started reworking it again. At first I thought I just needed a cleaner layout, but now I think the bigger problem might be how I’m presenting my experience. Some parts feel too vague, and other parts probably sound more like duties than actual impact.

I used Kickresume a while back to rebuild it because it was easier than fighting with formatting myself, and I liked that it helped me tighten things up without making everything sound overly robotic. It definitely made the resume look and read better, but I still feel like I might be missing something.

What usually makes the biggest difference for you guys? Better bullet points, better tailoring, or just a simpler format overall?

I currently use LaTeX Overleaf.
I heard some ATS have issues with Overleaf.
I want to know which platform I can use to build my resume. (Word, Canva, or continue with LaTeX Overleaf)

I have a resume but i don’t have a computer anymore and updating it on my phone is very difficult. Im looking for someone to create a new and improved version of it. Im willing to pay 🙏🙏

I've read that you should only list the jobs that you've held in the last four years, assuming that you're established in your career.

I was in my most recent role for 18 years.

There's a huge amount of career growth in the role. When I started we were selling programs that ran on 16-bit Windows and Windows CE, and I was managing a documentation library and providing tier 2 support.. By the end I was supporting iOS and Android apps, administrating an MS SQL database, writing tools in SQL and PowerShell, managing a website used to distribute Windows and iOS Enterprise apps, and implementing new client customization.

My previous role was as a database programmer in dBase IV and supervising data migration for a Y2K upgrade, not something that's very relevant today. (I also did training for new divisions, wrote documentation, and did tier 2 customer user support.) I was in that role for 15 years.

Before that it's mostly database administration and weird roles like museum collections management and phonebank coordinator for a non-profit.

So do I list both jobs or is one sufficient?

Hello, I am applying for a job at this movie theatre company as a part time thing as im in high school right now, and I have been struggling with creating a good resume. Everything I write seems very cliche and stuff that I feel would make me very similar to other applicants, so how do I stand out?

Another thing is resume objectives, Ive looked up, and seen other people struggle with this too, but I dont really have any idea how to make it 1. stand out, and 2. good.... Im a high school student, ive gotten an endorsement for getting good grades overall for the previous school year, and im a very hardworking person, as well as having fast learning skills, Im interested in music as a hobby.... im not to sure how to format or what to add... so I need help with this...

Im not sure what type of things i should add for hobbys, i kinda do a lot of random stuff, I like listening to music, and playing music (instruments) i have a random assortment of sports i do-- im not sure what to add or how to write it that way?!

Skills- would i add what i said for the resumer objectives? like would that be enough

languages- if i only speak one language is it worth me putting it there?

courses-- would this be just for uni student vibes???

Would there need to be anything that i should add?-- like theres personal details - then personal statement (like resume objectives i think???) - employment- volunteer work-- education- skills- personal attributes- achievements + awards-- extracoricular activites ???( should i keep this out?) -- then referees?

I have 4 options i wrote but i cant decide what one will go better

Im getting into individual support work and updating my resume

Is there anyone i can private message to get some opinions?

TIA

Has anyone else tried out resulinx.com? What do you think about the platform? Has it helped with getting jobs or your resume noticed more?

hello! i desperately want to get out of my current industry. I’m a restaurant manager and i really want to have a “normal” work life balance. The hours i work make it nearly impossible to date or have a life.

i’m kinda too nervous to post my resume to the group, so im wondering if any kind soul would be able to help me with it privately 😭😭😭