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Rewrite your resume

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to rewrite your resume: 7 steps, about 3.2 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to rewrite your resume but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1List every role, date and headline number30 min
2. 2Pick the 5 achievements that matter most for your resume30 min
3. 3Rewrite the bullets for your current role as action plus result25 min
4. 4Rewrite the bullets for your earlier roles25 min
5. 5Cut it to one or two pages30 min
6. 6Get one honest reader to mark it up20 min
7. 7Apply the edits and export a clean PDF30 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.