S23E11: 400 Bain Resumes Reviewed – 3 Mistakes She Saw Every Time

About this episode

Maile Dyer discusses common resume mistakes she observed while reviewing over 400 resumes for Bain and offers solutions to improve them.

Send us Fan Mail Maile Dyer reviewed 400+ resumes as a Bain Manager. She was on the recruiting team, making the decisions on who got interviews. And she kept seeing the same 3 mistakes: structure, content, and formatting. Most candidates miss at least one. A lot of them miss all 3 — and they never find out why they never heard back. In this episode, Maile breaks down each mistake and tells you exactly how to fix it. Katie Neff joins to tie it back to your full recruiting strategy. You'll lear...

People in this episode

Guest: Maile Dyer

Topics covered

• resumes
• recruiting
• job applications
• career advice
• interview preparation

Keywords

• Bain
• resumes
• recruiting mistakes
• job interviews
• career strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bain

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