199: How to tailor your UX resume for every job (and why keyword stuffing backfires)

Using one resume for every UX job application is easy, but it can leave your experience looking out of step with the UX role. In this episode, Sarah Doody explains how to tailor your UX resume in a few quick changes, and why keyword stuffing can make you look bad. What You'll Learn in This Episode: ✔️ Why a resume should be easy to read, even if it isn't beautiful ✔️ How to read a job description for the phrases, skills and software your resume should reflect ✔️ Four parts of your resume you can tailor without rewriting it ✔️ Why hidden white font keywords and repeated terms backfire Timestamps 00:00 Why your resume should be easy to read 00:32 Why to tailor your resume and how to use the job description 02:51 Tailoring your About Me and Company Summaries 04:14 Tailoring your bullet points 05:14 Why keyword stuffing backfires 05:58 Closing thoughts Related episodes Episode 78: How to optimize your resume for the Applicant Tracking System Episode 88: Troubleshoot your resume with 11 questions in this resume checklist Episode 29: It's a myth your resume must be one page, here's why 🎯 How I can help with your UX job search 📋 Get my UX case study template 👋 Follow me, on LinkedIn , Instagram , & YouTube