Stop Stressing About Your Crooked Resume
You know what one of the first things people say when they start working with us?
“Sorry my resume’s kind of a mess.”
Or
“I don’t have a straight path.”
Or
“I’ve jumped around a lot.”
Good.
That’s called having a real career.
Most people aren’t on some perfect ladder.
They tried things. Failed at some.
Switched lanes. Took jobs they didn’t expect.
Followed gut instincts that didn’t always pay off right away.
That’s where half your value comes from.
The best offers we’ve seen didn’t go to the ones with the prettiest LinkedIn timelines.
They went to people who could actually connect the dots.
The PhD who thought his research was too weird until he pitched it as a healthcare data edge.
The bartender who didn’t hide it; said it taught him to read people in seconds and that’s why he closes SaaS deals faster than anyone else.
The founder whose ecommerce flop was exactly why he got hired to run ops because he knows where things break.
A messy resume is only a liability if you treat it like one.
Hiring managers don’t actually care about your straight line.
They care if the path you took makes you sharp for the problems they have right now.
They’re trying to see how all your weird moves add up to something they can trust.
So stop hiding your story.
Start rewriting it.
Try this:
Pick three turning points - the weirdest, hardest, most unexpected ones.
Write a single line on how each one makes you better at solving real problems.
You’ll realize your story isn’t messy.
It’s just honest.
And way more interesting than you’ve been giving it credit for.