CV TIPS - 5 résumé trends that will take hold in 2023 - and how use them yourself
Posted 5th January 2023 • Written by DONNA SVEI on fastcompany.com • • • • •
Here are five trends that will take hold in 2023—and how you can leverage them to succeed no matter what the New Year throws your way.
TREND 1: THE RISE OF THE MARKET-DRIVEN RÉSUMÉ
A recent survey of CEOs suggest that CEOs are worried about critical issues like the following:
- Growth: CEOs see 2023 as a tough year for business. So, try to demonstrate how you can drive growth even in a slow or down economy. Share your quantified growth stories at the top of your accomplishment bullets.
- Talent retention: Many CEOs are worried about people. Have you built and retained a great team? That’s another bullet point to include. Share your average annual retention rate if it tops 85%.
- Technology: So, if you’ve worked on any digital, AI, or ML initiatives, they must be on your résumé in 2023.
Beyond CEOs’ concerns, look at job postings to better understand hiring managers’ pain points. When postings list deliverables, address them on your résumé. When postings don’t include specific deliverables, infer them or ask a mentor to help you identify them. You can also get the information from recruiters.
And remember, you don’t have to be the top executive on an initiative. If you worked on a project with a good outcome, report it, the impact, and your role.
TREND 2: PROGRESSION FROM ACHIEVEMENTS TO IMPACT
For years, career advisors have encouraged job seekers to add accomplishments to their résumé, and they also emphasized that candidates should quantify those accomplishments. In the year ahead, decision-makers will want to understand the impact of any given achievement.
TREND 3: PROVING SKILLS
CEOs worry about finding and keeping people with the skills they need to grow their organizations. And major job search engines like LinkedIn advocate for skills-based hiring.
But many hiring decision-makers have become skeptical about applicants’ skills claims on résumés.
So, what can you do? First, identify the five most critical skills required by the job. Next, weave proof of using those skills into accomplishment/impact bullets. If you can’t do that, see if you can earn a certificate to demonstrate baseline competency.
Hiring for skills will likely increase. But the days when you could add a skills list to the top of your résumé and expect to be credible have passed. In 2023, your résumé will perform better when you share proof.
TREND 4: SIMPLICITY
The practice of loading a résumé with more decorations than a Christmas tree peaked in 2022. The trend for résumés in 2023 is simplicity.
This means recruiters don’t want to see adjectives, adverbs, charts, and fancy designs on résumés.
Hiring managers want simply stated facts and hierarchical, easy-to-follow, reverse-chronological formats.
TREND 5: NEW TOOLS
Finally, jobseekers in 2023 will have the opportunity to use new and powerful tools to super-charge their search process. Here are a few:
ChatGPT
LinkedIn Career Explorer
Rewordify
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