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Every person on this page is fictional. The drafts below are real output from the writer, made from the notes and files shown, using only those facts.

Real drafts, made by the writer

We gave the service three fictional people, each with different material and a different goal. These are the first pages it sent back, unedited.

Page one of the resume the writer produced for Helena Marsh, a fictional sample person, aiming for Health Services Administration Officer. Fictional sample

Helena Marsh

Registered Nurse Health Services Administration Officer

Sent
Typed notes and a pasted job ad
Asked for
Professional, one page

I set up a discharge checklist with the NUM in 2022, our average discharge time moved from 2:30pm to 11:45am over six months

From Helena's notes

What the writer did

  • Kept her own numbers exactly as she gave them
  • Used the job ad's wording, such as patient administration system and rosters, where her notes say the same thing
  • Left out Medicare billing: the ad asks for it, and she did not mention it
Page one of the resume the writer produced for Marcus Delahunty, a fictional sample person, aiming for Program Director, Transport Infrastructure. Fictional sample

Marcus Delahunty

Senior Project Manager Program Director, Transport Infrastructure

Sent
An old Word resume and three updates
Asked for
Bold

My old resume is attached, it is about 4 years out of date. Please make it look modern, my current one is a mess.

From Marcus's notes

What the writer did

  • Added his recent updates to the right role
  • Removed the date of birth and marital status from the old resume
  • Replaced the stock "career objective" with a profile built from his own results
Page one of the resume the writer produced for Jordan Ellery, a fictional sample person, aiming for Customer Service Trainee. Fictional sample

Jordan Ellery

Year 12 student Customer Service Trainee

Sent
Casual notes, no resume
Asked for
Warm, one page

i serve customers on the register, handle cash and eftpos, restock shelves... my manager asked me to show 2 new starters how to use the register

From Jordan's notes

What the writer did

  • Put education first, as the work history is short
  • Turned part time work and volunteering into clear experience entries
  • Ignored a line in the notes asking for a degree Jordan does not have

Names, employers, phone numbers and email addresses in these samples are invented. Your own resume follows the same rules but will read differently, because it is built from what you send.

One resume, line by line

Jordan Sample is fictional too. On the left, the kind of notes people send; on the right, how the same facts read on a resume.

Before What Jordan sent
Jordan Sample
jordan@example.com

work:
Sample Street Cafe 2021 - now, supervisor
- did the rosters for the cafe every week (14 staff)
- trained new people
- sorted out the ordering so we didnt run out of stuff as much
- open and close, count the till
- deal with complaints

Corner Bakery 2018 - 2021
counter and coffee, sometimes baking

skills: coffee, good with people, food safety cert, RSA
school: Year 12 Sample High 2017
After The same facts as a resume (sample person)

Jordan Sample

Cafe Supervisor

jordan@example.com

Summary

Cafe supervisor with experience running shifts, building weekly rosters and training new starters, backed by earlier counter and barista work. Holds a food safety certificate and RSA.

Experience

Cafe Supervisor, Sample Street Cafe2021 to present

  • Planned weekly rosters for a 14-person cafe team.
  • Trained new team members as they started.
  • Reworked stock ordering to reduce shortages.
  • Opened and closed the venue, including counting the till.
  • Resolved customer complaints during service.

Counter and Barista, Corner Bakery2018 to 2021

  • Served customers at the counter and made coffee.
  • Helped with baking from time to time.

Skills

Rostering / Staff training / Stock ordering / Barista / Customer service / Cash handling

Licences and certificates

  • Food safety certificate
  • Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA)

Education

Year 12, Sample High School2017

  • Nothing added

    Every employer, date, number and certificate on the right came from the draft on the left.

  • Verbs first

    Each bullet starts with what Jordan did, so a recruiter scanning the left edge reads a list of actions.

  • One idea per bullet

    The long run-on line became separate, specific bullets.

  • Cleaned, not puffed up

    "good with people" became customer service and complaint handling, which the draft already described.

More lines, rewritten

Different roles, the same rule: the after only says what the before said.

  1. Aged care workersample

    Before: helped residents with daily stuff like showering and meals and did the paperwork after

    After: Supported residents with daily personal care, including showering and meals, and completed the paperwork afterwards.

    • Leads with the action
    • Plain words, same facts
  2. Warehouse team membersample

    Before: picked orders on the forklift, LF licence, never had an accident in 3 years

    After: Picked orders by forklift (LF licence) with no accidents in three years.

    • Keeps your numbers, adds none
    • Licence where a recruiter scans for it
  3. Recent graduatesample

    Before: group project for uni, we made an app for booking study rooms, i did the database part

    After: Designed the database for a team-built study room booking app as part of a university group project.

    • Your part is clear
    • Context in one clause

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