How to create a Product Manager Resume
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I'll share with you the secrets to having a perfect resume that will stand out and get you that callback from recruiters! Follow this step by step guide to step up your game and have an impressive resume!
@0:39 Facts about Recruiters and Resumes
@1:58 Format of your resume
@2:44 Length of your resume
@3:12 Sections of a resume
@7:48 Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
@8:34 Product Management skills in your resume
@11:00 Tailor your resume to specific jobs
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👀 Eye Tracking study: go.theladders.com/rs/539-NBG-1...
🦄 The story behind My Little Pony Resume: www.horse-news.org/2018/08/wh...
❌ Recruiter: Most common mistakes found in a Resume: www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/googl...
Resume Templates:
📝 Microsoft Word template: templates.office.com/en-us/ch...
📝 Canva: www.canva.com/resumes/templates/
📝 Indeed: resumebuilder.indeed.com/?tem...
Website to tailor your resume to Product Management:
(The free version is more than enough to tailor your resume)
✂️ www.jobscan.co
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Tips to have a great Product Management Resume:
1 - Format
* When it comes to the Format recruiters are looking at resumes to find who can be a potential good fit for the Product Management role based on the candidate's past experience, they are not looking for a graphic designer.
* A simple white and black resume with no extra format is as powerful as any other design. Your accomplishments should be the thing that shines! not your design.
2. Length of your resume
* Unless you have more than 10 years of experience, don't use more than 1 page. Recruiters will spend about 6 seconds looking at your resume and now you are asking them to split that time into more than one page? Also, make sure that the font style and size you use is readable, don't try to save some space by making your font size 5.
3 - Sections
* The first thing to add at the top is Information about you.
* I don't recommend adding a photo to your resume.
2. Education
* Make sure you list your degrees starting with the most recent one. Add some of the extracurricular activities you did.
3. Work Experience
* Every line starts with a verb in past tense, describes what you did (not your job description) and measures the impact you had. Measuring impact can be, for example, about increasing revenue, saving costs, improve performance, reduce time in a process or increase customer satisfaction, among others.
4. Additional Information
* While the main content should be focused on Education and Work experience, you can add skills ("Excel" is not a skill anymore… don't add it), volunteering that you may have done, interests (to show that you are more than just your job), languages, online degrees and certifications or projects that you have worked on.
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What advice was the most helpful? What else have you used that worked?
Hi Diego,
The best part which helped me is how to keep a PM resume short and succinct. Appreciate your effort & valuable time for making this prolific video. Can I please request you for a resume review of mine being a current PM, along with a draft template(if possible based on your valuable & precious time). Many thanks for helping out!
Hi Tamal! Reach out to me over LinkedIn :) and thanks for your message!
I think the advice regarding listing accomplishments and what you did vs a job description, was the most helpful one for me!
Hey Diego, the most helpful advice for me was highlighting the impact you had rather than the job description
Diego, After seeing your content on LinkedIn and youtube, I understand that my skills are very much transferable to a PM role. The entire 2021 I was exploring my long term career options. I still couldn't fix my mind on a particular designation/goal. I kept learning tools and skills, but did not know what designation I need to go after. Sales, B.D, Project Management, Data Scientist etc etc... Though all my life I have been jack of multiple trades, I believe in becoming master at 1 or 2 atleast. And after viewing your content, I think I am going to aim to become for PM - To become one of the best Product Managers. I am going to learn everything that you have already taught and start applying for PM jobs in 2022. Thank-you so much for this.. I hope to meet you some day
I am glad that atleast I get to know this channel and learn that you need to add what you achieved not what you did in your past experince.
This video was simple and gave straight directions and guidelines to develop a "Product Manager" resume. I learned your resume should show result driven bullet points.
Great video! The points about maintaining some white space and avoiding buzzwords were compelling!
Thank you Diego for these brilliant insights. The visual impact of the heat map and also what 6 seconds actually looks like for a recruiter added depth of understanding.Thank you for investing your time. I look forward to you reviewing my resume and receiving your valuable inputs.
This has been my Go To Channel for PM role related stuff! Great content.
The last part about how to tailor resume based on J D and seeing the result of tailoring was epic!!!
Thank you Diego! I was always under the impression that an objective is needed, based on the studies you showed, that section is hardly even read. Now I can make more use of space.
Thank you Diego for such amazing videos. It's so thorough and informative and it really helped me in creating my PM resume.
All of your videos have been so insightful and helpful. I'm so happy that I came across your work. So thankful! The "6 seconds exercise" really put things into perspective. That is not a long time at all. I'm having trouble with throughly explaining my accomplishments without getting too detailed. But this has been helpful to get a good start! Thank you so much!
One of my favourite channel for product management💕💕💕💕
Love the background behind you! Thank you for providing a way to tailor a resume according to the job description. I've heard everyone say it but never understood how exactly one is supposed to do it. The website you provided definitely makes it easy. Additionally, the advice on how to include core PM skills is also beneficial in understanding how to present your past experience. Looking forward to the rest of your content!
You are so welcome! I'm glad that it helped you, @Shubham!
Thank you for the insight Diego! Especially the tip about adding data :)
Thank you Diego! What I loved the most about this video was that you touched upon the smallest errors that a job seeker can make. Love all your videos on getting into PM.
Thanks for the video! Very helpful information. Time to update my resume!
Getting the structure right for the experience section was key
Really helpful !! The best advice for me was the structure explaining some common mistake done by people and how to improve from it.
Loved the point that says to measure an achievement. Shows the impact created as well as provides the personal tone to a resume. Just blandly writing job responsibilities seems like something that one would generally find on a job posting flyer!
Best video to improve your resume. Thank you for sharing the tools and insights Diego!
As usual, this has been super helpful. Thanks Diego.
Your videos are like a good book; you want to read (read 'watch') them again and learn something new, every time!
When I watched this video earlier, I got the idea of what to do with my resume and that transition was possible; then started finding out more about PM. And now I feel I should create my resume for applications and so re-watched the video and feel better.. getting back to work.
Thank you :)
Thanks Diego. This gives me much hope and helps me focus on key areas that are truly lacking in my resume. On to this project!
Very helpful. Diego. Getting to one page is a challenge for 10 plus years of experience. Thanks for the valuable tips
Thank you Diego for posting this video. I think it is very helpful and I like how it is structured; how it focuses on key areas of the resume and provides details on how make changes. I also like the fact that you include examples.
Thank you Joaquin! I’m really glad that you liked the video :)
Very helpful content Diego! I really like the way you emphasized the structure and impact driven writing. Trying to follow it for my resume. Looking forward to having more and more advices from you!
Thank for your comment, Sarita! Will upload more content soon :)
Hi Diego! Thank you so much for this video! I've been iterating over my resume obsessively. I really like how you break down the bullet points because that is the hardest part for me! I also feel like I constantly change formats and fonts because I don't know what stands out just the right amount.
It was so helpful to see the eye-tracking study to understand which areas/sections of my resume are the most commonly read by recruiters! And thank you for showing what a strong bullet point looks like :)
This if the first time I saw someone present a heat map showing eye tracking when recruiters scan resumes and it helped me rethink the layout and how to word my resume. And using a layout similar to what you showed helped me reduce the pages whilst retaining the same details. This video is awesome. Thank you Diego!
I learned that my resume should be one page! however I struggle with how to go about that without leaving out my career journey
Great video! The content is well-structured and helpful for those who are new to PM role. Thank you for sharing the tips. Look forward to your future content.
Thank you Diego. This was a wonderful eye opener as to what goes inside a PM resume. The small things which we ignore like fonts, and the lengthy writeups about roles and responsibilities. It was great.
Thank you, it was very helpful!
Thank you so much for this insightful video. I found it really helpful to systematically go through the different parts of a resume and understand what companies are looking for. Will share this with my peers!
Thank you Diego for the helpful video! The way you elaborated on how to write my accomplishment section really helped me focus on my impact rather than my roles. I have heard some mixed opinions regarding the summary section, however, I agree to your point that it doesn't actually add more value to my resume and followed your advice. I'm planning to send over my resume to ask for some feedback - looking forward to it!
Diego, thank you so much for going in depth and explaining the resume process step by step. The advice I found most helpful was to not list my job description in the bullets (I was doing this on every resume), but instead measure and quantify my impact. I will use the advice from this video to re-do my resume. I was also surprised to learn that a summary was not needed. I’ve come across a lot of hiring managers/resume writers who say the objective is a key part of the resume and to tailor it to the job description.
Thank you Diego for your effort in making this video and the FREE resume template! It's extremely helpful!!
Really useful video Diego, thank you! Adapting wording from the job description into the resume is a great tip
A short explanation and highlighted the most important, thanks.
Great content! Thank you Diego
Thanks Diego. This was very helpful.
¡Excelente video Diego! No sólo para un rol de PM, sino para crear un resume/CV sobresaliente de manera general. Increíbles tips. Te saluda un compatriota y colega de IT, viviendo en Vancouver. Abrazos.
Thank you so much, Diego, the entire video is resourceful and I have learned a lot of important tips from this video. In particular, I liked the sections you had specified and their structure as well. I always wondered why do we add the summary of Qualification if it is just a bunch of key words but you have made my doubt clear.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the advice Diego. This video was very helpful. I removed some sections from my resume and consolidated it to a single page.
This was great. Thank you for taking the time to share what should go in each section of the resume.
Great content. Explained in simple terms. Thanks much, Diego!
Thank you Richard! I’m glad that you find my content useful! :)
thanks for the support , great content
Hi Diego, Thank you for creating such amazing content for PM. What i really liked is the translation of the job description to solid resume point.
Glad you liked it! Thank you for commenting!
The insights for the resume were really helpful! It provided me directions to tailor my resume.
I'm glad I came across this channel and particularly this video I want to transition into product management. And this video is very informative
Great advice Diego! The section about PM skills was really helpful! I will make sure to update my resume to reflect those
Great video! Very good explanation on how to enrich your resume.
Diego this is an awesome learning video. Glad to be participating in the IPMA program. PM jobs here I come!!!
Thanks for sharing the wonerful content and helping aspiring PM's like us to get there.
I had never heard about the Ladders Eye-Tracking study before, thanks for sharing! One of the biggest challenges is to create a story on your resume while highlighting the skills that aligned with the job description.
This video was really helpful to know what skills to highlight for a product manager role. Excited to review all of your videos and apply your advices into my job search!
Thank you for your comment, Karol! I’m glad it was helpful and best of luck!
I really enjoyed this video and have removed the objective and summary from my resume. Thanks for the tips!
Too good Diego!!
Thank you @Rahul! 😊
Thanks for the video Diego! Great insights, I’ve completely changed my CV 😅. Loved the measuring impact approach.
It would be interesting to have another video about how can we improve the content of our CV i.e. activities, certificates… that could help us landing a PM role!
Amazing Tips Diego! Especially the point about white-space. I had exactly the opposite mindset when I was drafting my resume initially but now will be way more concise with my descriptions.
Thank you, Peter!
Great work. Well done
I am glad I came across your TH-cam channel. Resume is the most important thing in the job hunting process. Great tips. Would love to connect with you on LinkedIn!
Thank you for mentioning the importance of white space and sections. It can be very challenging to fit all the information into a single page. After watching this video, I revised my resume to ensure that I had a clean and sectioned layout. Thank you, Diego! P.S. I like the Saitama shirt :D
Thank you, Dipika! I’m glad it was helpful :)
And that shirt? It’s my favorite one 😜
@@PMDiegoGranados Love the shirt~!
This is brilliant Diego. Would love to connect with you on LinkedIn. Waiting for next videos !!
Thanks for the content! I think this will be great for my cousin. Cheers!
Great to hear!
The video was very informative and helpful in creating a resume for a Product Management role. Will be looking forward to more such instructional content.
Thank you for your comment! More content coming soon :)
Hi Diego. Thanks for these videos! Incorporated most of the suggestions. Is there something specific for folks who have moved laterally into PM role?
Well said
Hi Diego. The most helpful tip is on writing the accomplishments. I hope, I am not overusing it on my resume. Looks like the structure will depend on your experience, and the same is with the order of the sections.
Thank you Veronika! - I’m glad you found the video helpful!
Following your video as I am working on my resume like a student giving an open book exam. 🙂 Thank you so much for the wonderful insights! I am finding it difficult to list communication as an accomplishment. Any leads on how to quantify this skill?
Thank you
Hi Diego , your videos are really insightful for people trying to pivot into PM careers. I really liked your advice about listing the impact , and not job duties. What will your suggestions be to write about class projects / internships where the end goal was to deliver recommendations, and we didn't really have a business impact ?
Great tips Diego! especially on how to improve points on accomplishments - its precise and clear ! I am an aspiring product manager, have reworked on my resume based on your tips, would love to receive your feedback. Thank you
Thank you for your comment, Priyanka! Send me a message on LinkedIn
Gracias Diego.
Excelentes recomendaciones para tener mayores probabilidades de captar la atención de los reclutadores.
Saludos desde Colombia!!
Gracias Eric! Espero te sirvan los consejos en este vídeo 😉 saludos Parce!
Very informative - I can also appreciate the summaries below.
I think using Resume Worded, although not always perfect, is extremely helpful to help optimize your resume, LinkedIn account, etc. I'd be curious to hear your recommendations on doing more of a hybrid resume (functional and chronological) if you're transitioning from a completely different field (i.e. patientcare in healthcare). Thank you so much for you insight specific to PM resumes!
This was super helpful, thank you taking the time to share all the advice! I have a question about tailoring resume to reflect working with external partners. Would you have an example of what they are looking in a resume?
Glad it was helpful! I don't have an example in particular for this case, but why not call them external partners in your resume? 🤔 Send me a message on LinkedIn if you'd like to chat, I'd like to understand more of the context of this question
Is there any difference between resumes parsed in India and abroad, should we keep a different set of resumes for Indian companies and abroad.
Cool Tshirt
Please suggest APM resume tips also, people who are inexperienced and write pm Achievements is it will be okay?
Awesome Video! I had been making the mistake of not highlighting the impact of the work that I have done. However, coming from a research background, it is often difficult to quantify the results of experimentation. Any suggestions on how to highlight impact in such scenarios?
I'm glad that it helped! For publications and research you don't necessarily need the impact. Impact (numbers) typically apply more to work or school extracurricular activities. For research resumes, I've seen more along the lines of just listing publications (which should be ok). Let me know if this helps!
I have spent 10 years of my career in engineering field and now i would like to align my career in product management. I am finding the options for this transition is meagre,can you please guide here
I wonder if there's a difference in acceptable formats in the UK and the US
Absolutely awesome content Diego. I found it very useful. Just a quick question: Is it okay if I include only the master’s degree in the Education section and exclude the bachelors Since it’s not related to either my current master’s degree or the job I’ll be applying for in near future?
(Since I‘be had 4 different job roles it’s becoming very hard to include all the info while maintaining the white space on a 1 page resume)
Thank you for your question, Himanshu! I understand the concern of the space and wanting to not add the bachelors since it may not seem relevant; however, your bachelors can show the recruiter and hiring manager of different skills you bring to the table. What you can do, however, is just add a line (smaller font) that just highlights school, bachelors and year of graduation - don't need to add more details about it. I personally have never seen a resume without that information.
@@PMDiegoGranadosSure. I guess it’d be better to add that info than make the recruiter think ‘oh wait something is missing’ or that something doesn’t look right!!!
That's great Diego! Thank you.
Aslo I have a question, should I mention our previous related roles like software engineer, designer or business analyst in my resume when I want to apply as a PM? or I just mention my pm roles experience and eliminate the other positions?
As @Diego said: "If they resonate with the job posting, absolutely! E.g., if you were applying to a technical pm role."
Thank you so much for making this video. This is very helpful to me as an aspiring PM. Wanted more clarification on the part what are the items I should highlight (by making Bold or different color) to attract recruiter attention. Every bullet points will have 3 parts - Starting with Verb in Past Tense, Context and Measurement of success. Is it required to highlight all the three or highlight not required at all?
I’m glad you liked it! I would highlight the impact, the number :)
Hi Diego I'm from India i want to become PM but here I don't know how to become what to learn what to improve. Can you please help me?
Goal: Not only become a PM but also get them cool One Punch Man T-shirts
Do you recommend listing your education first if you have been out of college and working for the past 4 years?
Hi! It won’t make much difference, at least not big enough to be the determining factor on whether your resume will be reviewed.
I recommend adding it at the top, but if you want to add it below it won’t hurt your application ☺️.
Okay thanks so much!
What about resume templates from websites that imprint their watermark as a footer?
Try to stay away from those with watermark, if doesn't really add much and may not look as professional
What do you think about a 2 page resume if you have 20 years of experience?
I found interesting that you advice to not have a "summary" section. Just deleted mine.
Awesome tips. Thanks for sharing this. Just subscribed, and looking forward to more similar ones.
I am applying for new grad PM roles. Will you be able to take a look at my Resume and provide some feedback?
Bibin Johny thank you for watching! Send me a message on LinkedIn :)
@@PMDiegoGranados Thanks, will do.
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