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How to Explain a Pay Cut on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to explain a voluntary or involuntary pay cut without raising red flags with recruiters. Using the example of a senior marketing manager who took a 30 percent salary reduction to move from a legacy retail company to a high-growth climate-tech startup, Lucas walks through a before-and-after resume makeover. He explains why the compensation change should never appear in a bullet point under experience, but instead should be framed through a narrative about role scope, equity compensation, and career…
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