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The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
Lucas and Luna sit down to dissect the mechanics of a resume that gets past the ATS and into human hands. In each episode, they take one real (anonymized) resume and walk through every line, every bullet, every verb choice — explaining why a hiring manager might stop reading or why a recruiter's eye pauses. Lucas, a former hiring manager turned career coach, uses his red marker to show what weak action verbs look like on the page; Luna, a professional writer, pushes back on vague phrases and…
Episodes
The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application StrategyMaking Sense of a Job Title That Oversells or Undersells You
Episode 173 of The Resume Room tackles a resume problem that trips up more career changers than almost any other: your official job title doesn't match…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Frame a Job You Took for the Experience
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume scenario: explaining a job you took purely for the experience, even if the pay was…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Took for the Experience
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume scenario: a role you accepted primarily for the experience, not the paycheck or…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With Unclear Performance Metrics
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to describe a job where your performance was never formally measured…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Took for the Money
On this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the tricky career question: how do you explain a job you took for the money? They explore the ethical…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Were Fired From
Getting fired is one of the hardest career setbacks to navigate, especially when you're back on the job market. In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Frame a Lateral Move on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a career situation many of us face but few know how to present: the lateral move. Whether you shifted…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Demotion on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a career resume challenge that many people face but few know how to frame: a demotion. Using the…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Were Underqualified For
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to frame a role you landed despite being underqualified. Using the…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Contract Role That Became Permanent
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna dive into the tricky resume problem of a contract role that turned into a permanent position. They explore…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain an Overqualified Job on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky career puzzle: how do you present a job you were clearly overqualified for without…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
Turning a Scraped-Together Side Hustle Into a Resume Asset
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna dig into a specific, under-covered resume problem: how to present a side hustle that started as survival—an…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Took Out of Necessity
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume dilemma: how to frame a job you took simply because you needed the paycheck. Using the example of a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With a Nonstandard Schedule
Resume expert Lucas and co-host Luna tackle a tricky one: how to present a job with an unconventional schedule — shift work, compressed weeks, on-call…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Career Pivot on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a question many professionals face: how to present a deliberate career pivot on a resume without…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job Hopping Phase
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to present a job-hopping phase without sounding like a flight risk…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With Unclear Expectations on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to present a job where your responsibilities were never clearly…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With Unclear Expectations
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the uncomfortable reality of roles where the job description, your actual duties, and what your boss…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Resume Asset
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a question from listener Priya in Austin: how do you present a profitable side hustle on your resume…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Left Without a New One
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna explore how to handle a resume when you left a job without having another one lined up. They share a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job You Left Without a New One
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the tricky art of explaining a gap created by quitting before finding a new role. Using the recent…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Frame a Career Break on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the delicate task of explaining a career break on your resume. Whether you took time off for family…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Handle a Gap in Your Resume Without Hiding It
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a question every job seeker dreads: how to explain a gap in your employment history without sounding…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With Multiple Titles on Your Resume
Episode 150 of The Resume Room tackles a scenario nearly every professional faces at some point: a role where your title changed multiple times without a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Noncompete Agreement on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a delicate resume problem: how to explain a noncompete agreement. Using the example of a software…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Present Freelance Work on Your Resume
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a common resume challenge: how to present a string of freelance projects as a coherent career narrative. Using the…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Performance Termination on Your Resume
Getting fired is a career setback that affects millions, yet most resume advice tiptoes around it. In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle the delicate task of…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Bridge Job on Your Resume
Temping in a different field while you hunt for your dream role? That bridge job can help or hurt your resume — depending on how you frame it. Lucas and Luna…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Toxic Workplace on Your Resume
A listener asks how to explain leaving a job after just four months due to a toxic culture. Lucas and Luna walk through resume strategies and interview…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job With Drifting Responsibilities on Your Resume
In Episode 144 of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a common resume challenge: what to do when your actual job duties veered far from the job description…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Sabbatical on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a growing trend: the intentional career break. With data from LinkedIn showing a 45% increase in…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Series of Short-Term Contracts on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a common but tricky resume challenge: how to frame a string of short-term contracts without looking…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Job When the Company Went Bankrupt
If the company you worked for went bankrupt or shut down, you might worry that the failure reflects on you. It doesn't—but you do need to frame it…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Failed Startup on Your Resume
Co-founding a startup that doesn't succeed can feel like a black mark on your resume, but it doesn't have to be. In this episode of The Resume Room…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Portfolio Career on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a growing resume challenge: how to present multiple part-time roles, freelance projects, or…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Demotion on Your Resume
When a senior director takes a coordinator role after a restructuring or a manager steps back to an individual contributor position, the resume becomes a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Return to a Former Employer on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume scenario: returning to a former employer after leaving. Using the case of a marketing…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Career Change on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the challenge of explaining a career change on your resume — moving from one industry to a completely…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain an Internship on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a surprisingly tricky resume challenge: how to frame an internship experience so it sounds like…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume That Explains a Lateral Transfer
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a career move that's trickier than it sounds: explaining a lateral transfer on your resume…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Career Break for Mental Health on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a sensitive but increasingly common resume challenge: explaining a career break for mental health…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Return to School on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to position an advanced degree or certificate when you're…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Fired or Laid Off Manager Role on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to frame a management role that ended in firing or layoff. They walk…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain an Exit After a Merger or Acquisition on Your Resume
When a merger or acquisition reshuffles a company, employees often find their roles eliminated, changed, or made redundant. In episode 130 of The Resume Room…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Short Tenure on Your Resume
If you left a job after six months or even a year, the resume challenge isn't the gap — it's the story. Lucas and Luna walk through a real case: a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
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…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Stint in the Gig Economy on Your Resume
Many professionals have dipped into the gig economy — driving for Uber, delivering for DoorDash, freelancing on Upwork — especially after a layoff or during a…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain Voluntary Resignation on Your Resume
When you resign from a job voluntarily, your resume needs to tell that story without raising red flags. Lucas and Luna break down a real case: a marketing…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Nonprofit Career Switch on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to frame a switch from the corporate world into nonprofit work. They…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Performance Improvement Plan on Your Resume
Lucas and Luna tackle the resume challenge of explaining a Performance Improvement Plan, or PIP. They discuss whether to mention it at all, how to frame it if…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Sudden Layoff on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tough but timely topic: how to explain a sudden layoff on your resume without sounding defensive or…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Resume Gap for Caregiving
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most common yet awkward resume challenges: explaining a caregiving gap. Whether you…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Failed Side Hustle on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky career pivot: how to present a failed side hustle on your resume without undermining your…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Lateral Career Move on Your Resume
Lateral moves get a bad rap — but they're often the smartest career strategy. In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna break down exactly how to…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume That Explains a Family Care Gap
Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most common resume gaps that's rarely discussed: taking time off to care for a family member. They walk through a real…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume Explaining a Sabbatical
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to frame a sabbatical — whether for burnout recovery, personal…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Explain a Personal Brand Pivot on Your Resume
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky resume challenge: how to explain a personal brand pivot. When you've built your career…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume Explaining a Termination Without Cause
Getting fired isn't the career-ender it used to be, but explaining it on a resume still trips up even experienced professionals. In this episode of The…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume Explaining a Demotion
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the tricky task of explaining a demotion on your resume. They discuss how to frame the situation…
- The Resume Room with Fexingo: Resume Writing, Cover Letters, and Application Strategy
How to Write a Resume That Explains a Relocation
In this episode of The Resume Room, Lucas and Luna tackle the challenge of writing a resume that explains a relocation. Whether you moved for a partner's…