06 · Profile, letters, network · Chapter 16 of 35
Make your profile reinforce the same story
A recruiter should see one professional direction across your resume, LinkedIn, email, and portfolio. Contradictions create avoidable questions.
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- Headline — accurate role and skill language, not a motivational quote. ‘Operations coordinator | order tracking, vendors, Excel’ beats ‘Passionate change agent | Open to work 🚀’.
- About — 4–7 short sentences. Focus, evidence, what you want next, how to contact you. Human language.
- Experience — titles and dates match the resume. Add one extra context sentence if useful. Do not invent a promotion the resume does not have.
- Skills — prioritize the target family. Pin the three that match the search. Get endorsements only from people who saw the work.
- Photo and banner — a clear headshot beats a group photo. No need for a fake office background.
- Activity — one thoughtful comment on an industry post is worth more than 12 ‘Congrats!’ clicks.
- Open to work — use the recruiter-only setting if you are employed and cannot be public. Public is fine if you are openly searching.
I coordinate the unglamorous systems that keep orders, vendors, and customer promises from colliding. At Cascade Wholesale I track open POs, schedule inbound carriers, and run a Monday stock view the buyer actually uses. Before that I led weekend warehouse shifts—so I know what a bad appointment does to a dock. I am looking for operations coordinator or inventory coordinator roles in wholesale, light manufacturing, or regional distribution. If you need someone who will write the SOP and then follow it, you can reach me at [email protected].
Do this now
- Align headline, titles, and dates with the tailored resume tonight.
- Rewrite About using the draft above as structure, not as your biography.
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