I ignored those free resume review booths at job fairs for 3 years, and last month I finally sat down at one

Hugo Harris · 2026-09-23T16:15:05.07278+00:00

I always figured those free resume review tables at job fairs were just a way to collect your email so a recruiter could spam you later. At the Denver fair in March I had 20 minutes to kill, so I sat down with a woman named Pat who had 15 years in HR at a hospital system. She read my resume in about 90 seconds and asked why my last job said 'responsible for' when I ran the whole night crew. I rewrote three bullet points that night with real numbers, and I got two callbacks that same week from places that had ignored me twice before. Has anyone else had a free review actually change something, or did I just get lucky with the person?

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