I don't know that the resume needs to be formatted differently. But startups and FAANG companies may be looking for different sorts of people.
In my startups, what I'm looking for is primarily three things: that the applicant's interests are in line with what the startup is doing, that the applicant will mesh well with the rest of the team, and that the applicant is good at problem-solving and working without a great deal of supervision.
The specific skills the applicant has are important, but probably not "top 3" important. As long as I'm comfortable that they enjoy learning new things and are good at it, any specific skill they lack can be provided through training.
A resume/CV that makes it easy for me to see how the applicant matches those needs is one that is more likely to successfully get a callback from me.
I'm looking for a new job, and a 3rd party recruiter focused on startups asked me to follow a template that "lands well with startups". FWIW, my resume has been doing fine with Big Co's so I thought it wasn't worthwhile advice.
Ah, I see. I don't know about your resume or whether it really needs changing, but it's quite common for 3rd party recruiters to want all of their recruits to use a "house style" resume format. Usually, in my experience, they'll take your resume and reformat it themselves rather than have you do it.
I wouldn't take their formatting preferences as an indication that their format is better. They just want it to be standardized with their others.
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I don't know that the resume needs to be formatted differently. But startups and FAANG companies may be looking for different sorts of people.
In my startups, what I'm looking for is primarily three things: that the applicant's interests are in line with what the startup is doing, that the applicant will mesh well with the rest of the team, and that the applicant is good at problem-solving and working without a great deal of supervision.
The specific skills the applicant has are important, but probably not "top 3" important. As long as I'm comfortable that they enjoy learning new things and are good at it, any specific skill they lack can be provided through training.
A resume/CV that makes it easy for me to see how the applicant matches those needs is one that is more likely to successfully get a callback from me.
I'm looking for a new job, and a 3rd party recruiter focused on startups asked me to follow a template that "lands well with startups". FWIW, my resume has been doing fine with Big Co's so I thought it wasn't worthwhile advice.
Ah, I see. I don't know about your resume or whether it really needs changing, but it's quite common for 3rd party recruiters to want all of their recruits to use a "house style" resume format. Usually, in my experience, they'll take your resume and reformat it themselves rather than have you do it.
I wouldn't take their formatting preferences as an indication that their format is better. They just want it to be standardized with their others.