Aditya Joshi ·
The summary at the top is the only section you should rewrite for each application
Three lines: what you are, the two or three things you are strongest at that this role needs, and what you are looking for. That is the paragraph a recruiter reads before deciding whether to continue, and a generic version of it wastes the best position on the page.
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