rock your resume BY CHLOÉ ADAMS
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o, a picture of your dog CANNOT go on your resume.
Yes, people. You read that correctly. No, a photograph of you and your pet is not necessarily the best fit for a professional resume. Instagram, maybe. But for a resume, I’d give that a hard “No!” You’d be surprised by the kinds of resumes 23-year-old Brandon Mitchell reviews every day. From photos of pets to loud bright shapes and colors, Brandon has seen it all. Nevertheless, we are lucky to have him and his team of 5-stars get you started with your career and help rock your resume. Brandon Mitchell, Founder, and CEO of BrandResumes, had a chance to talk to us about how he got started in the resume building business and how he doesn’t intend to stop anytime soon. At 23 Brandon—the visionary—created an empire for himself through his resume writing company receiving revenue of over $70,000 in just four months (he started in May 2019 by the way). You all know how this goes. A student in college scrambling to find an internship or job in their preferred field, no money in their bank account for food, and balancing job applications and finals. We all know the stress level. Well Brandon, a triple major (or should we say, triple THREAT) decided to do something about it. “I started when I was a junior in college, when I was coming up and I was thinking about internships. I came from an underrepresented school. I started thinking about ways in which I could differentiate myself from other people. So, I started researching ways to market myself. I learned how to write a resume on my own and I guess I got really good at it because I was getting interviews at top companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America and even Facebook. And I was like ‘Whoa.’ Something I’m doing is right.” It turns out whatever he was doing was definite-
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