The 20SomethingRoast Podcast: Career Strategy for 20Somethings

The 20SomethingRoast Podcast: Career Strategy for 20Somethings


How to Make Your Resume & Cover Letter Great!

April 29, 2014

You apply for 100 jobs and, yet, you don’t get a single call back.


You continue to put out resume after resume and cover letter after cover letter but nothing seems to be working in your favor. It sucks but you are not alone. Everyday thousands of 20Somethings put their name in a “job hat” and hope to come out with a job or at least an interview. So, how do you stand out from the crowd and give yourself a fighting chance to go from struggling to gainfully employed?


In this story packed, fast paced episode of 20SomethingRoast, your host, Swim Karim, talks about:



  • How you should construct your resume and cover letter to stand out to a hiring manager (17:50 mark)
  • Why the phrase “it’s just a numbers game”, is a ludicrous way of thinking when it comes to applying to jobs as a 20Something (10:20)
  • What really happens to your application when 100-500 other people apply to the same job as you and (15:54)
  • how not to be a victim of the most common mistake job hunters make (19:00)

Plus, he shares a story about trying to get sponsors for the 20SomethingRoast Podcast. You won’t believe how many companies he heard no from until he finally got a yes (Jump to the 12:13 mark hear how many times Swim was rejected).