I hire on a team of 200 people. I haven't read a real resume in 18 months.
Here's the thing: anyone can have AI write a perfect resume now. And they do. Every resume in the pile is polished, keyword-optimized, and basically identical. So the resume tells me almost nothing.
Three things I actually look at.
1. Portfolio
Show me the work, not the words. One specific project. One outcome. A link, a screenshot, a video walkthrough. That's it.
A candidate who shows me one real thing they shipped beats ten bullet points about "cross-functional collaboration" every single time.
2. Your AI workflow
Show me how you ship 10 things while everyone else ships 3. Which tools. Which prompts. How you actually use them, in your real work.
Specifics, not vibes. "I use AI" means nothing. "Here's the prompt I run every Monday to audit my projects" means everything.
3. Human skills
Can you make a hard call? Can you adapt when something breaks? Do people in the industry know your name? Do you have actual taste?
AI cannot do any of those four. That's where I'm hiring. That's where the leverage is now.
What to do with this
Stop spending four hours polishing a resume nobody will read. Spend those four hours building proof: one project you can link to, one workflow you can show, one person in your field who'd vouch for you.
If you're mid-career-change, pair this with using AI to plan the move itself. Build the proof while you build the plan.