Connor had prior work experience in India, the UK, and Hong Kong, and she decided to try to find work in her new home country, too. It took her over a year and a meeting with a professional resume consultant to land a job in Melbourne. The 2009 resume Connor used to apply to jobs in Australia Baishakhi ConnorResume mistakes Connor madeRoughly 15 years later, Connor reexamined her resume and said she would do several things differently. Here's what she would change:Add a summary: "This was a missing summary or a profile," Connor said of her resume. In retrospect, she would write "Career Highlights" instead of "Work Experience," because in Australia, "work experience" is something school students do for free to understand the industry, Connor said.

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Persons: —, Baishakhi Connor, Connor, didn't, Australia Baishakhi Connor, Connor reexamined Organizations: Service, Business, Indian Institute of Management Locations: Australia, India, Hong Kong, Melbourne