GEO GUIDES

Practical GEO guides

Rewrite your resume's wording and structure to foreground outcomes and scope, and improve how applicant tracking systems parse it. No invented roles, metrics, or credentials — unverifiable numbers are flagged for you to fill in. The guides in this section are free to read, with no expiry.

Ten Rules for a Verifiable Resume

The most common resume failure is unverifiable claims: adjectives instead of results, responsibilities instead of achievements. Ten rules covering structure, data, tailoring, and format — with the boundary that experience is never invented.

Methodology source: Aggarwal et al., GEO: Generative Engine Optimization (KDD 2024, arXiv:2311.09735) — evidence and cited sources work, keyword stuffing is negative; benchmark results vary by content, no outcome promises.