THE TABLE

STRATEGY

When 20+ resume rewrites still are not enough

Hey y'all,

This is for experienced professionals with ten or more years who have been consulting, freelancing, or running a business and are ready to return to a traditional role. You have customized your resume again and again, and the call backs are still quiet. L.A.T.T.E. gives you a structure that shifts how your value lands.

I created L.A.T.T.E. in my book Don't Leave Money on the Table as a negotiation strategy, and it is equally effective for job search because it turns scattered wins into decision maker language and interview ready evidence.

LOOK

Locate proof of scale, speed, and quality in your recent projects, then turn it into simple numbers that anchor credibility on the page. This creates measurable touch points a hiring manager can scan in seconds, which moves you out of the subjective pile.

• Build a quick inventory, for each project list people impacted, deliverables shipped, timeline, renewal or repeat work, and named stakeholders.
• Derive before and after metrics, cycle time reduced, error rate lowered, adoption increased, even directional estimates are useful when noted honestly.
• Capture proof artifacts in your notes, testimonial lines, renewal emails, invoices, meeting cadences, so you can defend numbers in the interview.

ANTICIPATE

Translate the job post into three business priorities, then mirror them with your strongest matching outcomes. This alignment lets the reader connect your work to their needs without effort.

• Mark the post for the top three outcomes, efficiency, growth, risk control, then select one project that demonstrates each outcome.
• Use an action, lever, result pattern in bullets, implemented a client onboarding playbook, standardized handoffs, cut setup time by thirty percent.
• Place those three bullets at the top of your experience section for that version of the resume, so relevance is immediate.

THINK

Convert soft wins into business outcomes by naming the motion and the shift it created. Framing intangible work as operational movement reads as enterprise value.

• Choose a lens for each project, adoption, alignment, decision speed, quality, and quantify the change, for example decision cycle from quarterly to monthly.
• Count stakeholders moved to agreement, number of teams adopting a process, or percentage of users engaging after a change.
• Tie strategic deliverables to revenue resilience, repeat bookings, retention signals, or cost avoidance where appropriate.

TALK

Write like you are already at the table, one line per bullet, impact first, no filler. Executive brevity signals judgment and makes your results easy to repeat in the room.

• Use the pattern, verb, lever, outcome, proof source in your notes, example, Secured two million dollars in repeat revenue by designing scalable process architecture.
• Replace helper phrases with action, delivered, designed, operationalized, accelerated, then put the number early in the line.
• Cap each bullet at one line with at least one number, so every skim stops on evidence.

EVALUATE

Pressure test for clarity and credibility, then prune. A tight page that reads like evidence earns time and trust.

• Run the outcomes ratio, aim for two results focused bullets for every one task line, merge or cut until you hit the mark.
• Run the relevance pass against the post's three priorities, delete good but off target bullets, and elevate exact matches.
• Add a proof tag in your private notes for each claim, data source, testimonial, system log, so you can expand any bullet fluently in interviews.

Turn bullets into interview stories

Your resume lines become ready stories when you keep three beats. This creates confident, repeatable answers under pressure.

Context, one sentence that names the stakes and scale.
Move, the decision you made and the lever you pulled.
Result, the number and what it enabled, plus one sentence on what you would repeat or refine.

High fit roles, creative outreach

When you see a role that fits, do more than apply. A thoughtful, original approach gets to the right eyes.

• Ship a one page value brief, three tailored bullets, a quick mock, and a ninety second Loom that walks the reviewer through your thinking.
• Do a lightweight teardown, show the current customer or process path, highlight two friction points, and propose one practical improvement they can test.
• Map the stakeholders, one sponsor, one user, one blocker, then send each a micro note with the single outcome you can help them achieve.

L.A.T.T.E. gives you a way to surface the right metrics, frame them in the language leaders use, and walk into interviews with stories that hold up. Pick one target role today, run one recent project through all five steps, update three bullets, and draft one creative touch for outreach. That focused pass will change how your work is received.

JVT

P.S. If you want to go even deeper, join my free class Turn Meetings into Decisions in 30 Minutes.