Using ABA Principles to Improve Your Resume

Want to optimize your resume but don’t know where to start? In this episode, hosts Paola (BCBA), Leslie and Brittany (RBT) break down how Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can make resume updating easy and effective. Whether you're a behavior analyst or a job seeker looking for structured career growth strategies, this episode gives you a step-by-step guide. Learn how task analysis simplifies resume writing, why quantifying achievements makes you stand out, and how to track recruiter responses with data collection. Get actionable tips to make your resume more competitive using proven behavioral science strategies

 

Stay Connected: 

☕ Love the show? If you’ve found value in our podcast, consider buying us a coffee to help keep EveryDay ABA running. Every donation helps fuel future episodes!  👉 Buymeacoffee.com/EveryDayABA 

✔️ Action Step: Choose one section of your resume (e.g., work experience) and apply an ABA principle like data tracking to optimize it.

🎓 Looking for continuing education units?  Access Here
🚀 Share your updated resume or transformation strategies with us on Instagram: @EveryDayABA.3
💡Help us reach more professionals looking for career optimization tips—follow the show, turn on automatic downloads, leave a 5-star review, and consider supporting us with a coffee! ☕

 

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✅ Step-by-step resume optimization using ABA task analysis to break the process into smaller, actionable steps.

✅ How to quantify achievements with measurable outcomes to highlight your professional impact.

✅ Data-driven job search strategies—track recruiter responses and improve your resume iteratively.

✅ The secret to maintaining a polished resume using reinforcement and consistency.

 

Key ABA Strategies for Resume Optimization

🔹 Task Analysis for Resume Writing: Break your resume into specific sections (work experience, skills, achievements) for a structured and manageable approach.
🔹 How to Quantify Resume Achievements: Use measurable data to frame your impact (e.g., “Increased client retention by 20%”).
🔹 Tracking Resume Success with Data Collection: Learn how to use feedback loops, recruiter engagement, and application tracking to refine your resume.
🔹 Resume Maintenance & Career Growth: Keep your resume updated consistently, so you're always ready for new opportunities.

 

Learning Objectives for CEUs

1. Participants will learn to utilize measurable data and quantifiable accomplishments to improve the effectiveness of their resume, reflecting their professional impact in a clear and compelling manner.
2. Attendees will be able to implement resume tracking strategies to analyze data on resume effectiveness, using feedback loops and iterative refinements to continually improve their resume’s appeal.
3. Listeners will be able to develop a career-long resume maintenance system using ABA techniques like reinforcement.

 

References:

Bertrand, M., & Mullainathan, S. (2004). Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination (NBER Working Paper No. 9873). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873

Van Hooft, E. A. J., Kammeyer-Mueller, J. D., Wanberg, C. R., Kanfer, R., & Basbug, G. (2021). Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(5), 674–713

Zinjad, S. B., Bhattacharjee, A., Bhilegaonkar, A., & Liu, H. (2024). An LLM-facilitated pipeline for personalized resume generation and refinement. In Proceedings of the 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR '24) (pp. 2781–2785). Association for Computing Machinery.