Read My Resume

If you pass this test the recruiter will decide to read your resume in full.

Read my resume. If your relevant experience education or skills are hard to find at a glance. Let the reader know what problems you saw actions you took and results you achieved. There is no one way to read a resume several different factors go into how your resume is interpreted by the reader a recruiter hiring manager or both. Volume of applications is one determining factor in the length of time a hiring representative has to dedicate to actually reading a resume.

The number is a reasonably consistent range of 40 60 submissions daily. As andrew writes in his post. Use a ruler index card or blank sheet of paper to cover the material you havent yet proofed allowing you to focus solely on the line you are reading. Then provide the detail in the body that backs up the initial claims.

If youve covered what prompted your application and your qualifications nicely. Avoid placing important details like your contact information in the header or footer of your resume document. A good cover note convinces the recruiter to review your resume. Ideally it is progressive experience.

5 things people reading your resume wish you knew 1. While not as slow as it sounds this tactic provides a more thoughtful approach to reading. Read your resume silently and slowly. By waffles pi natusch chief operating officer at the barrett group.

Tips from a recruiter. Also stick to standard resume formatting in a normal font like arial courier or times new romanthe ats cant read fancy fonts and will reject your resume out of confusion. Stick to a simple clean resume design that doesnt include embedded charts images or unusual fonts. Furthermore only include the usual sections of a resume.

If its not immediately clear from your experience why youre applying. Less is more when it comes to your resume format. Understand that no one ever reads resumes for the fun of it before anyone actually reads your resume it must first be pulled from that database by a recruiter who is focused on filling a specific job opening and who is naturally doing so with the priorities and language of that job description firmly in mind. Qualifications professional experience education skills and the like.

If your resume is difficult to skim it probably wont be read at all. When i read your resume when i read your resume this is what i see. Mention the companys name twice. Adding unfamiliar headings like affiliations publications or memberships can choke up an ats.

Still short of time recruiters scan for relevant content on a resume. Customize your resume with relevant keywords. Your resume should tell a story of what you have done and accomplished. Recruiters spend between 6 10 seconds on a resume on an initial scan.

Show me why you believe you are qualified. Make them salivate when they read your resume.