Resume Tips
For over 30 years, we have been reading resumes and receiving feedback regarding those resumes from industry executives. This experience has taught us that the resume is often a critical factor in obtaining an interview because it separates the "exceptional" from the "average." We find that today's companies are so results-oriented that candidates who can demonstrate they are focussed on the bottom-line can compete much better than those who are just selling their experience.
We have also learned much about how hiring authorities and Human Resources professionals react to resumes. As a result, we train our candidates to write a resume that incorporates the following 3 principles:
- The purpose of a resume is not to get a job; it is to get an interview.
- Hiring authorities and HR people generally do not read resumes; they scan them. Consequently, the resume must be engineered to slow the scan.
- A resume should flaunt assets, omit liabilities and show quantitative and
time-related accomplishments.
Whenever we perform a marketing campaign for one of our candidates, we insure
that the resume we use reflects the above 3 principles. Does this approach
make a difference? You bet it does, as the numerous testimonials from our candidates
and hiring authorities continually attest.
Applicants, for whom we are not performing a marketing campaign, and who wish to employ or learn more about a Resume Service that uses the above 3 principles, should link to our partner, www.ResumeMaven.com.
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