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You will be selected or
discarded in about ten seconds: that's the average time
a recruiter devotes to each resume he must review.
If your resume doesn't capture his or her attention
immediately, all your years of hard work and education
are wasted. |
If you want your resume to get noticed, read on.
Because human resource departments receive a flood of hundreds
and even thousands of resumes for
just a few positions, they frequently have a few moments to
spend scanning each one to efficiently eliminate candidates
whose qualifications don’t match the job requirements,
and to save for consideration those resumes which present
matching qualifications.
Busy executives have little time for anything else therefore,
if your resume is not designed to
survive the high-speed scanning process, then your chances
of being considered for a job decrease substantially.
Don't assume your resume will be read just because
you sent it
It is for this reason that your first objective must be to
make sure your resume gets read. One of the biggest mistakes
that candidates make is assuming that just because they send
a resume to a prospective employer, it will be read.
The “high-speed resume reading” that most recruiters
and human resource personnel have to do, is extremely facilitated
by Easyjob. Its especial sections designed to make your resume
stand out in scans of hundreds of resumes and to immediately
catch a recruiter's or employer’s attention and make
him anxious to find out more about your background.
How resumes are reviewed
When your resume moves to the top, the scanner will give
it a brief look (10 to 15 seconds) for anything that brings
his or her interest.
If your resume includes a statement
about your background that's so powerful that it transforms
your initial scan into a lengthy look you got the chance of
making an impression.
In writing the text of this short statement use short
and concise phrases, trying to present the best of your
education and professional life. You must emphasize those
qualifications that better match the requirements of your
prospective employers.
Don't be unreasonably modest in describing your duties
and accomplishments; it is better to be a casual show
off than a permanent shy person.
To help you writing, EasyJob gives a number of general skill
sentences as well as examples within its “guru
at your beck and call” help system.
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