Have you ever wondered how much the average resume is reviewed daily by an experienced recruiter? We will reveal to you a terrible secret: about 200 pieces. And how much time does he have to review each resume? Only 8 seconds.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – April 26, 2021 – Lifestyle
Now imagine that your resume is 5 A4 pages, unstructured, blurred … How many chances do you have? Let’s not calculate this sad figure, but rather consider the secrets of writing a resume that will help you stand out from the black and white mass of letters in the mail.
Literacy
Don’t waste time checking spelling and punctuation, pay attention to the formatting of the finished resume – extra spaces and a font that is difficult to read can be an annoying factor for the staff. Create a separate mailbox for work questions. Try an experiment, ask your friend to study your resume for 8 seconds, and then tell him what he learned about you. It is great if he understands the whole picture of your experience and is able to list something from the field of your professional skills. It’s bad if you pay attention only to the design and photos.
Photo
Whether to attach a photo to the resume is a moot point. Until a few years ago, most recruiters agreed that this was an unnecessary reason to form a biased opinion about the candidate. However, we live in an open information space, finding a candidate’s profile on a social network is a matter of a few minutes. And if your photos on Facebook do not match the business style, it is better to attach a decent photo to your resume. It is worth remembering that the photo for the resume should show you primarily as an employee.
Structured
The solid text has a completely unreadable appearance. It is better to select information in blocks. In professional experience, it is necessary to separate achievements and implemented projects from responsibilities. Moreover, the information from the section “Achievements” must contain physical indicators (number of customers involved, the number of transactions, the number of publications, tons of products, etc.)
Education
If your school is little known, you should decipher its name. The same applies to the issue of education received abroad. If you did not graduate from Oxford or Harvard – make a postscript in the spirit of “The school belongs to the TOP-10 educational institutions in Norway, according to …”. It makes sense to note the presence of a diploma with honors, degree, certificates.
Make adjustments
It is worth remembering that the era of selfish resumes is over. Already yesterday. For each position you are interested in, you need to make an individual offer, which will clearly present the benefits that the employer will receive by hiring you. Each time you respond to a vacancy, you should adjust the resume to the needs of the employer.
Don’t lie
Everyone knows from childhood that everything secret sooner or later becomes clear. The principle of reasonableness should be followed when writing: the information should be accurate, truthful, and accurate. If you are trying to get a job in an international company, indicate fluent English, and at the same time “read with a dictionary”, then at the first meeting the information will be revealed. You risk not only being rejected for this position, but also getting a recruiter’s mark in the database, and not being considered for other vacancies. In addition, the recruiter can call and ask for recommendations for your former place of work, in 90% of cases he will do so, so the frank embellishment of information will be revealed quickly.
Hobby
If you’re not sure whether to open the Hobby column, leave it blank. Any personal information, as well as visiting “I know how to work in a team”, “leadership qualities”, “sociability”, remain empty words, if not supported by evidence.
Be careful with creativity
Creative resumes impress the employer. Sometimes bad. Infographics, video presentations can be your advantage only if it is done professionally and with dignity.
It happens that the applicant may be confused when entering the labor market, there are many reasons: a long decree, long experience in one company, a sharp reduction in work, lack of specialized work experience. In this case, the help of a career counselor, who describes the situation in the labor market, will tell you where to look for vacancies, open hidden sources of job search, help write a resume and cover letter, outline the range of potential employers and take a resume – can be a lifesaver vest. Why learn from your mistakes, if this is not a mandatory stopping point on your career path?
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Source: Ukrgate
