Doing This On Your Resume? Recruiters Say It Makes You Look DESPERATE
J.T. O'Donnell
Founder & CEO, Work It DAILY | Board of Directors, McCoy | Career & Professional Development | Job Search | HR & Recruiting | Employer Branding | Recruitment Marketing | Talent Management | Executive Coaching
Finding a job is hard enough on its own, don't make a mistake like?this?that can ruin your chances of getting job interviews!
Designing Your Resume Stinks!
It's true, I'll be the first to say it.
There are hundreds of resume templates out there, some of them color-coded, some with fancy fonts, and some plain.
You sort through a pile of them, finally find one you like, and...now I'm telling you that you're probably still making a huge mistake?!?
There are a few mistakes you could be making on your resume, but we are only going to talk about a specific one today.
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Your Resume Is Sending The Wrong Message (And Leaving Your Kitchen Empty)
If your resume includes everything but the kitchen sink, you are hurting your chances of getting hired!
What does this mean?
You might think that "there is no such thing as too much information" when it comes to your resume,?but you'd be wrong.
There are two reasons why an information heavy resume can be the reason you aren't getting job interviews:
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Did you know;?recruiters spend only 6 seconds skimming your resume?before deciding whether to consider you more closely or reject you?
This means that your text-heavy resume is going to be very difficult for them to absorb in 6 seconds and you will be sent to the 'no' pile.
"But I have XX Years Of Experience!"
This may be true, but trying to detail out everything you've done in the past couple of decades is only going to work against you.
Instead, zero in on the top 2 or 3 ways you create value for employers, then articulate those skillsets in your resume.
THIS?Is How You Know Your Resume Is Working...
The moment a recruiter or hiring manager calls you after receiving your resume and says, "I need more information".
Why?
This means that you've successfully piqued their interest and now you can talk with them directly. Now you have a chance to highlight your skills and accomplishments that'll move you along in the hiring process!
When you get to this point, it's important to remember to quantify your accomplishments, it's always better to let the facts do the talking!
Remember, There Is No Shame In Asking For Help
Followed these steps and still aren't getting those job interviews?
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3 年The biggest problem (aside from lunatics who don't even have a resume!) is the 'one size fits all' attitude to a CV. ?? CVs, like job applications and actual interviews, have to be crafted for that specific role, at that specific company. ?? But if you think you can wear your dad jeans on all occasions... hey ho! ??
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3 年I understand your point, I would see it, not as boosting, but results oriented. It is my opinion that recruiters are trying to vanilla the resume process. I can spot a better candidate by results, not by leaving out information to increase my interest...that doesn't make sense to me...jmo
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3 年All well and good...but sometimes the resume gets added girth because of the ATS. If I'm told that I need to score 80+ on jobscan just to even get my resume included on that recruiter's stack, I need to edit and re-edit and edit again just to add words. Where's the happy medium?