Secrets That Will Get Your Resume Shortlisted

Resume is itself a very first and complete introduction of a candidate to an employers,or interviewer whose nature, preferences, and inclination, in a sense, aren’t well known to the job hunters, it shows how you think about minor's . The job seekers wonder why they aren’t getting a call, even after sending their resume for the job, your resume may be the reason, which is causing a dent on your drastic skills. Here we have unfolded secrets that would definitely help you in getting your resume shortlisted for your dream company.

Summarise your profile

Summary is that section of a resume which narrates your past professional or personal life more clearly than the other sections of resume, sometimes, don’t do. It narrates your career journey as well as ‘how did you cover it.’An interviewer doesn’t need to ask you anything additionally if your summary satisfies him/her when he goes through it. Summary is, therefore, reflects almost all what is cited in the rest portion of the resume. Include this section as well to get shortlisted. it shows your prespective or objective for applied job afterall which matters a lot. Sometimes it also helps you to get rid back from some of redundant or fuzzy question during interview round.

Customise your Resume for job

You might have to bite dust if the contents of your Resume aren’t relevant to the job you’re applying for. It matters a lot content your in such way so that your work experience should looks more inclined towards applied job. Being from the recruitment or staffing industry, got to know about some fact like, It's only the way which helps you win half of battle. It’s the Resume which tells your employers how you’re suitable for the job. And the employers find you unqualifiedif the contents of your Resume don’t matchto the key responsibilities of the job. Relating the content of the Resume is, therefore, very first and important requirement for the Resumes to get shortlisted. Try to relate the contents of the resume with job when you go to write a resume.

Keep it short and simple

One page is sufficient if you’re a post graduate. You can enlist your accomplishments during the studies. Using more than one page for resume isn’t a sin if you have accomplishments in extracurricular activities. Sometimes, candidates write 2, 3, or 4 pager resume where they leave half portion of the last page as blank. Try to limit your content within the number of pages that can be completely filled with contents, it should be precise description about your past experince and knowledge in mannerfull way. It’ll also look good and will be easy reading. Candidates, who have changed two or more job till their thirties, can include their experiences, projects, past companies, and other in more than one page.

Include Keywords

In the digital age, most of the companies have stated to adopt Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to shortlist the Resume of the candidates. It is becoming popular method of Resume short listing with every passing day. Using the keywords from job description, especially into first three four lines of the resume get it shortlisted, I have seen so far like ATS and Recruiter search resume's by mandate keywords related to the job opportunity and skill set, so descibe your skills and experience it such a way that can help you get on top of list for respective position. It’s, therefore, important for the candidates to include keywords in their resume and customise resume before applying on new job posting.

Adopt easy to read Font style and size

No matter what have you included in your resume if it isn’t easy to read. The interviewer isn’t going to bother himself to read just only your resume. There are a lot of resumes which he/she will have to go through. It’s, therefore, important for you to keep text size and font style more convenient to read. You can, preferably, adopt the 12 as size and ‘Times New Roman’ as a font for the texts or you can go for 12 as size with "Calibri" Style. It’ll be easy to read. Avoid using too small size of texts as it’ll lead your resume either towards the dustbin or towards the wardrobe of the office.  

Include bullet points

Don’t limit yourself just under the duties when you start writing bullets in your resume. You can win over the interviewer, explaining ‘5 Ws and 1 H’ in your bullet points.These ‘5 Ws and 1 H’ answers the question such as ‘who assigned you the project, assignment, and responsibility in past organisation,’ ‘what was the outcome,’ ‘When did you accomplish the same,’ ‘which, organisation and company, you were in at that time,’ ‘Why did you do so,’ and ‘How you achieve your goal’ in bullet points. For the convenience of your understanding, here we’re giving the basic formula for writing bullet points.

Expertise       What was done         Results

Active verb Key responsibility How and why you accomplished

Thanks For Reading

Saurabh Kumar

Career Development Consultant