Two Ways Your Resume Could Accelerate Your Job Search (that you're not doing now)

Your resume could be an extremely effective way to speed up your job search.

Think of all the resumes you sent and jobs you applied when you were qualified ... yet failed to land you an interview.

Most of the time if you failed to get interviews but were qualified, it had nothing to do with your qualifications - It had a lot to do with your resume.

Here are two ways your resume could score more interviews and accelerate your job search:

1. More And Better Resume Customization: Job seekers spend an average 15 minutes on average customizing their resume. That's just not enough to get through resume databases and prescreening very often. I recommend that my subscribers and clients spend 1 hour customizing each resumes to land more interviews. That's time spent customizing just your resume, not your cover letter. Sure, you'll send fewer resumes, but you'll get more interviews (and isn't that the point?).
2. Improve Your First Impression: Most resumes give readers a confusing first impression ("I have a lot of stuff, do you need any of it?"), while readers make their first decision in just 6 seconds (to stay on your resume or move to the next). To pass this test, your resume needs to be crystal clear to your reader, portray you as a superior candidate (even when you're an average performer) and able to be absorbed as an internalized, gut-feel, first impression of "I have what you need" in just a few seconds. Most resumes, including yours, fail this test ... one of the reasons your resume is being rejected when you're qualified.

Anyone can accelerate your job search. The reason why so few candidates succeed in speeding up your search is a combination of bad habits, poor advice, and doing what worked last time (in a different job market, with a different competitive environment).

These are just two of the many resume/job search strategy improvements I teach to help job seekers accelerate your job search. I'll also show you how to double your interviews, so you can beat the high competition levels of a recovering job market and find your next job in half the average time (or less).

I help people solve the most difficult job search problems, including job search acceleration, getting past ATSs, ageism, remote positions, product/job function/career/industry/ geographic change, unemployment, "bouncy" recent career path, job search turnaround, seeking raise/promotion, industry in decline/consolidation, long term gaps, family leave, or other of the most challenging job search issues.

Join me for my next free Resume Webinar (enroll at https://x.resumewebinar.com/register for no charge) and learn how to accelerate your job search, so you can find your next job faster in 2023.

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