| What does the content of your resume say about | | | | the hiring manager. |
| you? Is it an Autobiography, or a solution to your | | | | So what's important to hiring managers? Hiring |
| readers' problems? IF your resume gets seen by | | | | managers today hire people who can solve their |
| human eyes (remember, 97% get pre-screened by a | | | | problems without much ramp-up time or training. |
| database search), you have an average 15 seconds | | | | Today's hiring decisions are made efficiently. And the |
| to capture the reader's attention. That's the average | | | | quickest way a hiring manager can find someone who |
| time spent reviewing a resume. In 15 seconds an | | | | can solve specific problems is to SEARCH FOR |
| interview/no interview decision is made. Just 15 | | | | SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY SOLVED THOSE |
| seconds - That fast. | | | | SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. |
| So how do you grab your reader's attention? Write | | | | For instance, do you list detail of accomplishments |
| about what is important to them. Don't write about | | | | that are important? Who are they important to? To |
| what is important to your own ego. Do you realize | | | | the hiring manager for the job you're applying for? Or |
| the majority of today's resumes don't address an | | | | just to you? |
| employers' problems? Most are written for the job | | | | If you are a manager or executive, do you write |
| seekers own pride. | | | | about general leadership, or about detailed |
| Do you think it matters much to your audience what | | | | accomplishments? Do you write about general things |
| you are most proud of? Will your reader care enough | | | | that should be important to every hiring manager, or |
| to read your resume in detail to get an idea of who | | | | write about accomplishments that are important to |
| you are and what you can do? Or does your | | | | that specific hiring manager? |
| audience care more about rapid solutions to their | | | | Think of it this way - if the vast majority of resumes |
| problems? | | | | are written for the job seekers' own ego, and just a |
| A common resume improvement is WRITING FOR | | | | small percentage address what an employer wants |
| YOUR AUDIENCE. A resume is very | | | | to see, isn't it far easier to stand out in the crowd? |
| personal...especially if you're a professional, manager, | | | | Could this help you gain an Unfair Advantage over |
| executive, or have had a long career - your resume | | | | other candidates, if you are one of the few? |
| describes your life. Most people write resumes listing | | | | So write your resume to solve an employer's |
| accomplishments they are most proud of. I can recall | | | | problems, and you'll get interviews. Discuss how you |
| numerous recruiting candidates I worked with who | | | | can an solve employer's problems in an interview, and |
| fiercely defended wording that made them feel good | | | | you'll get offers. |
| about themselves, while sacrificing opportunities to | | | | Be the solution => get an Unfair Advantage => |
| make statements that would interest their audience - | | | | get the interview => and get the job. |