Did you know you have 6 seconds to grab a recruiter’s attention??
Recruiters and Hiring Managers will read 100’s of resumes a day. According to a recent study recruiters and hiring managers only give your resume 6 seconds before deciding on keeping or trashing your resume.
The following 8 top tips will help you get that interview!
- Make sure your contact details, email and mobile phone are up to date. We cant book in a interview if you mobile number no longer works!
- Start with your most recent position first. Grab our attention immediatly that you have the experience, we dont want to have to wait until page 3 to work out you have the experience! Rememer you only have 6 seconds!
- List at least 4 tasks/responsibilities in each of your positions. We are not mind readers tells what your experience is. Include the name of the account you worked on and the industry type.
- List one achievement per position. This is your chance to sell your self, keep you ahead of the competition. Wether its an award you have won, a target your achieved or a process you improved we want to read about it.
- List all software applications you have used. Often clients ask us for a particular software experience, if its not on your resume you may be overlooked and the interviews given to the applicants who have mentioned their skills.
- Recent graduates include university achievements - Are you a Dean’s Lister?Leader of a club? Working Scholar?
- Neat formatting including bullet points. Just like this article make it easy to read.
- If you are a graphic designer, web designer or drafter include a link to your online portfolio.
Fiona Kesby is the CEO of GO-VA.com.au an Australian owned and operated Managed Operations in Cebu, Philippines.