The First 10 Seconds Resume Tips

When applying for a job, you may be one of two candidates, or you may be one of thousands. In this article, you'll learn ten tips on how to improve your résumé.

The first 10 seconds a recruiter peers at the résumé of a perspective hire is important, especially when they might give it only a total of 20 seconds of attention.

Recruiters go through stacks of résumés daily and spend less than 30 seconds looking at each one, according to Avery Williams, coordinator of career development at the Center for Professional Excellence at Elmhurst College.

“Also many employers are now using electronic methods to scan résumés for key words, so that also cuts down on the time spent on them,” Williams said.

With the multitude of candidate résumés shuffled across their desk, staying in the maybe file rather than the round file is important.

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