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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Five Key Points To Keep in Mind When Writing Your Resume

Resumes and cover letters that get acted upon are those that demonstrate thewriter’s potential to solve an employer’s problem. Companies like resumes
that demonstrate what you can do for them…that you are a problem-solver.

Put yourself in the shoes of the hiring manager/screener and you’ll understand
why a good cover letter and resume MUST make you stand out and therefore
is so important. To make a point, let’s make some “worst case” scenario
assumptions about the hiring manager reading your cover letter and resume
for the first time.

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