Job search effectiveness
is strongly affected by a few basic facts:
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Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
software may reject you regardless of your qualifications:
How your resume is prepared is often the cause of rejection
by ATS before a human ever sees it.
Even those companies
who do not use ATS may reject or fail to respond if a human reader is unable to
quickly find points of interest in a resume. All potential ATS issues should be
eliminated. When your resume is re-written the writer should guarantee you will
not be rejected because of document creation attributes built into your resume.
You should also be provided with written guidelines for preventing over 40
attributes that can cause ATS issues when you edit the resume in the future.
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People will often reject you and move
on to the next resume if your resume is difficult to read quickly:
On the first pass most
people really do not actually read resumes!
At best they scan
very quickly looking for keywords and data they are interested in. The
first 5 seconds are critical. In that brief time they look at your name,
contact information, location, personal brand, skills, and the results of your work
on the first page. If they find nothing that interests them they are likely to
reject you without further review. It is a final, binary decision because there
are simply too many other resumes to read. Further scanning, perhaps 25 more
seconds, occurs only for the few people who pass the initial review. A more detailed review occurs for the top
candidates.
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One resume usually does not fit all
jobs:
If you
don't edit your resume to be responsive to the hiring manager's critical needs
of each job, I can assure you your competition will.
Be prepared to edit your resume for each position you apply to so
that it is responsive to the specific needs of each hiring manager.
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Differentiation is the key to getting
hired:
Focus on differentiating you from your competition. Differentiate
by quickly demonstrating how well you performed on the job. Show the results of
your work, what you accomplished that supported or improved the business. This is
the key to getting interviews and ultimately the job.Visit bit.ly/1TEqj93 and send your resume to kl@hoochresumes.com for a FREE analysis Today!
