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Friday, January 25, 2008
Create a crowd pleasing résumé!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How can your résumé be visible on a site receiving hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of résumés each week? Start with a good résumé and next, apply some of the ideas below to get your résumé to the top of the “Internet pile”.
- Timing is everything. Pretty simple, huh? Let’s start with the most simple way to make your résumé stand out. The most recent résumé postings are on top. You will want to post your résumé over and over again, making a few changes here and there to make it seem like new information. This can put you closer to the top on the job boards.
- Wear different hats. Make a résumé for each type of job you are going for. You should have a different résumé specific to the industry you are going toward. Get résumé help if you need to, but a sales résumé should have numbers, percentages and awards in a quick and concise format. Your résumé for management should emphasize your career growth and promotions due to your success throughout your career. With little change, you have now have two résumés. So don’t be afraid to create a specific résumé based on a job description you just MUST have.
- Be a crowd pleaser. Now companies have an idea of the qualifications they are looking for. Find those qualifications in your own background. Let’s say they want sales experience. You were in marketing, but had to sell your team on ideas you had for projects. That counts. Put it in the résumé in a way that will represent you in the light the employer is looking to hire. There are a few ways to tell any story. Your career history is a great story. Tell it the way you think will be best for each audience.
- The final option - do you take Visa? Many of the career sites offer an upgraded or ‘featured résumé’ service for a small or even large fee. It ranges per site. This might seem like a gimmick but it isn’t. How does it work? When you pay for an upgrade, the career site puts your résumé above everyone else’s based on how much you paid, even those who were just posted today and did not pay.
Adopting some of these simple measure will be sure to get your résumé noticed! Got any other tips to share?
