- Do not use a one-size-fits-all generic résumé to apply for a multitude of specific jobs
- Don’t be lazy: Customize your résumé for each job for which you apply. Read on and learn to make YOUR résumé stand out like a meatball on a plate of spaghetti
- Don’t lie or embellish anything in your résumé or cover letter
- Keep the focus of your résumé and cover letter on what you can do for the company, not on what you want them to do for you
- No one cares about your job duties and responsibilities; tell them about your accomplishments. Tell them specifically about the problems you have faced and fixed in your other positions. Relate those achievements to the requirements of the job you are seeking
- Customize your cover letter and résumé to the requirements of the job for which you are applying
- Make sure the contents of your résumé and your profiles on LinkedIn and the other sites match. Recruiters will check
- If a search firm has submitted your résumé to a company, channel all communication through them. You will hurt yourself if you try to “expedite the process” by going around the search firm directly to the company
- When someone reads your résumé, you have maybe seven seconds to catch their attention and make them want to read more. Therefore, put only your most relevant material on the first ¾ of Page One of your résumé
- Recruiters generally have more than one position to fill. Include an OBJECTIVE in your résumé so they don’t have to guess what job you are seeking. Make sure the job title you include matches the one for which they are recruiting.
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