Resumes That Work: 3 Steps to More Interviews

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

All of us involved with helping you get a new job, whether as third party recruiters or as representatives of a company evaluating you for employment or are receiving hundreds of emailed resumes a day. Having done professional search work for more than 40 years, I have seen both resumes change and how they are delivered change. The change in delivery means that how you think of your resume being seen needs to change too.

Few people read physical resumes.

Instead, we look at windows that show one­-fourth or one-third of a page. We are willing to look at two or three “PageDowns” when we make a decision. Critically examine your

resume each time you scroll down.

• Where does your eye fall? Within two or three page-downs, have you communicated the information that would make an employer want to meet you?
• Generic resumes never work as well as targeted ones. Only use a generic one if you are mass mailing it … and then expect to have as much success as having a broken watch being accurate. Use targeted resumes focused on the key elements of the…