Things You Can Do To Prevent HR Screeners From Hitting ‘Delete’

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Working in search and now as a coach, I’ve easily reviewed more than 750,000 résumés over the course of my career. As statistics bear out, very few submitted résumés result in an interview. As I told a guest on my podcast, No BS Job Search Advice Radio, when I worked in search, on a typical day, out of 200 résumés, the number that might vaguely fit a role I might be recruiting for was around 1%! All of these people believed they were qualified, yet few were. What were they doing wrong? They weren’t doing this:

Stupid Interview Mistakes as Reported by Forbes

1. Push hard to accelerate your career development. It isn’t always true that slow and steady wins the race. In search, this is often interpreted as a signal that you and your work are ordinary. The firm that you’re trying to join has enough mediocre people without adding another. If you can demonstrate you are on a growth path and, say, a firm recognized you

for exceptional work, you stand a stronger chance than if your background shows that you are promoted every five to six years. They think you are…