Thursday, August 30, 2007

The 15 Second Resume Challenge!

Are you currently applying for jobs and getting little, if any, response?! You have come to the right place! Take the 15 Second Resume Challenge! Most Hiring Managers & HR Professionals will only scan resumes for 15 seconds each. How does your resume compare to the resume that secures interviews? Let’s find out! You will need: A kitchen timer or a stop watch, a paper copy of your resume, and a highlighter pen. Instructions: You are going to scan your resume and highlight as many of these top resume words as possible: 1. (These aren’t really words, but very important for any resume) ‘$, %,’ and/or ‘#’ 2. ‘Effectively’ 3. Industry-specific words like ‘Lean’, ‘Six Sigma’, and ‘FDA’. 4. ‘Increased’ 5. ‘Decreased’ 6. ‘Improved Pro View the rest of this article


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