Fashion changes, and resume styles change, too. If you have solidskills and work experience but your resume isn’t getting any bites, you might need a resume makeover.
Take a free resume test to see if your resume has what it takes to pass the 10-second scan and get results. And check out the "what’s in, what’s out" info below to help make your resume more cutting-edge.
1. In: A professional summary at the top of your resume. This sells you like nothing else on your resume does.
正确的做法:在你的简历顶部放上一段专业概要。简历上没有什么比这个更有卖点了。
Out:An objective statement at the top of your resume. Nothing says "outdated" like an objective.
错误的做法:在简历顶部放一段目标宣言。没有什么比目标宣言更土了。
"Ditch it immediately," advises Jack Williams, vice president of national sales and recruiting for Staffing Technologies, in Atlanta. Employers don’t care what a potential hire wants to do. "They care whether they can do what the employer needs them to do," he says.
Jack Williams是亚特兰大Staffing Technologies公司的国际销售和招聘副总裁,他建议说:“马上删除掉。雇主不会关心一位候选人想要做什么。他们关心的是该候选人能否按照他们的需求去做。”
2.In:Resumes that are easy on the eyes.
正确的做法:能够轻易吸引人注意的简历。
"I don’t have time to read through each resume and search for the important points. They need to jump out at me," says Mike Earley, vice president of resource management at MyWire, a media aggregation site. Earley says hot resumes are organized with bullet points, not paragraphs, and have enough white space to look clean and visually interesting.
My Wire是一个综合媒体网站,其人力资源副总Mike Earley说:“我没时间去看每一份简历,然后找出其中的重点部分。它们需要马上跳入我的眼帘。”Earley说好的简历都是非常有条理地列出要点,而不是一段一段,并且空出很多空白的地方看起来很干净、有视觉冲击效果。
Out:Resumes that are "grey," with large chunks of unbroken text that require recruiters to slow down. Chances are they won’t take the time.
错误的做法:不起眼的简历,一大段文字还不分段,招聘人员要慢慢去看。很可能他们不会浪费这个时间。
3.In:A customized resume. Tailor every resume you send out for the job you’re seeking.
好正确的做法:定制的简历。为你应聘的每个职位定制简历。
Out:A cookie-cutter approach: same resume for every job. These were from the days before home computers, when changing a resume was a really big deal.
4.In:A two-to-three-page resume when you really need the space.
正确的做法:如果真的很有必要的话,两三页的简历是可以的。
Out:A one-page resume when you really need two or three pages.
错误的做法:在你非常需要两三页简历说明的时候压缩成一页。
"One-page resumes are a myth," says Williams. "No talented person with more than five years experience can fairly summarizetheir experience in one page."
5.In:Selling yourself. The best way to do this, Earley says, is through quantifying your accomplishments. "When describing what you did on a job, be sure to include the results. Your accomplishments are key," says Earley. For instance, if you’re an office manager, don’t just say you "organized a system to track outside vendors." Conclude with a real result, like "reduced operating costs by one-third."
Out:Not being your own best marketing and sales department. "Gone are the days of just listing job titles and responsibilities," says Leslie Sokol, co-author of "Think Confident, Be Confident."
错误的做法:没有成为自己最好的销售部门。“那些只单单在简历上列出职位和责任的日子已经不存在了。” "Think Confident, Be Confident." 的作者之一Leslie Sokol说。
6. In:Including links to websites for all companies on your resume, and, if possible, a brief deion of each company. "Few do this, but it is always well-received," says Williams. "Hiring managers have an interest in knowing what a company does and what your previousposition there had to do with that."
Out:Assuming hirers know your old company or don’t need to know.
错误的做法:想当然地认为招聘人员都了解你的前公司,或者他们不需要了解。
7. In:Including your LinkedIn or other social network address in your resume’s header. Make sure it’s a custom ("vanity") URL if it’s LinkedIn (these are free)。
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