I have spent considerable time reading resumes on the interview panel, doing resume reviews and talking to recruiters and here are some things that will help folks stand out.
Some pre-conditions
Recruiters spend only a few seconds on each resume to see if you are a fit.
Most Recruiters and Hiring managers are looking for specific skills.
Some applicant tracking systems and recruiters use something they call a "Boolean" to filter based on specific keywords.
Humans are attracted to numbers and results.
You can now leverage this information to improve your resume.
Some steps that will help you stand out. 1. Sections:
If you have any experience, add it before any other section on the resume. Make sure the top half of the resume is crisp and gives the right set of information to the reader.
2. Target:
Hiring managers and the team spend a lot of time crafting Job Descriptions. Take a look at it and see if your resume is missing some relevant skills and add a point around it in your resume if it applies.
If you are applying to an Android role, have mostly Android related projects and experience points. Some resumes tend to have a lot of different technologies and projects that does not align with the role.
3. Experience Points:
Experience Section is a great place to talk about what you did and how it impacted the business you worked at. Use numbers and other quantifiers to drive a solid point related to your previous work. This will help catch the recruiter's attention and show how impactful you have been. Read the wiki on STAR format.
4. A/B Test
Some of these tips will help you, but it is always better to test if your resume is working for you. If it does, double down on it or else modify and try.
These are some tips that I followed in the middle of the pandemic to get a bunch of offers from big tech companies and startups and I hope it helps someone here.
Based on my job search journey and challenges I ended up building an app resumepuppy.com with my classmates to help others land interviews. If anybody checks it out, happy to hear feedback.
"Recruiters spend only a few seconds on each resume to see if you are a fit."
I've never understood this attitude, and I never will. You want to hire good people, you have to invest some time to understand what people have done and in a few seconds this cannot be done.
However I do agree, the resume needs to capture the attention of the reader within the first few paragraphs of whatever structure that has been applied.
I agree with you on this! If you want to hire great people you need to be able to put in the extra effort to get signals from the resume.
From what I understand, this issue is usually for internships, new-grad and other entry-level jobs. These job postings get 1000s of resumes and the recruiters need to sift through them pretty quickly.
I do see that there are tech solutions trying to help recruiters here and I hope it gets better over time so that deserving candidates get interview calls.
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I have spent considerable time reading resumes on the interview panel, doing resume reviews and talking to recruiters and here are some things that will help folks stand out.
Some pre-conditions
You can now leverage this information to improve your resume.
Some steps that will help you stand out.
1. Sections:
If you have any experience, add it before any other section on the resume. Make sure the top half of the resume is crisp and gives the right set of information to the reader.
2. Target:
Hiring managers and the team spend a lot of time crafting Job Descriptions. Take a look at it and see if your resume is missing some relevant skills and add a point around it in your resume if it applies.
If you are applying to an Android role, have mostly Android related projects and experience points. Some resumes tend to have a lot of different technologies and projects that does not align with the role.
3. Experience Points:
Experience Section is a great place to talk about what you did and how it impacted the business you worked at. Use numbers and other quantifiers to drive a solid point related to your previous work. This will help catch the recruiter's attention and show how impactful you have been. Read the wiki on STAR format.
4. A/B Test
Some of these tips will help you, but it is always better to test if your resume is working for you. If it does, double down on it or else modify and try.
These are some tips that I followed in the middle of the pandemic to get a bunch of offers from big tech companies and startups and I hope it helps someone here.
Based on my job search journey and challenges I ended up building an app resumepuppy.com with my classmates to help others land interviews. If anybody checks it out, happy to hear feedback.
All the best!
"Recruiters spend only a few seconds on each resume to see if you are a fit."
I've never understood this attitude, and I never will. You want to hire good people, you have to invest some time to understand what people have done and in a few seconds this cannot be done.
However I do agree, the resume needs to capture the attention of the reader within the first few paragraphs of whatever structure that has been applied.
I agree with you on this! If you want to hire great people you need to be able to put in the extra effort to get signals from the resume.
From what I understand, this issue is usually for internships, new-grad and other entry-level jobs. These job postings get 1000s of resumes and the recruiters need to sift through them pretty quickly.
I do see that there are tech solutions trying to help recruiters here and I hope it gets better over time so that deserving candidates get interview calls.