I attended a webinar by Codementor yesterday about tech hiring, where the speaker Jeff Lam shared these insightful gems on creating resumes that help candidates stand out:
What do recruiters look for?
Regardless of ATS (applicant tracking system) or a human reviewing your application, here's what they look for:
- your tech stacks
- relevant experience for the role
- clear & concise profile/resume (if too long, recruiters may even skip reading it)
How to optimize your resume for visibility?
- make it easy to read with bullets, tech stacks, project details
- keep it short & concise, don't overwhelm with info
- recruiters (& ATS) are experts at keyword search. Add relevant ones
- add tech stack at the bottom of every employment
How to stand out?
- give personality to your professional profile: it could be through choice of words, colour, font or anything else
- be active in tech communities and link it to your resume: Github, LinkedIn, Twitter
- don't just write responsibilities. Write about something challenging you've worked on, any projects.
- optimize content for the role. The more relevant it is, there's a higher chance of getting shortlisted
- reach out to key decision makers in the company you're applying for.
- add numbers and quantify wherever you can. Specify the duration of employment. Recruiters (and ATS) are not technical experts but they use them to derive your degree of skill level & understand your seniority
In short, it's not difficult but takes some effort to optimize :)
Recently, I launched a product which helps candidates to create resumes with these elements easily. It's now live here: Resumey.Pro.
Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments below 👇
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