Getting recognized by a hiring manager in a matter of seconds is absolutely necessary in order to survive in today’s competitive hiring job market. In order to make that happen, there are things that are necessary for an applicant to include on their resume to make it easier for the hiring manager to find quickly and know what makes you the most qualified applicant for the position.
Contact Information
According to resume writing experts at SolidEssay.com, up to date contact information should be the first thing on top of your resume. As you are reviewing your resume, ensure that the telephone contact information is up to date. You also want to make sure that the email address you include on the contact information is one that is still active and that you have access to. You also want to ensure that the email address that you have listed is not inappropriate or does not contain an inappropriate interpretation. You should refrain from listing multiple phone numbers or email addresses. Make it easy for the hiring manager to contact you. List your preferred method of telephone contact and your preferred method of email contact.
Include Keywords
When applying for a position, the hiring manager wants to know that you are aware of the position that you are applying for, and its requirements, duties, and responsibilities. When writing your resume for a specific position, do not use generic terminology or a generic resume and ensure that you are tailoring your resume for the position for which you are applying. Using keywords from the position description will show the hiring manager that you have read the position description and that your skills and abilities match the position description.
Include Accomplishments and Achievements
Most applicants will include their duties and responsibilities that they have in their current or previous position, and those duties and responsibilities may be completely relevant to the position that is being applied for. You most likely have many of the same duties and responsibilities. What is necessary is that you use your resume to include the accomplishments and achievements that you received in that position to set yourself apart from the other applicants. Take this opportunity to demonstrate how you are a cut above the rest.
Use Quantifiable Metrics to Validate Your Accomplishments and Achievements
When proving that you are top notch, use data and metrics that are quantifiable, rather than subjective. Let the hiring manager know that your expected sales quota for the quarter was $500,000, and you reached sales of $750,000, well over your expected quota. Include the data on your resume that you decreased waste by 45% by streamlining the customer relations’ process. These quantifiable metrics give the hiring manager substantiating information that validates your accomplishments and achievements.
There are many dos and don’ts for resume writing. There are items that will get your resume thrown directly into the trashcan on a first glance, and then there are items that will grasp the attention of the hiring manager, and will improve your odds of making it into the “call for a interview” pile, which is what you want your resume to do. From that point on, it is up to you to continue selling yourself.
Author bio: At SolidEssay.com Ben Russel consults college students how to write resumes, essays, and research papers. His twitter account is @SolidEssay
Diane, while your sharing my blogs is appreciated, I would prefer you share them from my site, not a cut and paste to your site. Thank you for your understanding and I appreciate you taking time to read!
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Great advice, but how would you advise someone in an industry where the job postings go something like this:
Teacher – Science P/T
School District Such & Such
Please reply on our ATS system. Paper and emailed applications not accepted. No phone calls, please.
If you are lucky, they give you a contact name and/or a department and/or an address. Generally, one addresses a cover letter to the Superintendent of Schools, when in doubt of who is going to receive the resume.
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You are given the option to upload a generic resume and a specific cover letter for each position.
The result is often a black hole and a lot of joblessness among those who aren’t part of the who-you-know-very-well system.
Thank you for your advice on behalf of confused educators and those in other fields who are put through the same type of thing.