Your Resume Will Be Discarded

Featured Article & Resume Writer: Karen Bartell

Unless you know these insider tips, that is! If you have been sending out your resume en masse and ending up with a massive headache instead - getting nowhere - you had better read on... Your career just might depend on it.

It's a sad fact, but true. In today's competitive marketplace, a job candidate has exactly 10-15 seconds to make an impression. Most employers/recruiters are very busy people, reviewing literally hundreds to thousands of resumes (don't forget cover letters!) per day. Unless your resume is well-targeted, expertly and flawlessly written and composed, and demonstrates within the first few seconds of review you have what the employer needs, it will most likely be indexed in the circular file.

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Another sad but true fact is that most people don't have a clue what an employer wants to see in a resume, even when they think they do. Many people equate a resume with a simple job application. An employer wants to know what you did while on the job, right?

Wrong! Well, partially. Most employers already know what you did on the job; after all, they are looking to hire you for that job, aren't they?

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