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HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME? An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

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WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR RESUME? Education Experience Skills It is about “selling yourself” How will you be an asset to this company, organization, institution?

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Page 1: HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME? An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME?

An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

Page 2: HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME? An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

AN EFFECTIVE RESUME

Page 3: HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME? An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR RESUME?

• Education• Experience • Skills

• It is about “selling yourself”• How will you be an asset to this company, organization,

institution?

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NAMEADDRESS

EMAIL, PHONE• Objective: one sentence relates to the position

• Education: Name of School, city, state dates

• degree, graduate hours (Cum Laude)

• Experience: (above education once have experience)• Job Title, Employer, City, State dates

• Duties and responsibilities (last job first)• Action verbs

• Skills: relevant to employer/jobCertification, dates

• Activities: (omit later in life?)• Name activity, dates

• Awards: (omit later in life?)• Name of award, place awarded from, dates

• References: (optional)• Full name, phone and/or email

Page 5: HOW LONG DOES A HIRING MANAGER LOOK AT YOUR RESUME? An average of 7 seconds What does this tell you?

TIPS/SUGGESTIONS

• Simple is better: 1 page unless, 12 inch font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins• No exclamation points, please!!!

• Be consistent & clear• No errors…. Proofread, proofread, proofread• Customize your resume• Recent• relevant to that job

• Show case accomplishments • Sell yourself using ACTION verbs

• Do not lie

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WHAT RECRUITERS THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW (FORBES MAGAZINE)

• Impress the robot• What words?

• Do your homework• Company and industry specific

• Quantify your accomplishments• Numbers matter

• Be consistent online and offline• Resume versus social media

• Check back every two weeks