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26
Your Resume Has 30 Seconds to Live
Filed Under Business, Programming
Rands has a great essay detailing how he evaluates a resume. You’re not going to like it (he spends less than 30 seconds on it) but you better read it cause from my experience his approach is one of the more detailed ones:
Take time to write your resume for a human. You need to hit all the right buzzwords and keywords to get yourself past the layers of recruiters, but I’m the guy who is really going to take apart your resume, and if you’re saying nothing with resume mumbo jumbo, I’m learning nothing. Give me specifics and give them to me in a familiar tone. I’m not an automaton; I honestly want to know what you do. Tell me a story.
[…] I’d be interested to hear about some of Jane’s interviewing experiences and how she analyzes resumes. Paul’s post, Your Resume Has 30 Seconds to Live, drew my attention to Rands post on just how quickly you need to make an impression with your resume. […]