| Have you sent out hundreds of resumes with little | | | | would place their hobbies or interests on their resumes. |
| response back? Well, you are not alone. With these | | | | This is no longer acceptable or helpful information. |
| tough economic times and millions of people out of a | | | | When a recruiter has hundreds of resumes to skim |
| job, there are a high amount of applicants applying to | | | | through, they do not care about your personal interests |
| those jobs that you so desperately need. So what do | | | | or hobbies. It is completely irrelevant information that is |
| you need to know about today's job search and | | | | taking up their precious time. |
| resume building? | | | | Including personal hobbies and interests could actually |
| With technology advances, applying for a job with a | | | | be held against you: For example, you place on your |
| resume has significantly changed within the last | | | | resume that you are a beauty pageant contestant. |
| decade. Now of days, resumes are generally | | | | Well, the whole time you are doing your interview, the |
| reviewed by a machine instead of a human being. | | | | recruiter is questioning your sincerity and wondering if |
| What does this mean for you? Keywords, keywords, | | | | you have been coached on how to answer her |
| keywords! When you read a job posting that interests | | | | questions. You could lose out on your job, because of |
| you, you must take down the key skills and | | | | this extra and irrelevant information. |
| requirements of that job. As once the resumes are | | | | If you are currently fall into these categories of what |
| received, they will be scanned through a machine | | | | not to do on your resume, you must sit down and |
| looking for those keywords. Resumes that do not | | | | rethink your resume strategy. Your potential employer |
| have them are not considered. | | | | receives hundreds and thousands of resumes and |
| With this competitive job market and use of scanners | | | | statistics show that when a human is reading them, |
| to review resumes, you must personalize each | | | | they will only take 20 seconds to skim through and |
| resume for that specific job that you are applying for. | | | | determine if they are interested. You have a very |
| This means, you no longer have one resume you post | | | | short time to sell yourself and this is done through key |
| with. You must change and adapt your resume for | | | | words, individualizing your resume for each job and for |
| every different job. If you do not, your key words and | | | | leaving out any irrelevant information pertinent to the |
| skills will not be outlined to the best of your capability; | | | | job you are posting for. Do not waste anymore time |
| which could be the difference in being considered for | | | | applying with a redundant resume, start improving it |
| an interview or being kept on file! | | | | right away and you could have your dream job before |
| Another serious change in resume trends is including | | | | you know it! |
| personal information. In the past, prospective applicants | | | | |