30 Hiring Managers Surveyed & Let Us Know Best Resume Practices

🪧We surveyed 30 hiring managers to identify some #bestresumepractices.

👉We asked that they “think like a jobseeker” when answering.

🔺Results in the slide, breakdown as follows (➕ added my input after each):

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙟𝙤𝙗?

Focus on quality over quantity. Be more strategic. Identify the where, then the who, then the action required to get there.

𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙑?

It’s your marketing collateral. Your calling card. Play the game. Get one if you don’t.

𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚?

Yes, it’s imperative your messaging, content and ATS-compliant skills need to match that of your desired role. Think like a hiring manager. Wouldn’t you want to see resumes of candidates that utilized information that match your world?

𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚?

I would unless you know what you’re doing. This isn’t a willy-nilly process.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚?

Experience. Content is king.

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧?

Combinational.

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