RESUME WRITING TIPS THAT GETS YOU NOTICED BY EMPLOYERS

All organizations, large and small, have non-management employees who act as resume filters because managers don't have time to consider every applicant. This means secretaries and human resource assistants judge your resume first; these people may only have seconds to judge your resume before moving on to the next one in the pile.

In today’s world everything is digitalized, even employers started to relay on software’s like Application tracking systems (ATS) to screen resumes. Job searches can be long and demanding. In today’s job market, you have to make sure that your resume stands out from the tall pile.

                                             

 Here are few tips to get your resume noticed:         

·    ATS looks for the same keywords as that of mentioned in job postings and will screen the         resumes only if those keywords are included .so you must be careful about mentioning those keywords in your resume.
·         If your resume is posted in websites like naukri.com or some other job related websites keep it updated, the resumes which are frequently updated will be noticed easily.
·         As said First impression is the best, recruiters don’t have time to go through whole of your resume. So, avoid grammatical mistakes or spelling mistakes, hardly an employer looks at your resume for 6 to 15seconds.In that few seconds you need to create a good impression and should make him to consider your resume for further process.
·         Don’t mention “RESUME” on top your resume rather mention your name and contact details there.
·         Don’t use graphics or visual appeals or too many colors, they will make your resume look unprofessional.                                           
·         Do use bullets or numbering for clearly mentioning your achievements or for mentioning your skills.

       

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·         Use simple fonts and minimum readable size for characters.
·         Give enough space between each line, so as to make it visible and clear.
·         Update your resume with relevant skills to that those of mentioned in job description.
·         Simply, don’t send the pre-prepared resume for all jobs ,for example if you have a resume prepared for the post of software developer don’t send the same, if the job posting is for the post of software tester do change the skills With those related to testing and then apply for the post.
·         Mention achievements, whatever you have achieved must be mentioned because it gives recruiters idea about what you can do for the company and it also lets them know how passionate you are about things.
 ·     Avoid technical problems, like if you have saved your resume in word format immediately change it into PDF, to avoid technical problems like formatting of text when recruiters open them.

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