The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do Before Sending Your Resume
Avoid the Mistake that Will Sabotage Your Search
I probably read more resumes in a day than many of you will in a lifetime. When I tell you that most are a waste of my time and the sender’s time I am not exaggerating. Most resumes I read are useless. I often ask myself the question, “What were they thinking when they sent this to me.”
So, in an effort to help you AND ME, I want to offer you the single most important question you can ask yourself before you forward your resume to someone.
Ready?
How does my resume demonstrate that I fit the job that I am applying for?
You are not sending a resume in a vacuum. You are competing with other people who have experience and skills, too. In order to get an interview, you cannot send the same generic resume to every single job you apply for because it is very unlikely that that resume will demonstrate that you have the experience required for every job you apply for.
Instead, by make small customizations to each and every resume you submit, you will make to obvious to the reader what your experience is that relates to their job and get far more interviews.
Jeff Altman
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, has successfully assisted many corporations identify leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines as employees or consultants since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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