Fun Facts Friday

7 strategies that can impress recruiters with your resume:

1. Be concise
Don’t use 10 words when 3 will do and don’t fill your resume big words to sound impressive. Recruiters want to know the facts about you. Use simple and direct language in your resume.

2. Drop the cliches
If you have seen words frequently on other resumes do not assume those same words belong on yours. Recruiters have heard of ‘team players’ who ‘think outside the box’ more than they can count.

3. Stick to the facts
Your resume should cover all the key facts a recruiter needs to know. This could include: how many people a manager supervised, how many users an IT person supported or what budgets an executive controlled. All these facts must be on your resume and easy to see.

4. Show a little personality
Just because you have to stick to the facts, doesn't mean you can't show a little personality in your resume. You can present facts in fresh and interesting language that reflects who you are. That’s the best way to stand out from the crowd.

5. Write a profile that summarizes the important facts
You can summarize 3 of your best accomplishments such as listing the high-profile companies you’ve worked for. Select whatever facts are most impressive about you and use the resume profile to highlight those.

6. Focus on Your Impact
It's always good to tell a story of how you made an impact in your jobs. If your resume can show how you can make a difference you can score the interview. That’s the kind of information that makes a recruiter want to meet you.

7. Give them proof
Have you won awards for your work? If so, highlight them right up front. Have you earned several promotions? Say so in the introduction. Proof like these will look great on your resume.

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