How To Write A Resume That Gets Seen
I assume if you are looking for a sales job, you have been sending out resumes to recruiters and companies. Unfortunately your resume and cover letters may never be seen. Blame it on technology. If you think someone is diligently looking through each resume for the ideal candidate to fill a specific position, you may be fooling yourself. Many recruiters and companies are now using scanning automated software systems to actually sift through the hundreds of resumes without a human ever touching one. Can you imagine if you had two openings, how many hours or days of your precious time would it take to read two hundred resumes and cover letters or more. Especially in today’s tough job market, the number of resumes received by companies can be a bit overwhelming; so now comes in automation to the rescue. When you email a resume and cover letters to a company or post it on their website, these systems are actually scanning for key words or phrases that match the job description they are trying to fill. As a result, your resume could be totally overlooked if you are not doing a couple things to fix this problem. Read the rest of this entry »
