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In these challenging times, so

many resumes come in for a

single job opening that

companies have trouble

finding the best candidate.

Also, interested applicants

have difficulty getting their

resume in front of someone

that will invite them to an

interview. A successful

resume is one that gets you

through the door, generating a

job interview for you. Once you

are in the building, you take

your best shot at winning that

job.

Employers are looking for the

BEST FIT. They have a problem and they need to solve it quickly. They will only take a few

seconds to look at your resume and they will quickly determine if you're worth their time to talk

to.

From my experience, these are the most common problems with the resume:

CAREER OBJECTIVE - People like to announce their career objective and aspirations

on the top of their resume. We have been led to believe that this shows you to be a

highly motivated and ambitious individual. This is a mistake. The decision maker is

wasting valuable seconds reading about your career objective and may move on to the

next resume. No one cares about your career objective. Nobody cares. NOBODY.

The decision maker has a problem and they want the answer to just one simple

question, "CAN YOU HELP ME SOLVE IT?"

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - The recruiter or the decision maker will quickly glance

over the job descriptions of your previous jobs, looking for commonalities, similar skills

or experience that match the job opening that you're applying for. If your job description

doesn't clearly show that, it's over. You're done.

Here is a quick and easy way to correct it, improving your chances of getting a phone call:

Replace Career Objective with QUALIFICATIONS - The recruiter or decision

maker is looking for someone that closely matches the job opening so make it easy for

them by listing all of skills and experience at the very top of your resume. If they want to

read the rest of your resume, they can, but they don't have to. You told them everything

they needed to know. You gave them what they were looking for. If the position requires

a certain level of experience in a particular skill (ex: 5 years of customer service

experience), add up all of your years of customer service experience from every job

you've had and list it in bullet points. If a college degree is required, list it here. If you

think a particular skill is helpful (ex: fluent in Cantonese), list it here.

For example:

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree

7 years of customer service experience

3 years of outside sales experience

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Tiffiney Oatman

Seeking a full-time position in Front-End Development, eCommerce, UX Design, and

User Interface Design

This is nice advice and all, but I dare to challenge COMPANIES to redesign their job

descriptions and stop forcing someone's resume to fit the description.

The real reason why companies are having a hard time finding the right candidate is because

they are spending too much time describing someone who already has the job instead of taking

the time to listen to someone who potentially CAN DO the job.

My background is in web development, I have worked for companies that have been in the home

security industry, telecommunications, computer, and insurance, but yet I'm amazed that on a

lot of the job postings they list specific so-called "qualifications" that really aren't qualifications,

they are just descriptions of what tools, software, and industry that the company is and uses.

Thus if you come from a different company/industry you are perceived as "not qualified".

For example, if the company uses Adobe Photoshop to do their graphics, but the last company

I worked for used Adobe Fireworks - why would that make me "not qualified" when I have

already proven that I am an experienced web designer and can quickly learn any software you

put in front of me.

The point is, companies appear to be taking the resume of the person who currently has the

job, copy/paste it onto a job posting, and then say here, we are looking for this exact person.

Well if that's the case, then the only person who's going to qualify is the person who already

has the job. My advice to companies, is stop being so lazy and take the time to actually read,

listen, and interview candidates who show confidence that they can do the job for a company

that they never worked for before!

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Saurabh Singhal, Yoghesh Krishnamurthy, Ravi Teja Challa, +331

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Peris Machogu

marketer at Esha Media Kenya

the copy paste strategy is really disheartening and I cant disagree with you,

potential to learn is more valuable

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Shailendra Baviskar

Operations

Very well put the realities/findings across ! This will reduce the efforts to get the

perfect match for the job !!

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Tim Heard 2

Senior Talent Acquisition Professional

Well, everyone has a theory. Mine is that this isn't necessarily helpful advice.

In many cases, the first person to look at a resume could be an individual in HR, who first

wants to make sure that what you're seeking comes close to what they are trying to fill. Bullet

points listing qualifications may sound like a good approach, but what if those bullet points

don't seem to be an exact match for the position? This person may lack enough knowledge of

the role to really make a judgement call, so you may be out.

You can just as easily accomplish the same thing though, without the bullet points, and tell

both what you're seeking, and what you offer. For example:

"Experienced bilingual customer service representative seeks lead customer service opportunity

with growing healthcare company."

I think it really depends on the level of the position for which a candidate is applying. If you're

seeking a customer service role, say it. Make it easy for the HR person. If you're seeking a VP

position, then really a list of qualifications isn't appropriate, you actually want to list your

accomplishments.

If you're applying for a .Net Developer role, then definitely begin at the top of your resume with a

list of your technical skills, which is another way of explaining your qualifications.

There's really no universally "right" or "wrong" way to craft a resume other than this:

You are better off tweaking your resume every time you apply for a job, and doing your best to

explain in the document how or why you're qualified for that specific position. Customized

resumes are much more likely to get positive responses than generic resumes that you hope

will be sufficient for a wide range of open positions.

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Ravi Teja Challa, dave adams, Greg Cox, +215

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Judi Blennerhassett

Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, Government& Corporate

Agree. But I shouldnt have to craft individualised resumes. These days most jobs

have core skills which a person either has or they dont. In short all PA jobs are

pretty much the same, therefore all PA resumes I submit should be pretty much

the same.

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David Robinson

BIT; M.Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

I follow the advice in this article as well as cater my resume to specific position

requirements, as Tim suggested. It still only scored me a whopping ONE callback

(which, thankfully, led to an interview, but I still didn't get the job) out of the 70-75

positions I applied for.

Maybe I'm being cynical, but it seems like the resume just isn't as crucial as it

once was. Regardless of the importance of a resume, the old cliche holds true: If

you're not getting interviews then you don't know the right people.

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★ Maria Fafard MA, PMP

Maria Fafard is a Project Manager | Facilitator | Technical Trainer | LinkedIn SME

I would recommend focusing on your digital presence more and on submitting applications less. Resumes

are becoming less relevant, while your LinkedIn profile importance has sky rocketed. Make your profile so

strong, relevant and appealing that the employers will come to you. Make your profile results oriented, create

an outstanding portfolio of your work in your profile, get educated about SEO - invest your time and effort in

this inbound marketing, and you will see results. Decide what companies you want to attract and

demonstrate to them that you are the person they want to hire by showcasing what you bring to the table in

a powerful way. See the following one pager for ideas on what to include in your work portfolio:

http://www.slideshare.net/MariaMarkinPMPCSM/the-best-kept-secret-for-making-smart-hiring-decisions-

24515812

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Samah Anwr, San toas, Wambui Kariuki, +46

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Deborah Joy Valentine

Valentine's Happy Healthy Hiding Place (Blog) & Author of Valentine's Verses

I am ridin' your wave Maria! Have spent the last few weeks developing my digital presence:

Cleaning up Facebook & LinkedIn learning settings, keeping up with news feeds; Twit up,

developing Blog and UTube on the horizon. Samples of work posted - - thinking event, marketing

& doc production talent. I don't want to share all my ideas:) I know some hate Smiley. My

sideline is inspiration and Smiley gets neurotransmitters and blood flowing! I avoid emoticons

otherwise.

Like(4) 4 hours ago

Faisal Shah, monique james, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, +1

Laura Lingle

More learning. Less waste. (tm)

I would LOVE to see companies using applicants' online presence, but they still insist on

making you spend three hours filling out their online applications that essentially force you to

retype your entire life.

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Cecilia Wittsell, Greg Cox, Oldea Modica, +20

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Michael Nelson

Experienced Training Professional

I generally list the top 6 skills that I possess that most fit the position I'm applying for. I I put

them under my title and in 2 columns, stacked 3 high.

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Rasoon Miskin, Emerald Bixby, Sally wei, +24

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Mark Goll, Parts/Inventory Controller

█▌▶ I help Service Organizations reduce inventory and increase Up Time

Wouldn't mind having a look at your resume example as well.

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Rutwij Kulkarni

Internship at DeltaProactive Risk Management Pvt. Ltd.

Hi Michael !! I would definitely like to have a look at your way of writing a resume.

Could you please email me the same ? Thanks in advance.

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David Urmann

CEO at Holiday Deals Pvt. Ltd.

Career objectives should not be overlooked by employers who are hiring. Its great to find the

employee who looks like they will solve a specific problem but its also important to ascertain

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the objectives of the individual so you can determine a long term fit with the organization. One

of the first questions I ask in every interview is where do you see yourself in five years.

Like(13) Reply(10) 9 hours ago

Mary Joy dela Rosa, Pratiksha Naik, Ajit John, +10

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Tang Lei 2

CFD / Thermal Engineer at Dongfang Electric Corporation

I cant agree more, "where do you see yourself in five years", I have been asked the

similar question once in a interview, last year exactly. It's essential for threcruiter to

know what are the career abojetives of the job seekers. And if I am a recruit, I will

also ask the same questions. In my opinion ,if the job seeker dont have some

certain skills the company needs, they can learn it, they can learn it with some

professional course, from books, from online training, from companies they are

working, form their coworkers. nowadays, for most of the skills are not hard to find

a way to learn it, but, if the job hunter do not hace a reasonalbe career objective, no

one will belive he/she will be a sustainable employee who can create value for the

company continuously.

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Mary Joy dela Rosa, Noreen Yusuf, and Darron Brandon

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Jorge Esguerra

Mechanical Engineer/Scientist with experience in system dynamics &

control, vibration, systems engineering and software

@Brent: I agree that the fluffiness is not worth having. I also agree that employers

and recruiters have become more "picky." But I am also picky in that I am looking

for specific opportunities that I know will match my experience and the career

direction that I want to move in. I am not sure why recruiters would have a problem

with this; it's my career to manage. It has nothing to do with "resume

standardization"-- (The concept of which is hilarious considering the wars that go

on in the Recruiting & Hiring groups. The only "standard" is that the candidate's

name appear on the resume.)

For a specifically targeted position, sure, there is no point in having an objective. It

is understood that the candidate wants the job that was applied for. But for a wide-

cast of a resume on a job board, or for an entry-level candidate who is not targeting

a specific job, I don't see why it wouldn't be acceptable to help narrow the

responses.

In my particular case (and in others' in this discussion) the "Objective" is a way of

guiding our careers in a direction that we want to go. While I' am sure it is a dream

of employers and recruiters to have completely passive candidates, there are an

increasing number of STEM (and other) professionals who want to take a more

active role in their career directions-- as one can see in the Millenials' "job

hopping." In other words, employees not looking for a lateral move often state that

on a resume in the form of a future "objective" that differs from their existing

experience.

"Besides, it's an unspoken, yet obvious truth that most people are lying to say

what the hiring manager wants to hear for those questions related to career

aspirations and ideal position anyways." -Brent Bates

So you are a recruiter and you think that the candidates are assumed to be lying

by being more up-front and specific in their job searches? I'm not sure how to

respond to that. It certainly makes more wary of working with recruiters.

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Wayne Schofield

Principal, S.E. Technical, LLC; Co-Founder/COO - Night and Day Resume

Sorry Ruben, but I disagree with the bullets on top. It's impersonal, redundant and lists of things

are exactly what a good candidate needs to stay away from.

I do agree that the career objective is passe. A summary section, which includes an objective

is extremely important, especially for a new grad, or someone looking to re-direct their career.

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Alex Gaskins

Social Media Coordinator at Deacon Designs

I'm all for the paragraph format, but everything depends on the applicant, the role, and the

company. So, to an extent, I disagree with Jamie despite her credentials.

My belief; if you're able to write your resume in a paragraph format like a feature article in

the News, you can draw the recruiter into your experience and be memorable.

Another reason for the paragraph format is to take full advantage of the more widely used

OCR resume scanning softwares. It's time to utilize SEO for your resume, but beware of

white fonting. Just DON'T do it.

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Jamie Cantrell

Client Communications Manager, Customer Experience at SAP

As a communications professional, I completely agree - However, unfortunately,

most recruiters simply don't have the time or interest to actually read through a

well-written paragraph. Why should they? The next candidate in the pile has a nice,

neat list of why they're the better choice. Save it for the cover letter.

Like(15) 9 hours ago

ZOHAIB HASSAN, Kim Annis, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, +12

Greta R. Schneider

Professional Resume Writer | Social Media Manager | SEO Content Writer

Good tips! Don't forget online applicant tracking systems (ATS) may sort resumes prior to

human eyes reading the content. It's important that a resume has the right industry and

position keywords/phrases to be parsed and tagged correctly for human resources personnel.

Submitting a resume with a simple format, matching qualifications, quantified success metrics

and a well-written cover letter offer a great combination to help win an interview invitation.

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Richard Robinson, Praveen Nagaraj, Rahul Dhall, +17

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Raed Nagm

Offshore Structure Engineer at Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company

i agree, also avoid fancy staff in borders and font

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John Amos

Owner, CEO at Resume MaTrix Resume Writing

There's a lady who knows what she's talking about!

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Chad Bumgardner

Lead HR Coordinator at Time Warner Cable

It would be nice if all of humanity could come to an agreement about the format, required

sections, and length of a resume. I actually think this is a good tip, but all resumes are

eventually subject to human eyeballs that are attached to individuals who might prefer one style

over another. While I'm at it, can the human species also come together and agree that cover

letters are no longer expected or required?

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Muhammad Abid Nazir, RoTimi Akinmoladun, MBA (Top-Linked)(6,400K+), Arathi

Retnaprabha, +9

1 Reply

James Zerfoss

Currently seeking an international work opportunity.

How about we just agree that resumes are useless! They do not measure ambition,

ability to learn things, or how well you work with others. The result is a bunch of

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uneducated guess work by HR people.

Like(7) 7 hours ago

Jacek Piechucki, Ivo Cataluna, RoTimi Akinmoladun, MBA (Top-Linked)

(6,400K+), +4

Donald White

Strategic Account Manager, Enterprise at SevOne Inc

The best advise I ever received in building my resume is to make it relevant to what the

company is looking for. Meaning you should not blast out one resume to twenty different

companies. Instead you should be sending twenty slightly different resumes to twenty

companies.

This does not mean lie, but instead match your skills to the verbiage the company is looking

for. Look at the buzz words in the job description. If you want to separate yourself, then take

the time to understand how the company you are applying for speaks. It doesn't always have to

be out-of-the-box thinking but simply showing you pay more attention that will make you stand

out.

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RoTimi Akinmoladun, MBA (Top-Linked)(6,400K+), Vanesa M., MPhys, Leonie Boreland,

+15

1 Reply

Raed Nagm

Offshore Structure Engineer at Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company

great tip, to detect how the employer think and what he wants

Like 1 hour ago

Roland Schwarz

Senior Product Engineer at Xela Innovations, Inc.

I do this. I get calls.

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Mutturaj Hulagabal, Paresh Teredesai,PMP, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, +5

2 Replies

Tiarra Earls

Master of Public Affairs Candidate at University of San Francisco

Scott Smith for the win!

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ARJUN KUMAR RAI

Scott Smith

Segment Communications at HID Global Identity Assurance

Lol, Roland, you get calls because you are an engineer. To that end, you would

probably get calls if you scribbled your resume down on a restaurant napkin.

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Muhammad Abid Nazir, Brenda DiAntonis, Mike Fruhbeis, +6

Macy Tyler

Account Manager at CleanBrands LLC

"Nobody cares about your career objective. Nobody cares. NOBODY!" Hahaha I love the

honesty! I just updated my resume today and this is making me want to go back and do a little

more updating.

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RoTimi Akinmoladun, MBA (Top-Linked)(6,400K+), Mutturaj Hulagabal, Paresh

Teredesai,PMP, +14

John Amos

Owner, CEO at Resume MaTrix Resume Writing

The whole bullet idea to start the resume is bad and here's why. Bullets were meant to draw a

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readers' eye to something specific within the resume. If you bullet the whole first part of the

document, nothing stands out. You need a 3-5 sentence paragraph touting qualifications

supported by current and relevant skills. Starting your resume isn't that hard, just break it

down...which are your qualifications and which are your skills.

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ANIL AZIZ, Faisal Ijaz, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, +4

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Jeff Hill

Owner and Principal Consultant at Hillside Marketing

I almost never read blocks of text (i.e., paragraphs) on resumes unless I've decided

the person is very interesting. Resumes with long narratives went straight to the

dumper.

Like(9) 9 hours ago

ARJUN KUMAR RAI, Douglas Senecal, Gregoria Guerrero-Cardenas, +6

Mark Wentlandt, RN

Staff RN, Transplant Medicine at Froedtert Hospital

Trolling advice articles on LinkedIn has become a new source of entertainment for me because

they're typically thinly veiled linkbait loaded with the most glaringly obvious boilerplate pablum,

but this?

It's actually useful. Caught me by surprise.

Great tips, Ruben.

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Jacek Piechucki, Janet Johnson, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, +10

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Chris Mergerson, MPAff

Louisiana Board of Regents Fellow & Doctoral Student, LSU Health

Sciences Center, School of Public Health

While I'm not sold on all of the advice in this article -- and I agree with commenter

Wayne Schofield's critique -- I agree that LinkedIn is becoming bloated with trite

career advice clickbait. It's not a good trend for its brand.

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Russ Knight

Storyteller | Career Development Partners | Global Outplacement | Coaching |

Recruiting | LinkedIn | Job search ministry

Amen Ruben Quintero! Tell me what problem you solve! Here is a trick: fold your resume in half

like a newspaper. If you can't sell them above the fold, they won't get any further. Good,

concise piece!

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Nagaraj C Shivaramaiah, Rebecca Camarena, Charlene Cooper, +11

Maria Landeros

Student at Oxnard College

I think this is an interesting look at resumes. Also I find pretty helpful to persons with limited

work experience since it draws the attention away from direct past work listings to skills you

may have.

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Nafees Imtiaz, ARJUN KUMAR RAI, Peter Frazier-Tripp, +8

1 Reply

Mohammed Kiswani

Barber at Jordán The Professional Mans Barber & Student at the University

of Washington Foster School of Business

I agree. Well said.

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David H Blair (31000+1st Level Connections) 2

Independent Business Owner at David Blair Consulting

It is a lottery really...do you try to satisfy the HR department or the management who actually

will offer the position. I personally never looked for the round peg as I am of the Tom Peters

school and I am looking for square pegs (weirdos). You really never want "suits" who will tell

you you are right, you need people to challenge you constantly!

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Arathi Retnaprabha, monique james, Nicole Franks, +8

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Erin Swanson Kelsch

Graphic Designer

While I agree you should have some sort of skill set listed or intermingled within your resume, I

still believe that it's what you've done that matters. No one cares if you have a million years of

experience. What were the results? How did you improve a company with your presence?

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ARJUN KUMAR RAI, Peter Frazier-Tripp, Ruben Quintero, +3

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Jacek Piechucki

Experienced VMware Wintel Consultant

I suppose Erin thought about accomplishments (the most wanted part of

CV/Resumes theses days) saying "What were the results? How did you improve a

company with your presence?". I forwarded my doc for reviews and one of most

commonly received notice was: "where are accomplishments" or "Your results

within these years at xxx?"

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Jose A. Burgos

Former process manager at Benjamin Moore & Co. Currently seeking new

carreer opportunities

Dear Erin

While I agree with your first statement , your second sounds more like a

contradiction.I believe most employers will appreciate if you bring some level of

expertise and skills to the job .

Now, if you try to sell a "million" years of experience or how you improved

your last company with your presence "just showing up to work", that is how

your resume may end up in the trash can.

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John Amos

Owner, CEO at Resume MaTrix Resume Writing

It's definitely a similar but different approach than I take to resume writing. Qualifications to start

a resume are great, but need to be supported by skills. Most employers want to know two

things.

1. Is this person qualified? (yrs of experience, areas you have that experience, education

completion, and any other certifications or classes you may have taken relevant to the open

position)

2. Do they have the skills to do the job? (I look in the job description for these as they are

usually listed in order to get an interview. Change them as necessary in regard to your skill set)

If you can get those two things across quickly in your opener, you will be successful in

attaining more interviews.

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Arlene Anna Nowak

Corporate Brand Strategist l Conference & Event Producer I Relationship Manager I

Strategic Partnership Developer

Bravo! This is the second interestingly written blog I have read today, which validates that

showing YOU is the key.

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ARJUN KUMAR RAI, Peter Frazier-Tripp, Latasha Singh, +3

KAT Stenson

A LEADER IN MEDICAL/HEALTHCARE SEARCH & CONSULTING. BobKat Confidential

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The problem is no one really thinks outside the box and studies the resume to see where you

might fit. You must be very specific. Taylor your resume for each position you qualify for. Send

it to that hiring manager not a general resume to a general set of eyes. Be specific . That

means you might be sending 3 customized resumes to 3 different hiring managers within one

company.

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