| Especially as the job market continues to tighten, it's | | | | impression" does it make? What does it say about |
| important that it performs well and delivers the result | | | | you? |
| you're looking for - an invitation to interview. | | | | If you don't make a good first impression, not only will |
| Interview Secrets Click here | | | | you not score the interview - there's a good chance it |
| Are you confident yours is effective? Is it the dynamic | | | | won't get more than a passing glance. Poof. 10 |
| document it needs to be? | | | | seconds and your shot at an interview goes up in |
| Don't forget...you could be playing to a tough audience. | | | | smoke. |
| The reader is often a stranger with little or no prior | | | | How exactly do you make a good impression with a |
| knowledge of who you are and what you're all about. | | | | piece of paper? |
| He or she is going to make a professional assessment | | | | 1) You know what's unique about you, and you |
| based on what you've written, and you're not going to | | | | communicate that uniqueness clearly. Right out of the |
| be given a lot of time to make your case. | | | | gate. What makes you different than the legions of |
| With so much at stake, why do so many candidates | | | | other candidates vying for the same position? Don't |
| continue to submit resumes that don't get more than a | | | | expect the reader to figure it out. |
| passing glance? Why do so many resumes fail? | | | | 2) You don't make any mistakes. No typos. No spelling, |
| They don't make a good first impression. | | | | punctuation, or grammatical errors. If you submit a |
| You need to consider the first connection between | | | | sloppy resume, what reason will the hiring manager |
| your resume and the reader as carefully as you do | | | | have to think you'll be a sharp employee? |
| the first face to face meeting you have with any hiring | | | | 3) Your resume looks good. It's laid out and organized |
| manager. Within the first few seconds of meeting that | | | | well. There's plenty of white space. The font isn't so |
| person, he or she has formed an impression of you. | | | | small that it takes a magnifying glass to decipher the |
| Fair or not, accurate or not, a judgment has been | | | | text. You don't submit your resume in the form of a |
| made...and once that's happened, it can be very difficult | | | | novel - keep it succinct. You understand that the first |
| to change their view of who you are. | | | | read isn't going to be a read at all...it's going to be a |
| Job Interview Skills Click here | | | | scan. So you make sure you've laid it out so the |
| And so it goes with your resume. What kind of "first | | | | reader can pull important information out quickly. |