6 Ways To Get Your Resume Noticed In 15 Seconds

An excerpt from reCareered's 1/31/12 newsletter that give 6 tips on how to get your resume noticed by screeners' quick visual scans ...

It's a well known fact in the recruiting and HR world that hiring managers/HR reps/recruiters spend an average 15 seconds deciding if you make it to the interview pile ... or if your resume gets discarded.

Keep in mind this is an average ... recruiters/HR reps spend more time on those candidates that make the cut, but less time on those who are discarded (about 5-8 seconds).

If your resume makes it through the ATS screen, it goes through a human pre-screening by HR reps, recruiters, or (in really small companies) an admin. This is where you get your 15 seconds of fame ... or discard.

During these 15 seconds, your reader decides more than just if you get the interview or the scrap pile. Almost as important, they also form critical first impressions that can lead to feeling that you're a superior candidate ... or that you're too old (ageism), that your sills have gone soft (bias against job loss), that you're overqualified, that you're a commodity that looks just like everyone else.

Here's 6 tips to give yourself a better chance of landing the interview by passing your 15 second screen test:

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