How To Make Your Resume Stand Out With These 7 Simple Tweaks

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How To Make Your Resume Stand Out With These 7
Simple Tweaks
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1. Custom Objective

• Most candidates would never do this. However,
  this one change can help you get noticed in the
  first place. Align your objective with the role
  youre applying for by making only a few changes
  to the Objective section. It does not imply that
  you must create a new resume for each job
  application. All we mean is that you should
  include a few lines in your objective section
  describing how you are a good fit for the role
  based on the job description. Use keywords from
  the job posting to make your objective stand out.
  Interviewers often read only the objective
  closely and skim through the rest at a glance.
  So, why not catch their attention right away in
  the objective section? If a job description
  states that you should be coordinating with
  development teams to determine application
  requirements, add to your objective that you are
  a team player willing and able to coordinate
  with peers and understand the requirements. Its
  as simple as that.

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2. The Briefer the Better

• Your resume should ideally be two pages long. Try
  to summarise your experience in two pages. No
  recruiter would have the time to read your entire
  resume. Concentrate on the objective section,
  headers, and sub-headers that they will most
  likely read. Eliminate the fluff to make it crisp
  and concise. Try to describe your
  accomplishments, achievements, education,
  interests, and so on in a few words. We agree
  that it is not easy as it sounds. Remember,
  Simple is the most complex thing. So, you have
  to really put in your brain and time to get your
  resume short, and concise. By being short and
  concise, we not only respect the recruiters time
  but also get an opportunity to grab their
  attention by being short. Not many will be able
  to introduce themselves greatly in a short time.
  You are the one!

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3. Visual Treat

• Make your resume visually appealing. Use
  professional fonts, have enough spacing, and
  dont put much emphasis (bold, italics,
  underline, etc) on text unless absolutely
  necessary to highlight. Ensure you use the right
  font sizes too. Not too small, nor too big.
  Furthermore, a resume is not a place to display
  your artistic creativity by using a lot of
  coloring or other highlighter elements. To make
  it more appealing and stand out, your resume
  should be with minimal design elements.
  Appealingly highlight your accomplishments and
  objectives so that your resume is a visual treat
  for those who read it. Remember to keep the
  number of colors, fonts, and other elements to a
  minimum. There are tons of resume templates that
  are professional, corporate, and modern. Choose
  one that matches your industry.

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4. Cover Letter

• When applying for a job, a cover letter is often
  overlooked. Few people apply for jobs with cover
  letters. However, having one demonstrates your
  seriousness in applying for a job. A resume will
  only talk about your skills. But a cover letter
  is proof of your attitude. That demonstrates your
  level of professionalism when applying for a job.
  Cover letters might not seem like a mandatory
  option. But still having one will make your
  resume and application stand out. If you can
  match the theme (fonts, colors) to that of your
  resume itself it would be even great. A cover
  letter can have just a few words asking them to
  review your resume and application and then talk
  about why youre the right fit for the role. You
  could also write about how you plan to use this
  opportunity to grow personally while also helping
  the company grow.

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5. Numbers Matter

• Numbers and metrics are always easy to
  understand. Wherever possible try to quantify
  your experience and success stories with numbers.
  This can portray to your hiring manager what kind
  of an impact you have created in your previous
  workplace. Instead of saying that you worked as a
  Sales Manager, you can tell that you have made
  50 sales and over a month consistently for 12
  months. Instead of saying you worked as an SEO
  Expert, you could tell that you have ranked X
  pages in Googles for Y competitive keywords Do
  you see the difference? Absolutely thats how you
  should talk about your success stories.

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6. Optimize for ATS

• Most companies today use an Applicant Tracking
  System (ATS) to assist them with the recruitment
  process. ATS would help to collect, and scan
  resumes based on the keywords and shortlists the
  best suitable resumes for the next round of
  discussion. Your resume might not even be read by
  a human while shortlisting the load of resumes
  they receive. Do you know that for each job
  application more than 250 resumes are received?
  Will it not be a strenuous job to read, scan and
  shortlist from all those manually? Thats where
  AI-enabled ATS comes to play. So, you have to
  tweak your resume for the bots. Only if your
  resume passes over this ATS check it can get to
  the next level in the recruitment workflow. Pro
  Tips Copy your job description and paste it into
  some online word-cloud generator so you know what
  are the frequently used terms. Just make sure
  your resume has enough of such terms. Those are
  probably the keywords that ATS might look after
  in your resume. Another tip is that you have a
  My Expertise section in your resume and mention
  all your soft skills and hard skills which will
  all be keywords that ATS could pick.

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7. Proofread

• If you have made a mistake and havent given the
  time and effort to correct it, you are committing
  another mistake. Yes, we are talking about
  proofreading here. Better writing takes a lot of
  rewriting and proofreading. That is fantastic if
  you followed all six of the above suggestions
  when creating your resume. However, it is not
  complete without proofreading. Read your resume
  several times to check not only for typos and
  grammatical errors but also for flow. Is your
  resume seamlessly talking about your professional
  career in reverse chronological order? Do you see
  a jump, a gap that hinders the flow? Check for
  all these aspects and keep it close to perfect.
  We hope you found this interesting. We are
  confident that if you implement all seven of
  these changes to your resume, you will easily
  impress recruiters and stand out from the crowd.
  Once you have your resume ready, we welcome you
  to upload it to our portal by registering as a
  Jobseeker here.

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