How to Write an Eye-Catching Resume?

Have you ever wondered, why haven’t you been getting enough responses to your job applications even you do have superb work experience and higher education? Let’s find out!!!

Due to Covid-19, almost 50–70 percent of working professionals around the globe got affected, a lot of people lost their jobs, few are affected by pay-cut, few are also asked to take unpaid Vacations & rest are fed-up with the 12+ hours Work-From-Home facility given. All in All, most of the people are looking for jobs.

During June 2020, a few offices/ factories have started their operation and rolling out offers but this is not enough. Now, no job portals are much more helpful than LinkedIn. LinkedIn stated (source: Internet) that competition for jobs has increased near to 4 times more in the last few months, with the average number of applications per job posted on LinkedIn increasing from around 90 in Jan 2020 to 380 in Oct 2020.

Honestly speaking, there only a few numbers of jobs demand are in the Job market but the supply of candidates is 10–40 times higher (depending on Position and Industry). Hence if you really want to apply for a job & get noticed by a Recruiter, you must have an Eye-Catching resume with you.

Now Question is how to write an Eye-Catching resume? Here are a few tips;

1. Get some relevant keywords for your profile and Industry.

As like SEO for the website, Keyword plays a vital role in the job search. The best way to get keywords of your profile and industry is JOB Posting. Do not COPY & PASTE!!! Visit the job posting sites, read carefully the Job Descriptions, and get the KEYWORD that interest you. As you apply for different jobs, you should study each job description for keywords that show what the employer is looking for in an ideal candidate. Include those keywords in your resume where relevant.

For example, If you are applying for HR Manager, get some keywords like,” #Human Resource Manager”, “#Talent Acquisition Manager”, “#HR Generalist”, “#Payroll Specialist”, “#Compensation & Benefits Manager”, “#Employee Engagement Manager”, wherever you are core in.

2. Analyze a few resume examples of your Position & Industry.

You can get references from a number of free sample resume sites on the internet and refer it for your knowledge to write your resume. There are a few takeaways you must look into.

a. Create your resume simple and easy to read: Recruiters don’t have a lot of time to get engaged with your resume. Make it simple and straight forward. Highlight your key success points & achievements. It attracts recruiters.

b. Keep it brief: Keep each section of the resume short and to-the-point, including Summary & experience descriptions. Include only the key relevant information, and this will make the recruiter understand your fitness for the role.

c. Use Numbers: You might have experienced the numbers are more eye-catching than letters and also employers are highly responsive to measurable proven value.

For example; If you are HR Manager and you are involved in the Talent Acquisition field, you can mention, “Closed 80 positions in 3 months”, “Reduced TAT Up to 80%”.

3. Choose a better Resume template and use some professional fonts:

As discussed, the recruiter does have lesser time to review your resume, make it readable and attractive. Use a decent design template, clean fonts, and descent design colors as well. You should make sure to eliminate unnecessary blank spaces. Too many blank spaces, make the recruiter distracting and loses connection with your resume.

4. Keep the most relevant information and highlight it:

If you have extensive work experience, education, or certification, it’s very important to keep it and highlight it. Recruiters don’t spend a lot of time reading each and every sentence of your resume. Keeping highlighting them will attract recruiters to get into it. Try to include only work experience, achievements, education, and skills most relevant to the employer.

5. Use only active languages:

The use of active languages/power-words enhances your resume quality up to 40 percent. For example; “achieved”, ”accomplished”, “Responsible for”, “Completed”, “Managed”, “Led”, “organized”, etc. Use these power words where ever required.

6. Make Recruiter’s attention to your Achievements:

Keep a separate column for your achievement/contributions and write all your achievements throughout your career. You can keep your mastering skills as well in a separate column. This enhances your resume a lot.

7. Keep an appropriate Margin:

Keeping an appropriate margin of all sides will add points to your resume. If you have too much blank space, you may consider your lines spaced by 1.15 to 1.5. Again, too much margin on all sides will ruin your motive. Keep it as per the format and contents.

Lastly, you can use unique resumes for different job post but never ever try and create fake resumes, Recruiters are too smart to catch you up.

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