Anyone have tips on Resume

Look up top ads for jobs in his field and find some keywords to use. Most resumes go through AI before they’re seen by a person.

Write a good one. Print it out. Go down there and ask to hand it to a real person who actually has hiring authority instead of emailing it into a black hole.

Chances are good they will look at the kid like an alien when he shows up on site but it can't hurt. I told a kid this for a position recently and he got hired on the spot. He told me the people at his new job said "at least we know you will show up here."

Employers want conciseness in a resume. They are having to review 50 resumes for 1 position sometimes. They do not want to read books about people.

Focus on keywords and skills. 1 pagers are excellent! 2 pagers are fine.

Remove "mission statements, objectives, social skills, short bio." Those are all things that can be talked about in the interview.

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1 pagers are excellent! 2 pagers are fine.

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3 pages - I glance at it and think "this will be the pain in the arse employee".

Use a lot of profanity and misogynistic/homophobic terms. Let 'em know you ain't takin' orders from a lady boss or nancy boy.

Keep it one page, don't add much other than what's relevant to the job. Keep it basic, but make it look good. Managers want something they can look at to see if you are qualified.

Put name on top with contact info right under you name. I have my address, phone number, email under mine. You can put an objective, but I had a manager tell me he hates resumes with objectives. The objective is to obviously get the job.

List your primary experiences/job duties. Maybe give a sentence or two with a little information on what exactly you do. Then add "others" and list anything else that might catch their eye. Any type of software you are familiar with. Just something that shows "this guy meets the requirements and oh look, he is familiar with... we can use someone around here that knows a little bit about that"..

But again, don't fill it up with a bunch of bullshite, I have seen a manager look at a resume and say "Im not reading all of this shite" and threw it away.

Oh and don't put shite that has nothing to do with the job. Years ago there was someone applying for a job who recently graduated college in some type of art. The job had absolutely nothing to do with art, however; this person thought it was a bright idea to include some of their drawings. The response was "As if being an art major wasn't enough to not get the job, they decided to make it even worse by drawing shite and sending it with their resume".

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a resume should be specific to the job applied for. I don’t care about a life’s story just tell me where/when/what your experience is relative to the requirements of the job. That’s all I need to know

If you put your Resume on LinkedIn there's a search feature for your industry/area and you can shoot your resume directly to the hiring manager that listed the job.

Never go over two pages.

If you write a cover letter, make sure it’s specific to the company you’re applying for and not a generic one where you forget to change company information.