Best Ways Your Resume Can Get Noticed
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Best Ways Your Resume Can
Get Noticed
Increase Your Ranking On Applicant
Tracking Systems When you’re applying through job boards or the
employer’s website, there’s a good chance your resume
is going through an Applicant Tracking System.
Employers use it to filter out the most relevant job
applicants based on key word match relevancy.
Making the cut is not easy.
Under a typical scenario, there may be 400 resumes, but
only the top 20 ranked resumes get reviewed.
To make the cut, make sure the skills and qualifications
in the job posting are in your resume.
Send It To The Hiring Manager
Go to LinkedIn and identify the hiring manager, or if you
cannot find them, then get the HR manager.
Then send the resume on good paper in an 8×10
envelope directly to them, with a handwritten address
to make it look personal.
Since they will be inclined to just push this into the
Applicant Tracking System, you need to make it stand
out right up front.
A great direct mail trick is to put a post-it on it with a
hand-written message.
Put In A Call
Many job applicants approach job searching reactively.
They submit their resume and wait for the call, but to
get noticed, it pays to be aggressive.
Wait 2-3 days after submission to call.
You’re not calling to ask, “Did you get my resume?”
People hire people they like, so your goal is to build
rapport with the right contact, asking the right
questions and demonstrating you have the experiences
and skills they are looking for.