{"id":8056,"date":"2018-07-18T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=8056"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:17:49","slug":"bulletproof-your-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/bulletproof-your-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulletproof Your Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can you bulletproof your resume? Did you know that recruiters only spend an average of six seconds on each resume they review? Go ahead right now and time out six seconds. Not much time, huh?<\/p>\n<p>How do you keep recruiters reading longer than six seconds? How do you make your resume stand out? You include the most important information in the most important places.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">HR Fluff N\u2019 Stuff<\/h3>\n<p>Most of the time when I review a resume, it\u2019s full of fluff instead of substance. And any HR department worth their salt will sniff out fluff in a heartbeat! What does fluff look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wasted Words:<\/strong> You use words, too many words, to get your point across which is very wordy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Irrelevant Information:<\/strong>\u00a0Review everything from your high school education to objective statements and ask yourself, \u201cDoes this have anything to do with the job I am applying for?\u201d and, if not, <em>\u201cLet it go, Let it go\u2026<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Careless Composition:<\/strong> Garmamr adn seplilng aer ipmotarnt. Vrey ipmotarnt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the main areas of fluff that I see while reviewing resumes are in the bullet points that define your employment history. What\u2019s a bullet point? It\u2019s a carefully written, concise information containing relevant information pertaining to your experience (work, volunteer, military, etc.). Below are five keys to bullet proof your resume.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Five Keys To Bulletproof Your Resume<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>1) Each experience that you include in your resume &#8211; work, volunteer, military, etc. &#8211; should include <em>three\u00a0to five bullet points<\/em>. No more, no less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>2) Each bullet point should begin with an action verb in the proper tense. If it\u2019s a job you are currently working at, you would use the present tense. \u00a0If it\u2019s a former job, you guessed it, use the past tense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administered, advised, balanced, created, compiled, designed, organized, planned, supervised, taught, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>3) Use concrete information, such as money and numbers, when possible. Don\u2019t just say that you managed a lot of employees. What does that mean? Is five a lot of employees or is 500 a lot? Give it a number!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cManaged 10 employees.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFacilitated four Safety and Security employee trainings per year with a staff of 75 and a training budget of $10,000.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cServed 100 plus customers per week bringing in more than $2,500 in sales each week.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>4) Use complete sentences. Sentences use proper punctuation including adding a period at the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cReviewed 50+ physician referrals and patient medical records per week to formulate an accurate diagnosis.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5) Look at the job description bullet points for the job that you are applying for and, if applicable, work those bullet points into your bullet points. We call this <em>\u201creading the company mail.\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s like you were sitting around the table when the job description was being written and you have the inside scoop!<\/p>\n<p>As you work on your resume, remember that it is a professional snapshot that highlights you, your abilities, and your skills. Work at it to make it the best it can be!<\/p>\n<p>Need help to bulletproof your resume?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/careers_contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact a career professional on your campus or online.<\/a> Follow us on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stpetersburgcollege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spcnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/careerspc?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#careerspc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spcintern?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#spcintern<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23WorkforceSPC&amp;src=tyah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#workforcespc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruiters only spend on average six seconds on each resume they review. How do you keep recruiters reading? Learn how to bulletproof your resume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1581,"featured_media":7534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4,10],"coauthors":[102],"class_list":["post-8056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-news","tag-career-services","tag-internships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Bulletproof Your Resume, Make It Stand Out, and Keep Recruiters Reading<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recruiters only spend on average six seconds on each resume they review. 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