The last post you will need to read about your resume
You know that thing that you just spent hours updating and feverishly changing past tense to present tense and deciding if you should write in third person? Well, chances are a recruiter is only going to look at it for about 10 seconds and decide whether they want to pick up the phone and call you. This post is intended to break down the resume into 4 key areas with the perspective of a recruiter so you can help get that call. 1. Header Example: Lets take a look at the header of my resume from 2010 vs 2013: Elliot Hayes San Francisco, CA Email: @gmail.com Phone: (***) *** **** Objective: Successful and driven sales professional with proven success in technical roles. Consistently produced strong results, while creating meaningful and profitable partnerships with clients. Feedback: boring font, big name, has an objective check but it is a bit unclear. I would rate this about 50% of all resumes that I see and would have to dive in deeper to find out more abou