Writing Resumes – The Psychotic Way
Writing a proper resume is a skill that everybody should learn; kind of like riding a bike, learning to drive and reading the Kama Sutra. It’s just that important.
More than just determining whether or not you’ll get an interview, a resume can pave your path throughout your career; a shoddy, unfocused resume, and you’ll be facing a shoddy, unfocused career.
With the majority of the Fortune 1000 companies utilizing resume screening software – and 80% of resumes screened for keywords alone as a rejection mechanism, it’s entirely likely that your resume will never grace human eyes. If it ever does, your resume has to impress. Provided you beat the keyword screening, if you’ve said “Computer Programmer” 162 times across two sentences, you’re not likely to get the job.
HR Managers are not the enemy (ok, well, maybe the lazy, mean ones are); the majority of them are hard-working, overwhelmed, and asked to take an impossibly wide target market and skim it down to 3-5 candidates. Inefficiency in targeting aside, if you want an 8-5 job, you just have to play the game; Psychotic Resumes will just give you the Strategy Guide.
On the right, you’ll see the latest blog posts on Resumes and a way to access the Psychotic Resumes eLearning series that covers everything from crafting the perfect resume and cover letter, to acing your interviews, to figuring out your lot in life.
