I’m not getting any hits with my resume…

Is it the resume or is it your approach? Your experience is your experience - can’t really change that overnight. What you can change is how you market & portray yourself. Portray being the key word. Perception is reality.

I tell everyone, I’m a recruiter not a resume writer. In fact, I paid someone $500 to write my resume which I never had to use but it made me feel good knowing it was done right and handy should the day arise.

How important is a resume? I would say on scale of 1-10, a 6. I have landed major jobs for candidates with horrible looking resumes. For that to happen you really need to be well known in your industry or be in super high demand with your specialization. Would it make my job easier if everyone sent me a nice word & pdf version well laid out and well written, of course but that will never happen. As part of our service, if we feel a candidate is marketable and industry asset – we can tighten up the resume and create a profile / presentation to increase their stock.

My advice is simple. Spend some time on the resume, make sure to keep it updated as much as possible and use a nice, clean template or pay someone who can help. Equally important, make sure your LinkedIn profile matches up exactly with your resume (dates, job titles, etc). It drives us crazy when we get a resume with spelling errors, inconsistent font choices, bullets and margins jacked up, weird personal interests, the list goes on and on. 

The goal is to present yourself in such a way that someone can quickly glance at your resume, LinkedIn profile, google your name and feel confident you got your act together and your information checks out. If you do that, you will get action.  

Greg
RaezerConnect