Improve the Quality of Your Resume with These Tips

According to Business Insider, recruiters spend about 6 seconds scanning a resume to decide if they would like to setup an interview with the applicant. So how do you make your resume stand-out? Here are 10 Tips to help your resume stand out.

1. Use a readable and professional font. According to The Huffington Post, Garamond, Arial and Calibri fonts are perfect professional choices.

2. Make sure your resume is brief and easy to read.

3. Start with a strong summary statement about your career. For example, “–Business professional with over ten years of experience as an XYZ. My expertise extends to a, b and c.”

4. List no more than ten years of experience.

5. Quantify your career results. Never embellish. For example, “I increased the sales of XYZ by XX%.”

6. Avoid dense paragraphs. Bullet points are easily read.

7. Use proper grammar. Grammarly is a great program to help you achieve the correct grammar in your resume.

8. Proofread your resume backward. Doing this simple tip allows you to read slower and your eyes to focus on each word.

9. Read it out loud several times. Does it read correctly?

10. Let others read your final draft. Many times when someone else reads your work, they will see mistakes or give you unbiased tips to improve your resume.

Sometimes writing a resume can be a difficult task, but utilizing these ten tips will keep your resume on the top of the recruiter’s stack