The resume drafting process involves the 3 Rs: review, revise, and repeat. This is the method to draft, clarify, and refine your resume. Your resume is a continuous work in progress. It can always be improved, strengthened, and cleaned-up. Your resume should change as you gain credentials and experience. As information is added, the format of your resume may need to be revised. It would also be wise to have another person proofread your resume to catch careless errors such as typos and spelling mistakes. According to CareerBuilder, 61% of recruiters automatically dismiss a resume if it contains typos. Likewise, a candidate will be disqualified if words are misspelled. To avoid these oversights, review, revise, and repeat the resume drafting process. Additionally, punctuation errors can disrupt the readability and flow of a resume. Missing or misplacing a period, colon, comma or semi-colon can confuse a reader. Make sure that each punctuation mark is in the right place and avoid using exclamation marks! Other common mistakes include using the inappropriate tense. The description of your current position should be written in the present tense, while the responsibilities of prior jobs should be written in the past tense. You should check that you followed this rule and have not switched between tenses throughout the document by reviewing and revising where necessary. Make sure your resume is easy to read and error free. Otherwise, a recruiter will quickly discard your resume without deciding if you fit the position. Research at Ladders.com has shown that recruiters only spend an average of 6.25 seconds looking at a candidate’s resume before deciding whether he or she is a fit for a job. It is critical to your success to continuously review and revise your resume so a recruiter does not discard it because of careless errors. By following the resume drafting process, a candidate’s resume should get passed the recruiter’s initial review because the errors will have been caught and corrected.
COVID & Coaching
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