You found a job. That you’re dying to get When’s the last time. You took a look at your resume? Maybe. You don’t even have. Yet And what about a cover letter? The strength of these two materials will determine. Whether or not. You get an interview. This video I’m going to interview two employers who have done a lot of hiring and we’ll figure out the best possible way for you to present yourself with a resume to a perspective employer. For my non-native English students out there we’ll also have an English lesson at the end of this video on the word ‘can’t’ and how it’s sometimes pronounced like ‘can’ and how that’s confusing This actually happens in one of the interviews and we’ll study. That as an example.
Let’s talk resumes You might be surprised to hear. That the content of your resume comes second to readability. That’s right The format is actually. More important. What you say. Because a good format:. Someone will read. That A bad format:. Someone might not. Even read that so. It doesn’t matter. What it says. Cindy was the executive director of a non- profit in New York City. That nonprofit got a huge grant.
That required greatly expanding her workforce and across her career. She has evaluated literally thousands of resumes. Let’s see what she says about formatting Generally speaking I would say. What I look for in a resume or a CV is that it's super easy to read and very clear and not cluttered. >> So formatting >> Formatting Matters a ton. Because I can't. Even read it then it's hard to figure out. What I'm looking for I also asked a local small business owner Steve about this Steve. You did some hiring recently What about resumes stood out for you. You decided to put. Someone in the interview pile. What was it about the resume? Probably the biggest thing then. I look at is for uniformity within. That resume. So for both of these people their first response has. Nothing to do with content. They want a format. That allows them to easily skim to make a quick determination about whether or not. They are interested in someone If.
They can’t do. That quickly. They won’t bother with the resume. It automatically goes to the ‘no’ pile We want to make sure yours is in the ‘yes’ pile. Both Cindy and Steve went on to mention there’s no need for color on the resume and don’t put your picture on it. Unless that's required. The kind of resume you'll write depends on where. You are in your career and there are lots of examples to find online. Take a look at the work experience on this resume. It’s consistent The position is in bold with the location and dates below in italics.
It’s the same for both positions and there are bullet points beneath. Someone can take a look at this and quickly get the content. What about the content? Listen to what Cindy has to say about this When you're applying for specific roles. It is helpful to tweak your resume and use similar language and bullets from the job description on your resume. As long as it's accurate and true but if the job description says. That you have edited videos. You know that you've got specific type of software editing or whatever the verbs are. They are using to describe. What they're looking for if you've done those things. It is worth tweaking your resume so. That it mirrors the job description as much as. You can That's a great point Bring in the verbs specifically.
Yes like because there are. Some cultural things there Because an organization might use the word 'drive' for example and it connects to the organization's culture and you see. That through their job description. You can incorporate. That into your resume and your cover letter to use similar language to show. That you one are perceptive but also. That you are. Would connect with. That culture well What a great idea Have the job description in front of you and tweak your resume for that exact job. Look for the action words the verbs. This something you can truthfully put into your resume? Do. I was surprised to hear this: Places.
That are big companies for entry-level or maybe. Even mid-level jobs. Where they're hiring a lot of one job or a lot of similar jobs a lot of those companies use a HR software and will scan resumes and I look for keywords And so. That is why the matching the resume to the job description. I have not personally actually used. Any of those kind of softwares. I just know that they're used at some of the bigger places. That matching is also really important That's amazing So the first look at your resume isn't. Even from a human.
Let’s talk resumes You might be surprised to hear. That the content of your resume comes second to readability. That’s right The format is actually. More important. What you say. Because a good format:. Someone will read. That A bad format:. Someone might not. Even read that so. It doesn’t matter. What it says. Cindy was the executive director of a non- profit in New York City. That nonprofit got a huge grant.
That required greatly expanding her workforce and across her career. She has evaluated literally thousands of resumes. Let’s see what she says about formatting Generally speaking I would say. What I look for in a resume or a CV is that it's super easy to read and very clear and not cluttered. >> So formatting >> Formatting Matters a ton. Because I can't. Even read it then it's hard to figure out. What I'm looking for I also asked a local small business owner Steve about this Steve. You did some hiring recently What about resumes stood out for you. You decided to put. Someone in the interview pile. What was it about the resume? Probably the biggest thing then. I look at is for uniformity within. That resume. So for both of these people their first response has. Nothing to do with content. They want a format. That allows them to easily skim to make a quick determination about whether or not. They are interested in someone If.
They can’t do. That quickly. They won’t bother with the resume. It automatically goes to the ‘no’ pile We want to make sure yours is in the ‘yes’ pile. Both Cindy and Steve went on to mention there’s no need for color on the resume and don’t put your picture on it. Unless that's required. The kind of resume you'll write depends on where. You are in your career and there are lots of examples to find online. Take a look at the work experience on this resume. It’s consistent The position is in bold with the location and dates below in italics.
It’s the same for both positions and there are bullet points beneath. Someone can take a look at this and quickly get the content. What about the content? Listen to what Cindy has to say about this When you're applying for specific roles. It is helpful to tweak your resume and use similar language and bullets from the job description on your resume. As long as it's accurate and true but if the job description says. That you have edited videos. You know that you've got specific type of software editing or whatever the verbs are. They are using to describe. What they're looking for if you've done those things. It is worth tweaking your resume so. That it mirrors the job description as much as. You can That's a great point Bring in the verbs specifically.
Yes like because there are. Some cultural things there Because an organization might use the word 'drive' for example and it connects to the organization's culture and you see. That through their job description. You can incorporate. That into your resume and your cover letter to use similar language to show. That you one are perceptive but also. That you are. Would connect with. That culture well What a great idea Have the job description in front of you and tweak your resume for that exact job. Look for the action words the verbs. This something you can truthfully put into your resume? Do. I was surprised to hear this: Places.
That are big companies for entry-level or maybe. Even mid-level jobs. Where they're hiring a lot of one job or a lot of similar jobs a lot of those companies use a HR software and will scan resumes and I look for keywords And so. That is why the matching the resume to the job description. I have not personally actually used. Any of those kind of softwares. I just know that they're used at some of the bigger places. That matching is also really important That's amazing So the first look at your resume isn't. Even from a human.
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