Facebook recruiter told what employers are looking at in resume

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A Facebook recruiter in the Quora topic answered the question about what attention is paid to in the resumes of people who apply for jobs. For obvious reasons, the user decided to remain anonymous, but his detailed and very useful answer does not give reason to doubt his experience, the newspaper writes Lifehacker.

What pay attention to the resume

1. Last post. The first thing I look at is the last person post. Did he quit or were he fired? How long did it work and what tasks did it perform? It is very important to get answers to these questions.
2. Recognition of the company. It is much easier to understand how professional a person is, based on the name of the previous company in which he worked. When I see the name of a well-known company in a previous job, for me it is a reason to put a mental plus on a person.
3. Overall experience. Was there a career growth? Did the complexity of the tasks increase? Does the job title match the job?
4. Search by keyword. If I’m looking for a programmer, I don’t care how good a person is in managing business projects. In this case, the Ctrl + F combination helps me a lot. I’m just looking for keywords in the resume.
5. Breaks I have nothing against long breaks, but please explain what you were doing at this time. Didn't work for three years? Great, but I need to know why. Raised a child? Tried to run your business? Tell about it in the summary.
6. Presence on the web. My favorite part of my job is to look for a job applicant in social networks. Twitter, Facebook - they can say much more about you than a resume. Therefore, if you want to get a job, you should take care of the adequacy of your profile on social networks.
7. Making a resume. Errors, length, clarity and clarity.

What is most often ignored

1. Education. Experience above all.
2. Ruches in the design of the resume. I love beautiful and creatively designed resumes, but most recruiters chase your resumes through special programs and leave only the text in them. Therefore, it is best to send a standard type of resume in PDF and not tempt fate. The recruiter may not like your sense of beauty.
3. Personal information. Marital status, the presence of children, illness, photos - all this is almost indifferent to me.

What you need to stop doing

1. Use templates MS Word for resume.
2. Write a resume from the first person. Unless you did it very creatively.
3. Stretch resumes on a huge number of pages. One or two pages maximum.
4. Deceive.

It should be understood that these tips are not ideal, because they are given by one recruiter who looks at everything from his bell tower. However, they will help you get rid of major mistakes and, perhaps, increase the chances of getting the desired job.

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