Tony Beshara

Since 1973 as America's #1 Placement and Recruitment Specialist I've helped thousands of candidates find the job they're looking for.

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…five biggest resume mistakes


09/25/2008

1. people overestimate the value of a resume…it isn’t going to get you a job…sending it, thinking that it is magical, is an error…it may not even get you an interview

2. the average resume gets read in 10 seconds…don’t think someone is reading and digesting what you wrote…if you don’t get their attention in 10 seconds, it isn’t working

3. people underestimate the number of resumes they are competing with…on average …300

4. people overestimate the qualifications of the people who will screen, read and or “pass” their resume along…if you think the “right” people are reading your resume..you are wrong…

5. people write the wrong content on their resume…they write what they understand about themselves …forgetting that unless they are clear about what their company does and what they do, most people won’t understand it…if your resume can’t be understood by a high school senior…who doesn’t know you…you are writing the wrong content…



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2 Comments on article “…five biggest resume mistakes”

Mara

March 11th, 2010 at 4:30 pm

I left professional selling to purse nursing school. now I have found out I’m more suited for outside sales. My question is about live references from my years as a sales rep. and do you think its okay to show the proven track recorded even though its been years?

Tony Beshara

March 18th, 2010 at 9:32 pm

sure…it is what you have to sell…it might be hard to get intnerviews with simply sending a resume…so pick up the phone and call a sales manager and get an interview…
try to find your old sales managers and get them to help you…call every old friend in sales you can remember …read my blog entries …they will tell you how to start and sustain a job search…also go to http://www.thejobsearchsolution.com

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