This person usually has the mandate to trim down a ghastly
number of resumes down to a manageable number.
Not exact matches
After a
number of flat days, the market begins to sell off again and
resumes the primary
down trend
Calls for Curtis to leave her post
resumed last year after figures compiled by the Association
of Leading Visitor Attractions showed visitor
numbers fell by 10 % in 2013,
down from 1.53 million to 1.38 million — compared with the 5 million who visited the Tate Modern.
A solid referral can significantly cut
down on the
number of resumes you need to send out in order to land that job.
Regardless
of the actual
numbers, the point is, you have to make a good first impression — and that's all
down to your
resume.
Most likely, the recruiter will take the
resumes and sort them into qualified and not qualified, and then narrow those
down until there's a reasonable
number of people.
These services generally have a
number of professionals on staff including a translator, interpreter, editor, and
resume specialists so you know you are getting the
resume you need to nail
down that career posting.
Therefore, one
of the usual ways the employer can trim
down the
number of applicant is to look into their
resumes.
In your
resume, play
down the industry
of your former positions and play up other aspects
of the company (revenue,
number of people, ranking, etc.) that may be similar to the companies you're now targeting.
This practice doesn't feel fair but cuts
down dramatically on the
number of resumes hiring managers or recruiters have to read:)
So, to the hiring personnel, the
resume is a means
of trimming
down the
number of applicants to be invited for interview.
Recruiters and hiring managers are getting bogged
down with the
number of incoming
resumes they are receiving.
Yet after reading her
resume I could see instantly that there were a
number of prominent spelling mistakes and grammar issues in her
resume that were letting her
down, compromising her image and probably costing her the interview.
These
resume often include lists so the eye can easily scan categories and the skills that go with them such as OS, Software, Hardware, Networking, Languages, Scripts etc., and on occasion I've seen these lists creatively broken
down into the
number of years
of experience using them and / or the candidate's proficiency level.
Since the primary job
of sales professional is to play with
numbers, a winning sales
resume is one that lays
down the evidence
of the candidate's competence through numerical statistics.
Applicant tracking systems help recruiters narrow
down the
number of resumes they will consider.
Resumes are then whittled
down to only include those that have the most
number of «hits,» i.e., keywords and other critical data.
The goal at this stage is to reduce this stack
of resumes down to a manageable
number, perhaps the top 10 or 20.
A best practice is taking these phrases directly from the job posting, as those are probably the keywords hiring managers will use to whittle
down the
number of resumes they personally view.