Recruiters spend less than 10 seconds reviewing a resume.   If your resume fails to show how your background specifically relates to the job requirements in this 10 second window, you may be in for a long job search.

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Top Questions Asked at Job Interviews - Recently, ResumeDoctor.com surveyed over 2,000 recruiters and hiring managers worldwide in order to find out what questions are most frequently asked during job interviews. Participants came from a variety of industries, including information technology, marketing and sales, finance, and healthcare.
  1. Describe your ideal job and/or boss.
  1. Why are you looking for a job? Why are you leaving your current position?
  1. What unique experience or qualifications separate you from other candidates?
  1. Tell me about yourself
  1. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  1. Describe some of your most important career accomplishments.
  1. What are your short-term/long-term goals?
  1. Describe a time when you were faced with a challenging situation and how you handled it?
  1. What are your salary requirements?
  1. Why are you interested in this position? Our company?
  1. What would your former boss/colleagues say about you?
  1. What are the best and worst aspects of your previous job?
  1. What do you know about our company?
  1. What motivates you? How do you motivate others?
  1. Are you willing to relocate?
Recruiter "Pet Peeve" Survey - Recently, ResumeDoctor.com undertook the immense project of conducting a survey of over 2,500 recruiters / headhunters throughout the US and Canada to find out their "Pet Peeves" with resumes. These recruiters stemmed from varied specialties and industries, (Engineering, Information Technology, Sales and Marketing, Executive, Biotech, Healthcare, Administrative, Finance, etc.). ResumeDoctor.com sought to find out what the recruiter’s likes and dislikes in a resume and what is going to get a resume read by them.

Here are the top twenty Results of the Survey. Click each item for a detailed discussion.

  1. Spelling Errors, Typos and Poor Grammar
  1. Too duty oriented – reads like a job description, failing to explain the job seeker's relevant accomplishments
  1. Missing dates or inaccurate dates
  1. Missing contact Info, inaccurate, or unprofessional email addresses
  1. Poor formatting – boxes, templates, tables, use of header and footers, etc.
  1. Resumes organized by job function as opposed to chronological by employer
  1. Long resumes – greater than 2 pages
  1. Long, dense paragraphs – no bullet-points
  1. Unqualified candidates – candidates who apply to positions for which they are not qualified
  1. Personal info not relevant to the job
  1. Missing employer Info and/or not indicating what industry in which the candidate worked
  1. Lying and misleading - especially in terms of education, dates and inflated titles
  1. Objectives and meaningless introductions
  1. Poor font choice or style
  1. Resumes sent as PDF files, Zip files, faxes, or mailed resumes; i.e. not sent as a WORD attachment
  1. Irritating Pictures, graphics or URL links
  1. No easy-to-follow summary of skills and accomplishments
  1. Resumes written with 1st person references, or in the 3rd person
  1. Unexplained gaps in employment
  1. Burying important info in the resume

"Pet Peeve" Survey Responses - We've presented a sampling of our "Pet Peeve" survey responses for you to browse through. Read the problems recruiters have with resumes in their own words.
"Pet Peeve" Survey Responses

The Truth About "Resume Blasting" - Recently, ResumeDoctor.com contacted over 5,000 recruiters and hiring managers throughout the US and Canada regarding the success of using online job postings.

Over 92% of those surveyed reported being inundated with irrelevant responses to their job postings. Most participants indicated that they receive hundreds of responses per online job posting.

Other complaints included:

  • Majority of resumes do not match the job description. [71%]
  • Job seekers "blasting out" unsolicited resumes. [63%]
  • Job seekers fail to follow specific resume submission instructions found in job post. [34%]
Click Here to Read More about our Findings.

Calculate Your Odds Of Getting a Job! - The U.S. Department of Labor has finally released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). Using this data, coupled with unemployment statistics, ResumeDoctor.com can now calculate your odds of getting a job. By entering your geographic region and industry, our web site will perform a job supply vs. job demand analysis to present you with your statistical odds of getting employment.
Click Here to Calculate Your Odds Of Getting a Job!

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