“Glimpse and a Hook” by Michael Lopp
Generally speaking, I think the reading is good. From an experienced recruiter’s point of view, all the problems he pointed out are quite straight forward and realistic. He provides great knowledge on how people in his position check a resume. 30 seconds seems cruel to job finders who use months to prepare for a good resume. However, I disagreed with some points given by the author. For example, he thinks a cover letter is a kind of waste time. However, if a job finder does not prepare a cover letter. The resume may be described unprofessional by the front line recruiters. Which means the resume even do not have a chance to get into the department header’s hands. From my point of view, he can check a review uses his first pass and second pass method is because his position, experience and power. His fellows have already done the fundamental jobs for him. However, I think his suggestions are very useful for us. Such as be special in the resume, sound like a human and include irrelevant experience. At lease, I am going to consider all these suggestions when I prepare my own resume.
“Build the Resume Employers Want” by Barbara Mulligan
I think the information provided by this article is much more practical and useful for students. It tells in details about the points students should take care when prepare a resume. Such as the content in a heading, the paragraphs sequence and the color of a resume which are points students usually ignore. Work experience is a critical part in a resume. However, that’s not enough to surprise the recruiters. It is important to specify what kinds of activities do students perform and lessons learnt from the job experience.
Generally speaking, it is not easy to perfume a good resume. Different students have different backgrounds. Different recruiters have different standards. Be honest and well prepared, that are the things students can do.
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