Jun Kwon - Response 2

You had me at first glance!

I have to say I agree with many parts of these articles. We often put several hours of effort to write a resume, which may determine our future life. However in these articles, they describes the reality of the resume reviewers, most of the resume are reviewed within 10 ~ 30 seconds. If you don’t pass the first 10 seconds - name and experience (employment history), chances are bottom half of the resume won’t even be reviewed. The main idea of two articles is your resume need to be bar bone, down to earth. Where everything is simplified and be able to reviewed within teen seconds by any person. No frills and deep details are welcomed. Sometimes we need to forget about what we’ve learned in the past. Some might say we have to write the cover letters, but unless it is required, it is need to find their way into short paragraph of Objective section. Again, it is all about efficiency. If all the recruiters start to proof read every single resume, everyone in the job market will have to wait years. Building a resume needs to tell about you, but not necessarily all about you. If they are interested in, and want to know more about you, there’s a chance to ask about during time called “interview”. The whole point is while it keeps its conciseness for easier review, you also have to spice it up just enough to interest them. Maybe it is good time to dig up my old resume and go into major operation. Who knows? It was the one gets thrown away less than 10 seconds.