Elevate your resume: How to beat the seven-second barrier

Recorded: November 7, 2024

Many recruiters claim that they know within about seven seconds of looking at a resume whether to cut someone from the candidate pool. So how can job seekers capture the attention of managers and decision-makers to ensure they’ll advance to the next stage in the process?

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

• How to play nice with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Layouts, visuals, and stylistic options
• Action verbs: what they mean, how to use them, and why
• If you’re a candidate with decades of work experience, how do you condense that into 1-2 pages? And if you have little work history, how do you convey your professional qualifications?

Speaker

Deborah Jancourtz
Assistant Director of Career Education, Boston University Center for Career Development