Resume Relevance is everything!

‘Generic’ or ‘basic’ resumes are a waste of time

Australian and New Zealand research found that recruiters most appreciated in résumés:

relevant experience
relevant qualifications
quality format.

In other words they want to see resume relevance to the available position.

The sole purpose of a résumé is to sell YOU strongly enough to secure an interview.

To do that it must make an impression and show relevance: that is, describe your skills, your achievements and all your positive qualities that can benefit a prospective employer: that are relevant to the particular position.

Your resume responding to an advertised position should be tailored specifically to that position and exclude information that is irrelevant to that position.

If you want a new resume with no particular position in mind, find a ‘job description’ in the ‘positions vacant’ that matches (as closely as possible) the position that you want and then prepare your resume accordingly. To be relevant, your resume must use the words used in the job description.

Finally it’s official! Recruiters are put off by spelling, punctuation and grammatical mistakes because they indicate that you are careless, lack attention to detail and aren’t prepared to make the effort to ‘get it right’.

REMEMBER Resume Relevance Is Everything!

Make sure you have a relevant resume here.