The Secret to A Great Resume: You Have To K.I.S.S. It!
Posted on April 26, 2012 by Pamela McKingley, One of Thousands of Career Coaches on Noomii.
Employers receive tons of resumes a day and if your resume has more decoration than clear content, it may be thrown away before it's given a fair shot
If you want to guarantee your resume gets the right attention from recruiters, employers, etc, keep it simple!
One of the biggest mistakes professionals and job seekers make is loading their resumes (and LinkedIn profiles) with too much fluff. It’s the idea that using so-called buzz words and giving them selves inflated titles makes them seem more important. It doesn’t. It just makes your resume harder to read because the reader now has to decode your resume which can be frustrating and a bit annoying.
Also, recruitment pros can read through the fluff so even though your resume reads “Organized Retail Crime Specialist,” we see “Security Guard” or “Mall Cop,” and it gives the impression that you are trying way to hard and probably don’t have the concrete skill sets I’m looking for.
Your resume (and LinkedIn profile) should be easy to read and should clearly state what you’re looking for, what you’ve done, and why you’re worth interviewing. Keep it simple!
