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News, tips, and updates from RedRocketResume.The Simple 1-2-3 Formula for Writing Powerful, Accomplishments-driven Bullet Points for Your Resume
Strong bullet points are the star of most any professional resume. Here’s a 1-2-3 formula to help you engineer powerful, accomplishments-driven bullet points for your resume.
How a Recruiter Reads a Resume (in 4 minutes, 37 seconds)
You submit a job application, your resume makes it past ATS, and it lands on the hiring manager’s desk.
Then what??
Here are the 5 steps every recruiter uses to quickly evaluate if a resume should be advanced to the interview phase.
5 Steps to a World-Class Resume in 2019
Our goal at RedRocketResume isn’t to deliver resumes that look good. Our goal is to create resumes that work. That means resumes that give hiring managers the information they need to identify you as the person best qualified to solve their problems and make their businesses run better. One of the ways I keep RedRocketResume up to date with current hiring practices is partnering with recruiters and career coaches. This helps us align our deliverables with what works in the real-world job...
Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Professionally Written Resume to Apply for a Job
You’ve paid good money for a professionally written resume. It’s modern, clean, readable, and accomplishments-driven. It’s perfectly error-free, and it represents your unique professional brand. You’re ready to shoot that resume to the next good-fit job opening you see, right? Wrong. No matter how well-crafted your resume, it isn’t yet ready for prime time. The reason is simple: ATS. Head here for a quick refresher on what ATS is and how companies use it in the hiring process. In short, you...
How to Use LinkedIn to Connect with a Real Person When Applying for a Job
Most people know how to find jobs online and apply for the jobs they find. But one of the biggest frustrations I hear from job seekers is the difficulty of making sure your application reaches a real, live human being—and that that person will actually give your application some real consideration. Fortunately, you have a powerful weapon in connecting directly and personally with the hiring manager of your target position. LinkedIn is a huge resource for companies posting jobs and recruiters...
