【英语翻译(MORE:ThreeLittleWordstoNeverSayinanInterview)Adatadump.Denseblocksoftextarethekissofdeath.“Thelayoutofthecontentisjustasimportantastheactualcontent,”saysTheLadders’jobsearchexpertAmandaAugustine.“W】
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dump.Denseblocksoftextarethekissofdeath.“Thelayoutofthe
contentisjustasimportantastheactualcontent,”saysTheLadders’job
searchexpertAmandaAugustine.“Whitespacedoesrule.”Inthe
eye-trackingexperiment,TheLaddersfoundthatrecruiterslookmore
intentlyatuncluttered,well-organizedresumesandonlineprofiles.Usea
boldfonttodelineatedifferentpartsofyourresume,andusebullet
pointssparingly.”It’snotalaundrylist—it’saapieceofmarketing
material,”shesays.
Pictures.Ifyourresumeorprofileonasite
likeLinkedInhasyourphoto,arecruiterisn’tgoingtospendanylonger
lookingatit.Instead,they’lljustspendvaluableseconds—19%of
thosesixseconds,TheLaddersfound—lookingatthepictureinsteadof
readingwhattheyneedtofindoutaboutyou.“Andnocrazy
fonts,colors,anythingthat’sgoingtodistractthemfromthecontent,”
Augustinesays.
Disorganizedinformation.TheLaddersfoundthatwhen
recruiterslookatabadlyorganizedresume,theirgazehopsallover
theplaceratherthanfocusingontheimportantparts.“Recruitersare
expectingaclearvisualhierarchy,”Augustinesays.Sheadvisesputting
yourworkexperiencetowardsthetop,aboveyoureducation,inreverse
chronologicalorder,withyourmostrecentorcurrentpositionfirst.
It’suptoyouifyouwanttoincludethemonthsorjusttheyearsof
youremployment,shesays.Emphasizethepastfiveor10years;
beyondthat,you’regettingintoancienthistory.Savethatkindof
detailfortheinterview.
Blandlanguage.Recruiterswanttoknowif
you’regoingtobeagoodfitforthejob.Theshorthandtheyusefor
thisisbylookingforkeywordsinyourresumethatmatchtheir
jobdescription.“Anindividualresume’sdetailandexplanatorycopy
becamefillerandhadlittletonoimpactontheinitialdecision
making,”TheLaddersreportsays.Somakesurethosekeywo