“Recently I made the decision that I needed to revamp my resume after reading the advice provided by a few blogs and career books. Apparently, my resume wasn’t doing enough bragging. I read that recruiters usually only take about 10 seconds to look at a resume and if they don’t see anything that catches their eye in those 10 measly seconds, they move on…Basically the rule of thumb I used for my resume revamping was this: don’t list your duties, but highlight your accomplishments. Now, it is extremely difficult to actually successfully do this on a resume for a few reasons.” Read more.
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