Best Ways Your Resume Can Get Noticed
Increase Your Ranking On Applicant Tracking Systems When you’re applying through job boards or the employer’s website, there’s a good chance your resume is going through an Applicant Tracking System. Employers use it to filter out the most relevant job applicants based on key word match relevancy. Making the cut is not easy. Under a typical scenario, there may be 400 resumes, but only the top 20 ranked resumes get reviewed. To make the cut, make sure the skills and qualifications in the job posting are in your resume.
Send It To The Hiring Manager Go to LinkedIn and identify the hiring manager, or if you cannot find them, then get the HR manager. Then send the resume on good paper in an 8×10 envelope directly to them, with a handwritten address to make it look personal. Since they will be inclined to just push this into the Applicant Tracking System, you need to make it stand out right up front. A great direct mail trick is to put a post-it on it with a hand-written message.
Put In A Call Many job applicants approach job searching reactively. They submit their resume and wait for the call, but to get noticed, it pays to be aggressive. Wait 2-3 days after submission to call. You’re not calling to ask, “Did you get my resume?” People hire people they like, so your goal is to build rapport with the right contact, asking the right questions and demonstrating you have the experiences and skills they are looking for.