Posted on Apr 29, 2023
Does Your Résumé Pass the Six-Second Test?
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Amazingly little has changed in this area from when I was a recruiter. One difference not mentioned, at least where I worked, a resume has to get past a screener before it ever gets passed to a recruiter. If you think a recruiter spends little time reviewing a resume think about the screener who is going through every one submitted and matching them with current placement contracts before passing on to the appropriate recruiter.
Does Your Résumé Pass the Six-Second Test?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen with AI, all the chance a resume has is if it hits key words. Removing the human component doesn’t always end up with the best hire
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COL Randall C.
I was just about to make a comment along the lines as well Kim.
Most (larger) companies I know use an automated filtering of resumes that they get from scouring online sites. They do keyword matches and then notify the screeners of potential matches. This doesn't 'weed out' resumes that are submitted to the company, but if your resume is referred to the screener by the system, they usually give it a bit more time when they look it over.
Most (larger) companies I know use an automated filtering of resumes that they get from scouring online sites. They do keyword matches and then notify the screeners of potential matches. This doesn't 'weed out' resumes that are submitted to the company, but if your resume is referred to the screener by the system, they usually give it a bit more time when they look it over.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
COL Randall C. Maj Kim Patterson You're both right with large firms, but not necessarily those under 500 or so employees. I was speaking from my experience as a recruiter hired by many of those firms to fill senior management level positions. We were a small to mid sized firm and not large enough to afford computer assisted screening. I'm still friends with the owner of that company and they still don't have anything but the human screener despite the advances since I was there.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen never needed one...
"Studies have shown that the average recruiter scans a resume for six seconds before deciding if the applicant is a good fit for the role. In other words, to pass the resume test, your resume only has six seconds to make the right impression with a prospective employer."
"Studies have shown that the average recruiter scans a resume for six seconds before deciding if the applicant is a good fit for the role. In other words, to pass the resume test, your resume only has six seconds to make the right impression with a prospective employer."
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Quite frankly, if you are going to take less than 10 seconds to decide if I am worthy of your firm, your firm is not worthy of me.
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