Companies that are hiring will get bombarded with hundreds of resumes for a single job opening. The following four tips may increase the resumes chances of accomplishing its job. Make Sure the Resume is Updated If the resume hasn’t been updated in a few months, it may be time to dust it off and revamp it. There should be something new to add every three to six months. Even if it’s something small, as long as it’s relevant to the position, try squeezing something about it into the certifications, education, experience, or qualifications section of the resume. Make sure the dates are accurate and the references are fresh and also that they are aware of being a reference. Print Hard Copies of the Resume on Special Paper Visit a stationary store or go online and purchase some special resume paper. This is the easiest way to add a touch of influence and class to your resume and make it stick out from a stack of others that were all printed on plain white paper from a copy machine. Specialty resume paper is made partially of cotton and has certain distinctive textures, colors and watermarks that let the employer know about your attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile the second they see and touch the paper. Very few documents in life will be more important than this one so it pays to make a small investment in it. My favorite is the Credentials Collection, ivory colored Private Stock by Southworth. A pack of 80 sheets runs about eleven bucks. Make it Readily Available on the Internet and via Email In today’s technological environment, paper copies simply won’t suffice. Make sure the resume is available for public viewing in places like Google docs where it will be assigned a URL so it can easily be shared and viewed online. Also make sure it’s available in Microsoft Word, since this is one of the most commonly used office programs. When it’s emailed or uploaded to a potential employer, they will be able to easily open the attachment and quickly pass it around to others within the organization. Make sure both the online version and Word document resume contains links to any professional profiles or works of yours that are publicly available online. For example, if you’re a realtor or mortgage broker with a public profile on a website like realtor.com or trulia.com, make sure you provide a live link back to that profile so the employer can just click on it and view it immediately. It wouldn’t be wise to provide links back to your personal face book page or other social media site, unless for example you’re applying for a marketing position and you have tens of thousands of friends perhaps. When linking back to profiles and websites, they should be relative to the job that’s being applying for. Downsize the Resume Lengthy resumes may once have been helpful to employers, but in a down economy they really don’t have time to read through them all. Downsize and try to make it fit all on one page or two at the most. Printing it on special paper, and making it short sweet and to the point, is a great way to ensure that the employer is likely to read it. When they have a pile in front of them, they are likely to just skim through them looking for ones that stick out the most. Format it so that it shows only the important highlights; it should be enough to grab their attention and leave just enough to their imagination in hopes that they will want more information and they will have to contact you to get it. Again lengthy resumes can be great, but not in a down economy – the shorter the better. Cut out all the fat and leave only the highlights that will make the employer salivate over your resume. Keep the resume updated, use the online versions to show how tech savvy you can be and print hard copies on special resume paper. Leaving them wanting more is the key to getting a call back or snaring an interview.
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