I just reviewed a resume of a sales manager interested in hiring me as a career consultant for a job change he’s contemplating. As a professional courtesy (and to show that I am just that good), I’ll do a quick “track changes” on the resume and send the corrected resume back to its owner for free, which I did for this fellow. Well, he reviewed my changes and said that I’m “just too nitpicky” for him, so he won’t be needing my services. No harm, no foul. However, when his resume is received, how likely is it that a company will ignore “a hold” vs. “ahold” when speaking about reaching clients or “quota” spelled as “quta”? Worse than that was his not highlighting his best experience first and leaving the weaker stuff for the bottom.
Your resume has less than 15 seconds to impress someone and even less to be ditched into the circular file. If you want that interview, always remember that the devil is in the details, starting with your resume. Whatever you do, be nit-picky. After all, it’s your career!
To our success,
Rita
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