Your Resume Sucks.

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Most likely that’s a true statement, but you’re probably asking yourself why? Well it could be a very good resume, showing all of your work experience and every little thing you have done that makes you the perfect person for that job you applied for yesterday. The sad news is, according a new study, the guy (or girl) you gave it too probably only spent about 6 seconds looking at it. Kind of makes all those hours of obsessing if you should put your high school math award as a qualification pretty worthless huh?

How about putting that awesome picture you love from 10 years ago on your Linkedin profile? That’s a no-no as well. A job-matching company named TheLadder studied employers eye movements when looking at resumes and found 3 very interesting facts. Check them out after the jump….

–DON’T include a photo:  Not that you would on your resume, but sites like LinkedIn allow you to, and it actually HURTS your chances with an employer.  They spend 19% of the time looking at the photo instead of your qualifications.
–DO make it easy to read, even if you leave off some information:  Professionally-rewritten resumes were 40% more effective than the original.  The pros make it clearly formatted and easy to skim, and they do it by cutting out a lot of information.
–DO include dates:  80% of the resume review time was spent looking at relatively dull-sounding information, including your current and previous job titles, and the start and end dates for your current and past jobs

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