College Seniors Can Easily Triple Their Resume Responses.
People who have time don’t have money or power. People who have money and power don’t have time. Which group do you want to attract? That’s why college seniors should keep their resume down to a single page.
It’s not a piece of paper that’ll ever get you a job. All it does is get you an interview, and that’s critical. If you bore them to death with detail, you’ll never hear back, except from those who aren’t in any position to help you.
That’s the first mistake most college seniors make. The second, and this is frightfully common, is a boring objective line. “Seeking a position with a dynamic company that can utilize my skills and education.” Gag. Get specific. Say “Entry level marketing job in Northern Kentucky” or “Inventory trainee in healthcare products,” etc.
Yes, you can change that line for different situations, but, hopefully you know yourself well enough to not have too many targets. Having several is fine. Too many try to write the objective line to fit every situation which means they fit nobody. The WAYA analysis helps you pin down the few areas that should be your targets. Take the WAYA profiler to get this first line right on your resume.