CANDIDATE TIPS & ADVICE
Resumes:
- Keep your resume simple and clean.
- Highlight specific accomplishments.
- Make it easy to read and quick to assess what you do.
- According to a 2018 eye-tracking study by Ladders, Inc, the time spent on an initial resume screen is only an average of 6 seconds. Today's recruiters skim resumes for an average of 7.4 seconds.
Interviewing:
- Don't wing it, take time to prepare before an interview (even a phone interview).
- Be ready to interview yourself. Have a strategy in place. Often interviewers aren't trained interviewers so have a few projects to highlight and weave them into the interview conversations to demonstrate what you've done.
- Show interviewers you want the role. Employers want to see someone who wants to work at their company. They like to hear reasons why. Many employers shy away from the less enthusiastic.
- Ask questions - find out more about the role, the team, the challenges, and how you may fit in and make an impact.
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