Three Tips to Make Your Resume Six Seconds Worthy of Viewing

If you’re concerned about the wow factor on your resume, you’re definitely onto something. After all, when recruiters and hiring managers glance at resumes, they take as little as six seconds to scan. Some may not even take the full six seconds to make a judgment call.

According to J.T. O’Donnell, CEO and founder of CAREERREALISM, their eyes work in a Z pattern. They scan left-to-right across the top of the resume and then down the rest on the left side.

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