3 Things Your Next Employer Will Search For On Your Resume

by philrosenberg | December 18, 2009 at 03:19 pm

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Almost every hiring manager looks for three basic things in a resume. Even recruiters, HR reps, and HR databases search for these 3 things, as they usually are included in key criteria.

But most job seekers fail to include them in their resume.

If you can clearly present these three things in your resume, you give yourself a much greater chance of scoring an interview. But what are they?

Ever submit a resume and wondered why you didn’t even get a call, when you felt that you were ideal for the job? Ever felt that your resume was buried in a database and not even getting seen?

Chances are your resume didn’t demonstrate the 3 things an employer looks for on a resume. Even in the prescreening process (databases, recruiters and HR staff) are instructed to search for these 3 things, by the keywords they search for.

If you can clearly present these three things in your resume, you give yourself a much greater chance of scoring an interview. But what are they?

1) Can the candidate solve the specific top problems I have today: An employer is searching for evidence that you can solve their unique top problems.