Standing out from other job candidates in the hiring process often comes down to having a great resume. If you want to make your resume legitimately more impressive to recruiters, then I’m going to teach you a technique that will help you do just that.
Quantify Your Work Experience!
@j.t.odonnell How To Make Your Resume More Impressive To Recruiters ?????? there’s one technique I’ve been teaching as a career coach for over 20 years to help people make their resumes more impressive to recruiters. and that is to quantify their results and use numbers. numbers are the easiest thing to read and absorb on a resume and when you put your numbers on there you can help a recruiter better understand the depth of your experience. in this video I walk you through examples of how you should Circle every now and every verb on your resume and use that as your guideline for quantifying. if you’re not sure what the numbers are conservatively guesstimate. just make sure you go lower than what you think they were so that you can back it up. the reality is recruiters are looking to understand if you’re a match for the job and when they have numbers to back it up it’s easier for them to go to the hiring manager to prove you are the candidate that should be considered. in short you can make yourself more impressive with this very simple technique. and thanks to tiktok I now have been able to put together the 25 most common resume and Linkedin questions I get asked as a career coach and all the answers are right here in one place for you to access them. I hope this helps you set up your resume and Linkedin profile so you can stand out and get the interviews you deserve! #resume#resumetips#resumeadvice#resumehelp#linkedin#jobsearch#careercoachontiktok#careerhelp#careeradvice#howtofindajob#linkedinprofile#linkedintips♬ original sound – J.T. O’Donnell
When you think about your resume, you will hear recruiters talk about how they want you to quantify your experience. That simply means you should add numbers to your experience to help them quickly understand the depth of your expertise.
Here’s an example…
Let’s say you worked in digital marketing and you have a bullet point in your resume that says, “Worked on digital marketing projects that resulted in an increase in revenues.” That doesn’t tell recruiters any valuable information. But if you were to say, “Worked on 20+ digital marketing projects that resulted in a 250% increase in revenues,” instead, the depth is there.
It’s also important to note that numbers are the easiest thing to read on a resume. And recruiters are skimmers. They’re going to skim through your resume quickly, but the numbers can stop them dead in their tracks.
Having trouble quantifying your work experience? Follow these tips:
- Circle every noun and every verb on your resume.
- For each noun and verb, ask yourself:
- How many?
- How much?
- How often?
- What percentage?
- Focus on profit/revenue increases, cost savings, time savings, etc.
By following these tips, you will quickly find that you can quantify your experience and add numbers to any bullet point on your resume. I challenge you to try this in your job search for an impressive resume. I’ve had so many people come to me and say, “There’s nothing that you can quantify about me or my experience,” and I’ve been able to quantify them every single time.
Here’s another example…
A receptionist came to me and said, “Yeah, I just work the phones really well.” So I asked her, “How big is your company? How big is the phone line system? How many phone calls do you field a day?”
This was her response: “I work at a 300-person company where I field over 200 phone calls a day on a 12-line phone system.”
That is exactly what recruiters want to see when they say you should quantify your experience.
We all have numbers. Even if you don’t know the exact numbers, you can make a conservative guess so that you feel confident you’re giving accurate information.
By quantifying your experience, you’ll create a resume that is more impressive to recruiters, and you’ll be sure to stand out from the other job candidates in the hiring process.
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