11 resume mistakes that make hiring managers dismiss you immediately
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· Many recruiters will spend mere seconds on your résumé to decide initial fit.
· Easy mistakes like terrible formatting and incorrect grammar can instantly land you in the 'no' pile.
Recruiters are judgmental sharp shooters who only need about 25 seconds to decide if they like a job candidate or not.
At least that's how Ambra Benjamin, a recruiting manager at Facebook, describes the nature of her job in a LinkedIn post.
She explains that, while she will give outstanding candidates a more thorough read later, candidates who don't pass her initial test won't get a second look.
And Benjamin isn't alone in this tactic - "Recruiters move quickly," she writes.
As Art Markman, a professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, writes for Fast Company, psychological research has found that, when hiring managers first look over your résumé, they're often in rejection mode - they're just looking for a reason to move on to the next candidate.
What they see on first glance could mean the difference between winding up in the 'maybe' or the 'no' pile.
Apart from the overall lack of relevant job experience, here are some things on your résumé that could earn you an automatic rejection:
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