This week, we turn the tables and interview Patrick Reuss, a staffing consultant at Frictionless Commerce Incorporated . He explains the importance of soft skills, how to make yourself more marketable and the best skills to have in 2000. Hiring managers on average, spend as little as 30 seconds reviewing resumes, so it is important to provide enough information about yourself to be considered further. Letters must be concise, well organized and shouldn't repeat what is stated on the resume.
Resumes come in all shapes and sizes.
For a software engineer, it is important to highlight job responsibilities, programming languages, development platforms and whether they work in a team environment. In order to get to the top of the resume pool, candidates should target their resumes toward a specific job and outline the experience relevant to that position. For example, if an applicant is seeking a quality assurance engineering position that requires experience in a Windows environment, candidates must highlight where and how frequently they test in this type of platform environment. For people with more than five years of experience, a resume of more than one page is fine. Showing an interest and knowledge of a company goes a long way in the interview process.