The workshop is full of inside information rarely communicated to students. David Parker uses his past experience as a College Recruiter and Employment Supervisor to help students develop resumes that get results. To help get you started on refining your resume, we have highlighted some important characteristics that employers find appealing in a resume. With thousands of job applications coming across recruiters' desks every week, many recruiters only have time to skim resumes during the first go around. If an applicant's resume doesn't stand out in 20-30 seconds, it will probably be rejected.
Most recruiters look for and like to see the following at first glance.
Focused Objective 2. Specific, measurable accomplishments 4. Short sentences 9. Key words, numbers, phrases, percentages related to the position 10. Organized layout 12.