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CV: HR professionals only skim 7 items - they are crucial

2021-05-24T15:20:09.551Z


Because HR professionals usually do not have the time to thoroughly examine applications, they only pay attention to the most important information in the résumé. You can find out what these are here.


Because HR professionals usually do not have the time to thoroughly examine applications, they only pay attention to the most important information in the résumé.

You can find out what these are here.

In large companies, an abundance of applications land in the recruiter's mailbox every day.

It goes without saying that there is little time left to filter out the candidates with the most promising résumés.

In fact, recruiters should

only take 7.4 seconds

to subdivide application documents into important and unimportant during a first check.

This is the result of a study by the American job portal

TheLadders

from 2018.

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HR managers sift through many application documents every day.

Often there is only a few seconds left for the résumé.

© Ulrich Zillmann / imago-images

Information in the curriculum vitae: HR managers pay attention to these points during the first check

Within this short period of time, HR managers will of course only check the information on the résumé that they consider

most important

for the position

.

The job portal has determined which these are using a scientifically based

eye-tracking study

:

  • Surname

  • current job title

  • current employer

  • the previous job title

  • previous employer

  • Periods of all professional stations

  • Training / studies

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    This is what your resume should look like to pass the first HR test

    To pass this first test run, your résumé should be in tip top shape. That means in plain language: Make your curriculum vitae (CV) as clear as possible. Use

    simple layouts

    and

    fonts

    . Since recruiters "scan" the resume for job titles and subheadings, these should be

    bolded to

    stand out from the rest of the text.

    Make sure you avoid packing too much information into your CV.

    When describing your accomplishments,

    short, memorable descriptions are

    easier to process than long paragraphs.

    The curriculum vitae should also not be longer than two pages.

    Still relevant and helpful: State the most important keywords that are relevant to the position and are mentioned in the job advertisement.

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    Source: TheLadders

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