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Writingtheperfectresumeisstillthecornerstoneofasuccessfuljobsearchintoday'sdigitalage.Aneye
trackingstudybyLaddersfoundthattheaveragerecruiterspendsonlysixsecondsreviewingaresumebefore
decidingifit'sworthacloserinspection.

Now,havealookattheoneyouhaveinyourmail.It'sheavy,cluttered,scatteredanddeadboring.Justask
yourself,wouldyouliketoreaditifyouwerethehiringmanager?IftheanswerisNO,itexplainswhyyouneed
togetridofthatClutterinitandmakeitsimpleyetappealing.Severaljobresearcheshaveindicatedthat
candidateswithasimple,crispandclearresumehavebeenhiredmorebycompaniesovercandidateswith
fancyandcomplexones.Thisisnottosayyoucannotbecreativewithit.Youjustneedtobecarefulthatthe
attentionisonwhetherthefinalproductisaneasyandquickreadthatcanimpressyourhiringmanager.

It'sdifficult,whenyouonlyhavesixsecondstomaketherightimpression.Youhavetomakeeverywordon
yourresumecount.

So,followthesesimplerulesandguidelines(keydo'sanddon'ts)andwearesureyouwillbeabletoachieve
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