Want your resume to stand out? Former Amazon recruiter has an advice for you | Trending

When you apply for a job, you l as many achievements as possible to get your resume noticed. Many people also add creative elements such as their pictures, borders and backgrounds to their resumes. While all this attracts the attention of recruiters, there’s one make that jobseekers make over and over again in their resumes, which eventually leads to their rejection. Former Amazon recruiter Lindsay Mustain, who has looked at ‘literally a million’ resumes, shares what jobseekers can do to stand out. A former Amazon recruiter pointed out a common make in resumes which she saw ‘from the junior level all the way up to the C-suite’.(Representational Image/Unsplash) While talking to CNBC Make It, Mustain said that jobseekers provide generic statements that fail to give insights into what they actually accomplished on the job. She described them as ‘Miss America answers’ or the ones she’d hear in a pageant. She further shared that this make is common ‘from the junior level all the way up to the C-suite’. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Explore now! Mustain also shared tips on how to avoid writing ‘Miss America answers’ in a resume quoting an example. She told CNBC Make It that jobseekers can quantify and l their accomplishments instead of writing ‘I had stakeholder meetings with people’. She further added that such statements are ‘like a glorified job description’ and look ‘like somebody who’s filling a seat’. She quoted another example of how jobseekers can make their resume stand out. She shared that if somebody is fixing tickets on a help desk, they can say, “I’ve solved 30 customers’ problems a day.” They can even quantify it further saying, “Thirty problems a day, 20 days a month, 12 months per year is 7,200 problems solved altogether.” Mustain believes that adding more metrics and analytics to your resume makes it more impressive. This is because recruiters’ eyes go straight to the numbers while going through hundreds of applications. Mustain further told the outlet that a resume should be ‘results-based’ as this will give recruiters a fair idea about how much value the particular individual added to their previous employer. Unveiling ‘Elections 2024: The Big Picture’, a fresh segment in HT’s talk show ‘The Interview with Kumkum Chadha’, where leaders across the political spectrum discuss the upcoming general elections. Watch Now! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arfa Javaid is a journal working with the Hindustan Times’ Delhi team. She covers trending topics, human interest stories, and viral content online. …view detail