As an application development manager for a Fortune 100 company based in the US and a business owner, I have  reviewed many resumes. Most of the resumes I’ve seen are frankly very poorly done. Unfortunately, when I post for a new position, I typically receive 50 to 100 resumes for 1 or 2 positions. There is no way I can interview every candidate, so I must rely on the resume as my first-line qualification tool. If a resume “grabs” me, I will schedule a phone or face to face interview. Most of the time I find myself struggling to dig out the details from a resume to determine if a phone interview is in order. This not good for the candidates. I know I can be missing qualified applicants, but I have no choice but to base my first impression on the resume alone.

Because of what I see daily in resumes that I review, I thought it might be helpful to others if I wrote down my thoughts on what I look for in a resume and provided some hints on creating a more successful resume. Be sure to read this entire article and don’t miss the general remarks section for some specific hints that may be very helpful to you. I have written this article from my point of view as an Business Owner / Application Development Manager. Other managers may view things a bit differently from me. In any event, I believe if you apply what you read here and do a little research on the web into resume writing techniques, your success rate in winning interviews will be enhanced.

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