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1. 5 Reasons Why Your
Resume Is An EPIC FAIL
By: J.T. O’Donnell

2. Who Am I?

3. My A-Ha Moment 1

4. My A-Ha Moment 2

5. My A-Ha Moment 3

9. Do you wish you could write your resume better &
faster?
94 % yes
6% no

10. Do You Agree? Tell Us Your Answer!

11. Have you been wondering why you aren't getting
any interviews?

12. Your resume could be the culprit...

13. You Have Way Too Much Text

14. ● Trying too hard

15. CRAMMING too much information is visually
overwhelming.

16. Recruiters skim your resume for specific information.
(We’ll discuss this more later)

17. ● Jack of all trades

18. You don’t know your personal brand or what problem you solve.

19. You’re a generalist. Recruiters & employers want specialists.

20. Recruiters scan resumes for an average of 6 seconds.

21. See what you can take away from this resume in only 6 SECONDS!

22. 6 second example

23. What do you think? Tell us!

24. You Have Font Issues

25. There is a disconnect between the job seeker & recruiter

26. You fail to think about how difficult it will be for the recruiter to read your resume.

27. The recruiter has many resumes to read. You want yours to stand out not be an
annoyance.

28. Disrespectful to the recruiter

29. You use too small of a font and you’re making it
extra hard for the recruiter to read.

30. Avoid curly tail or hard to read fonts. Those fonts are
not easy to read while skimming.

31. Let’s see what you can take away in 6 seconds from
this resume with bad fonts.

32. 6 second example

33. What did you take away? Tell us!

34. You Over Format

35. ● Use of white space

36. You don't use enough white space, decreasing resume readability by having
additional formatting.

37. You need to create more emphasis on every section of your resume, so an
employer can identify your skills faster.

38. ● recruiters read in a Z Pattern

39. Your formatting can either help or hurt you here.

40. z pattern image

41. Now that you know this, let’s see what you can take away in 6
seconds from this resume with too much formatting.

42. 6 second example

43. What did you take away? Tell us!

44. You Yell & Sell

45. ● Too Many Big Words

46. Did you know…
Readers retain less information when trying to comprehend unique words

47. You can’t follow, retain, or digest information when you are trying to define each
and every word.

48. ● You become overly exaggerated

49. You make the employer not trust your skill level

50. Exaggerated words can make your brand confusing.

51. What can you take away in 6 seconds from this
resume with too much yell & sell?

52. 6 second example

53. What did you take away? Tell us!

54. You Have Nothing Quantifiable About You

55. ● Numbers are the single easiest thing to process

56. The use of numbers breaks up text and gives the recruiter's eye a rest

58. ● You don’t showcase your accomplishments successfully

59. you need to have less vague statements like “increased revenue.” These
statements mean little unless the action can be measured.

60. You need to indicate the scope and scale of your work to make it impressive to
the recruiter

61. What can you take away in 6 seconds from this
resume with nothing to quantify?

62. 6 second example

63. What did you take away? Tell us!

64. Have Questions? Join me on CareerHMO office
hours to get your resume question answered!