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If Your Resume Doesn't Consistently
Generate Interviews for You,
Then It's Probably Not MAGNET-ic
The sole purpose of a document called the
“resume” (repeat after me, /ˈrezəˌmā/)
is to get you the INTERVIEW.
If you’re sending out resume after resume
to job openings, but are hearing nothing but
crickets,
then your resume is not
doing its job!
It’s time to overhaul your
resume and turn it into an
interview-MAGNET!
The Journey...
Your resume typically encounters
3 Killer Blockades on its journey from
SUBMIT to INTERVIEW.
What’s this MAGNET thingy?
MAGNET is an acronym that captures the SIX key
elements your resume needs to blast its way
through 3 Resume Killer Blockades in order to land
you an interview call.
Block #1
The ATS
In most cases once you submit your
resume, it first gets dropped into the
employer's resume scanning software,
also called the “Applicant Tracking
Software” or ATS.
This software is a key decision maker. It
decides whether you match the role that
you've applied for or not.
Block #1. The ATS
Every job opening you see online gets
a minimum of 20,000 applications.
But approximately 50 resumes or applications
make it through the ATS for a single position.
Thus, your odds of actually being called for an interview are very, very
slim unless your resume can outsmart the evil ATS robot.
Block #2
Reviewer
The second block your resume faces in the
screening process is the first set of human
eyes Whose eyes?
If you’re thinking the first human eyes to
look at your resume belong to the hiring
manager, the person who will typically
interview you, then you are WRONG.
If it’s not the hiring manager, then who?
Block #2. Reviewer
You might want to sit down for this…
The first human eyes on your resume, in the best-case scenario, is
an HR person, someone junior in the department like an HR Officer
or an HR Executive.
But in the worst-case scenario, the first human eyes to look at your
resume and to decide whether to move it further along the screening
process is typically an INTERN.
Block #3
Hiring
Manager
Once the reviewer quickly selects five or
six resumes that "look" like a good match,
they forward them to the hiring manager.
Contrary to popular belief, the hiring
manager’s primary job responsibility
is NOT recruitment.
They have a million and one other things
to do every single day, and giving quality
time to your resume is not a top priority.
Block #3. Hiring Manager
The hiring manager just wants to know, really fast, whether or not
your resume even deserves more than 7 seconds of their time.
If in these first few seconds your resume can’t grab their attention
and get them curious to learn more about you, then your resume is
going into the REJECT pile.
What's Next?
There you have them. These are the three blocks your resume
needs to get through in order to land you that interview.
#2 Reviewer#1 The ATS #3 Hiring
Manager
Only a MAGNET-ic resume can make it successfully
through these three blocks to get you the interview call.
What makes a resume MAGNET-ic?
To find out, download the
MAGNET Cheat Sheet here >>
I’m Rahila Narejo and I’ve taken a vow to help high-achieving career
professionals like you to never compromise, cower, or commit career
suicide EVER AGAIN!
Since the year 2000 I've been working as an HR Consultant with Fortune
500 companies, using my background and expertise in HR, psychology,
and neuroscience to provide practical, science-backed solutions.
I was pulled into writing a nationally published, weekly career advice
column –which I did for ten years– helping thousands of people go from
career FRUSTRATION to ACCELERATION.
Let’s make it happen!
It’s time for a great JOB, a greater CAREER,
and your greatest LIFE!

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Is your resume magnetic? Rahila Narejo

  • 1. If Your Resume Doesn't Consistently Generate Interviews for You, Then It's Probably Not MAGNET-ic
  • 2. The sole purpose of a document called the “resume” (repeat after me, /ˈrezəˌmā/) is to get you the INTERVIEW.
  • 3. If you’re sending out resume after resume to job openings, but are hearing nothing but crickets, then your resume is not doing its job!
  • 4. It’s time to overhaul your resume and turn it into an interview-MAGNET!
  • 5. The Journey... Your resume typically encounters 3 Killer Blockades on its journey from SUBMIT to INTERVIEW.
  • 6. What’s this MAGNET thingy? MAGNET is an acronym that captures the SIX key elements your resume needs to blast its way through 3 Resume Killer Blockades in order to land you an interview call.
  • 7. Block #1 The ATS In most cases once you submit your resume, it first gets dropped into the employer's resume scanning software, also called the “Applicant Tracking Software” or ATS. This software is a key decision maker. It decides whether you match the role that you've applied for or not.
  • 8. Block #1. The ATS Every job opening you see online gets a minimum of 20,000 applications. But approximately 50 resumes or applications make it through the ATS for a single position. Thus, your odds of actually being called for an interview are very, very slim unless your resume can outsmart the evil ATS robot.
  • 9. Block #2 Reviewer The second block your resume faces in the screening process is the first set of human eyes Whose eyes? If you’re thinking the first human eyes to look at your resume belong to the hiring manager, the person who will typically interview you, then you are WRONG. If it’s not the hiring manager, then who?
  • 10. Block #2. Reviewer You might want to sit down for this… The first human eyes on your resume, in the best-case scenario, is an HR person, someone junior in the department like an HR Officer or an HR Executive. But in the worst-case scenario, the first human eyes to look at your resume and to decide whether to move it further along the screening process is typically an INTERN.
  • 11. Block #3 Hiring Manager Once the reviewer quickly selects five or six resumes that "look" like a good match, they forward them to the hiring manager. Contrary to popular belief, the hiring manager’s primary job responsibility is NOT recruitment. They have a million and one other things to do every single day, and giving quality time to your resume is not a top priority.
  • 12. Block #3. Hiring Manager The hiring manager just wants to know, really fast, whether or not your resume even deserves more than 7 seconds of their time. If in these first few seconds your resume can’t grab their attention and get them curious to learn more about you, then your resume is going into the REJECT pile.
  • 13. What's Next? There you have them. These are the three blocks your resume needs to get through in order to land you that interview. #2 Reviewer#1 The ATS #3 Hiring Manager
  • 14. Only a MAGNET-ic resume can make it successfully through these three blocks to get you the interview call. What makes a resume MAGNET-ic? To find out, download the MAGNET Cheat Sheet here >>
  • 15. I’m Rahila Narejo and I’ve taken a vow to help high-achieving career professionals like you to never compromise, cower, or commit career suicide EVER AGAIN! Since the year 2000 I've been working as an HR Consultant with Fortune 500 companies, using my background and expertise in HR, psychology, and neuroscience to provide practical, science-backed solutions. I was pulled into writing a nationally published, weekly career advice column –which I did for ten years– helping thousands of people go from career FRUSTRATION to ACCELERATION. Let’s make it happen! It’s time for a great JOB, a greater CAREER, and your greatest LIFE!