Resume objectives catch recruiters’ eyes
After all the work you spend writing out the rest of your resume, how many
times do we skip the resume objectives part of our resume? Just because job
search sites like Career Builder don’t pull the objective part out of your resume doesn’t mean that’s a good reason to skip it.
Build your resume with recruiter’s point of view in mind
If you’re having problems coming up with the resume objective description,
you’ve either not spent enough time thinking through what you want to do or you
actually have more than one career or position in mind and you’re wrestling with
how to write the perfect resume objective for both of them.
There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to resumes. If you’re interested
in a particular position, then take the time to tailor your resume, including
your objective. Your resume is a marketing brochure that you should tailor as
needed for the situation.
Why all this interest in your resume objective? Because most recruiters are only
going to give your resume a 10 second scan. They’ll cover the resume objective
first to make sure that at a top level your needs and their needs match up. If
they can’t resolve that at the beginning, they don’t want to commit any more
time worrying about your fit.
I know what you’re hoping. You don’t want to limit yourself with your resume.
You figure if you don’t spell out what you want to do in a resume objective,
what will happen is the recruiter will read your resume and find the perfect job
for you at their company. Do you hear a record scratching? This is not ever
going to happen. It’s just not how things work in a busy recruiter’s day.
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