Did you know that 90% of all resumes are screened out in the first 30 seconds? Ask any recruiter, and they'll tell you that if they can't find the experience and skills they're looking for immediately, you've probably lost their interest. I know. My name is Julie Marseu and I worked as a recruiter for 7 years, hiring hundreds of positions for both private and public sector organizations.

This is what I've noticed. Qualified people with poor or average resumes are often bypassed in favor of less qualified applicants with more powerful resumes. Why does this happen? Because the average resume doesn't communicate key achievements and skills effectively, if at all. Consequently, they fail to impress and end up in the "Not Suitable" pile.

For example, one of my clients (a top sales performer) came to me because he had sent out dozens of resumes and couldn't understand why he had gotten very little response from prospective employers, and none from any employment agencies. He had this job description on his self-written resume: "Responsible for sales, customer service and terrritory management." He didn't bother to list any achievements because he didn't want to be perceived as bragging. During our consultation, I asked him some very pointed questions, which revealed the following:

• He had established and built a new territory from $0 to $5 million in annual sales within 3 years of joining the company.
• He currently ranked #1 in sales volume in the entire company, outperforming 347 other sales professionals across the country.
• He had played a key role in taking his branch from #12 to #2 nationally, outperforming branches in much larger cities.

Now imagine the impact of this new information on recruiters and potential employers. If you think he immediately became a hot commodity, you're right. In fact, he had 2 interviews lined up within hours of receiving his new High Impact Resume, and 3 more within the next 48 hours. Two of these were with recruiters who had previously not even responded to his application. Can you imagine how thrilled he was? And how much better he felt about himself?

Unfortunately, we see this type of thing all the time. The fact is that many self-written and low-cost "professional" resumes cannot possibly compete in today's competitive job market because they are missing the most important content.

The good news is that if your resume is not getting you the interviews you deserve, you can probably do better. All you need is a high impact resume.

As the President and Executive Resume Writer at High Impact Resumes, I take pride in producing powerful resumes that position my clients to win. If your resume is not doing that for you, maybe it's time to do something about it.

Why not get the ball rolling today?

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