texan12 said:
HollywoodBQ said:
texan12 said:
Is it that big of a deal where you see a correlation between those who title their resumes a certain way and how they perform in their actual role?
If you call your resume "Resume", you're probably not going to make the first cut, much less make it to the final table. Especially if he's looking at 81 resumes for 1 position.
In other words, we'll never get to find out how you perform in the phone screen, or on the job if you can't convey that you're a serious candidate from your resume.
What do you title it then? This seems like a trivial thing to judge someone by unless you have explicit directions on how to send a resume. On the other hand, it's kinda ridiculous how many different ways companies can ask for your resume applying online i.e. send by attachment and fill in the blank.
I'm sure it's tough to be the one doing the hiring, but damn, I would think if the job requires a degree and x amount of years of experience, it's already implied you're serious about the job.
Out of curiosity, I just went through and reviewed the resumes I've received in the past year or so for jobs on my team, or at my company.
Basically, your resume should be in PDF (preferable) or MS Word and the filename should contain your name (first and last), or initials. Optionally, you can include the word "Resume" and some sort of date (probably year) designation like 2019, 2020 or Feb. 2020.
Sometimes, you might include the approximate job title that you're seeking or something that reflects your experience. That also helps you keep your resumes organised if you're applying for more than one type of role. Maybe you're looking at both Sales and Marketing. You might have two resumes that looked like this:
- JimboFisher_AccountExec_2020.pdf
- JimboFisher_MarketingManager.pdf
Inside the resume, your Email address should be something that is at least professional looking. With free services like Gmail, Hotmail, etc., it's really easy to come up with something professional like firstname.lastname.number@gmail.com (add an 888 for luck if you're Chinese)
You might want a unique Email too so that nothing comes up when they start searching the Internet for your Email Address and/or Name.
On the other hand, you might be happy to put not only your LinkedIn address, but your Twitter @handle, or something like that depending on what you do. I used to work with a guy who kept two Twitter accounts active. One for work - computer stuff, and a second one for politics.
As far as thinking that just because people have applied for the job and show on paper that they have the qualifications being asked for, doesn't mean that they have the ability to present themselves in any way that would be appealing to an employer. The number of people who can't explain how they can add value to your company is staggering.
HR Screeners frequently check the very basic minimums before they send the candidates resumes on to the hiring manager. That hiring manager is usually pretty busy so he/she is going to gravitate towards the resumes that are presentable, easy to read and get to the point.
So, back to the OP's experience, if your resume filename is something like:
- AllAroundDataCenterFixItMonkey.pdf
You might get your resume noticed but, you might not get a call back.
And, after they've interviewed 5 candidates and they want to go back to the guy named Brad, or Steve, or Mike, it's going to be difficult for them to find Brad's resume when he's titled it AllAroundDataCenterFixItMonkey.pdf
Likewise, I've got a personal friend whose home Email that he uses for job seeking correspondence is something that contains a joke but not his actual name. Again, don't make it any harder on the hiring manager than you have to.
Caveat to all of this is, if your name is something that can be misconstrued or mispronounced as something offensive, you might change that. I've worked with guys who had surnames of Nigro and ****ole. They might want to just use an abbreviation. I also worked with a girl whose username was khunt so... you might want to think twice about something like that.
Likewise, if you have a very common/generic name like "Steve Smith", you might want to add some modifiers to the filename.
If you have a name that is difficult to spell, you might want to simplify your filename. For example, I worked with a guy whose first name was Pushpendrakumar. So, he just went by PK. It would be a lot easier to look for the resume of PK than it would be to figure out Pushpendrakumar.
Hope that helps.