Adam Morell talks with Fox 9 News about creating effective resumes

Complete Intervew Transcript
 
Morell: "A resume should help you put your best face forward and the way that employers are looking now is they're looking at hundreds of resumes for one position. So you want to separate yourself out."
 
One way to do that, according to Adam Morell of Doherty Employer Services is to use buzz words that a software program can pick up from the industry in which you want to be employed. Morell: "What I advise is to take, although you have a template, is to take language from the job posting and to the extent that it jives with your experience, word your experience so that it highlights those things that the employer is looking for."
 
Also, if you've been employed for decades, you can probably skip some of those earlier jobs. Morell: "A resume should never be more than two pages and if you're a more seasoned person who's been in the workplace awhile, you probably don't have to include what you did in the early 70s. Objectives are out and here's why. Objectives may too tightly and narrowly pin you down because if you're looking for someone who's objective is to have a challenging job as a customer service manager, what if you want that person to manage other people? What if you want that person to do accounts payable calls? This is too limiting."
 
So instead of an objective, talk about the great skills you bring to the table. Morell brought in a "before" resume to point out some other common mistakes. Morell: "You've been out of school for ten years, don't lead with education. There's no need to lead with education unless you're still in school or just got out of school. Start with your most recent job. This person's been out of school ten years. First of all, I shouldn't know that; never put years on your resume. Never."
 
Why? Morell: "Because you don't want to play into someone's bias that 'Oh, that person's a young whipper-snapper. They don't know anything.' or 'That person might be a little too seasoned.'"