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Job-Seeker Resume Tutorial:
How to Develop and Polish Your Job-Search Resume

 

Why Does a Resume Need to be Sharply Focused?

 

Don't make employer ignore your resume with a weak focus...

 

The reader needs to be able to tell in a quick glance what you want to do and what you would be good at. The reader will spend as few as 6 seconds screening your resume, so you need to focus reader's attention quickly.

 

The reader should be able to glean this information whether or not you have an objective on your resume.

 

Keep reading to learn how to sharpen your resume's focus...

 

 

 

Lost? Go to the Map of the Job-Seeker Resume Tutorial.

 

 

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