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Is The Resume Dead?

December 21, 2011
By: Randi Bussin-Career Coach, Personal Branding Specialist

 

 

Early in November, I attended a virtual career conference, in which a variety of career and branding topics were discussed over three days. One of the sessions was a recruiter panel discussing the importance of the resume versus social media profiles. It is always interesting to hear what recruiters have to say about these two very different career marketing documents:

 

Here are some takeaways from the panel discussion:

 

1. The resume is not going away yet. Hiring managers still want to see and hold this physical document, especially during an interview.
2. What is changing is that recruiters and hiring managers are pulling up social media profiles first during the hiring process.
3. Hiring managers use a resume AND LinkedIn profile together for a few reasons. Firstly, they use the LinkedIn profile to fill in gaps where they might have questions on the resume. Secondly, they also do a compare and contrast between the two documents.
4. One of the reasons that resumes will not disappear that quickly is that you can customize a resume to each individual position you are seeking; a LinkedIn profile is more generic-a broader-based view of your background that appeals to a wider target.
5. Keywords (whether in LinkedIn or in your resume) are still the primary and most efficient way for hiring managers and recruiters to comb through large databases of potential candidates.

Be sure you are reviewing job descriptions and have a clear sense of the keywords and skills someone would use to find you.

©2012, Randi Bussin, Aspire!

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