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Took 6 weeks to realize my resume format was the problem
I spent about a month sending out resumes for IT support roles and got zero callbacks. A friend in HR finally looked at mine and said the text was just a wall of bullet points with no clear sections. I reformatted it over a weekend with proper headings and spacing, and within 2 weeks I had 3 interviews lined up. Has anyone else had a simple formatting fix make that big a difference in their job hunt?
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terrymitchell1mo ago
Recruitment people spend like 7 seconds scanning a resume before deciding. An ATS or hiring manager can't parse walls of text, they need clear headers and white space to spot keywords fast. Once you fix the layout, suddenly your actual experience gets seen instead of ignored.
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mark_hernandez121mo ago
In my experience formatting makes a huge difference, I did basically the same thing and went from radio silence to getting calls within a week or two.
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