a Glimpse and a Hook.

The following article, which can be found here, could serve as a guide when you are writing your resume. I found it pretty insightful, and though it may not be 100% relevant, thought i'd share. In any case, it makes for good reading.

A short excerpt follows..Cheers!

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The terrifying reality regarding your resume is that for all the many hours you put into fine-tuning, you’ve got 30 seconds to make an impression on me. Maybe less.

It’s unfair, it’s imprecise, and there’s a good chance that I make horrible mistakes, but there’s a lot more of you than me, and while hiring phenomenal teams is the most important thing I do, I’m balancing that task with the fact that I need to build product and manage the endless stream of people walking into my office.

But here’s a glimpse. I’m going to walk through the exact mental process I use when I look at a resume. I don’t know if this is right or efficient, but after fifteen years and staring at thousands of resumes, this is the process.

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