6 criteria for HR to select resumes

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The 6 criteria used by HR to evaluate resumes: In the workplace, a resume acts like a matchmaker between companies and individuals. Whether one can successfully find the job they desire depends on the effectiveness of this matchmaker. Based on my own long-term experience in human resources recruitment, I have summarized a few suggestions in the hope of helping job seekers who keep failing to land jobs in the workplace, especially recent graduates. 1. An overly long resume is useless. Length and thickness of the resume: Recruiters spend an average of 1.4 minutes on each resume. Generally, one and a half pages of material are read. An overly long resume is useless and does not help to highlight the key points. Appending a large number of supporting documents to the resume does not increase the chances of being hired, but no negative effects have been observed. Based on my own experience in recruitment, the first thing I look at is work experience; afterwards, I consider personal evaluations and any training received. Therefore, including copies of graduation certificates and other such documents at the end of the resume is completely unnecessary – these are usually requested by the employer only after the initial screening has been passed. 2. Traditional mail delivery yields better results. For resumes submitted via email and websites in electronic format, less attention is received compared to those sent by regular mail. It will decrease by about 23 seconds on average. Furthermore, we found that about 5% of electronic resumes fail to reach recruiters due to network or other issues. Therefore, we recommend using traditional mail, unless the employer explicitly shows a preference. 3. The hard criteria must be stringent. Selection method: Approximately 20% of employers admit that they use lower-level assistants to review resumes, and these assistants have certain strict selection standards. Another 45% of employers believe that when conducting preliminary selections, they also mainly consider these hard criteria. The common criteria are listed in order of their frequency of use by employers: 1. English proficiency certificate at level 6; 2. household registration; 3. professional background; 4. reputation of the school; 5. academic performance at school. It is worth noting that these criteria may not always be specified in job requirements, but one should be aware of them and have complete information on them. 4. Foreign companies place importance on English; key points for schools: Chinese companies and foreign-funded enterprises have different priorities. Generally speaking, foreign companies place more emphasis on English proficiency and the reputation of the school, while Chinese companies value professional skills and household registration. The more popular the company, the more emphasis it usually places on academic performance. It is recommended that students create different resumes to highlight various key points. 　　5. The overall impression is important; the courses taken are less significant. Resume content: Only 23% of people were able to describe in detail the specific activities and positions held by the candidates in the resumes they had seen after half an hour. They only have an overall impression of the student’s personality. So: it doesn’t matter whether you are the vice-president or the president of the student council; what’s important is that you don’t give off the impression of being a bookworm. But if you lie, it’s easy to get eliminated too. Many resumes list the courses one has taken, but only 4% of companies read them carefully. Expert advice: You can list them, but they must be important and should not exceed one line. 6. A well-presented resume increases the chances of being hired; communication skills: We find that having the right communication skills is very important. A person’s resume, when revised by experts, can increase their chances of being hired by 43%. Common problems with resumes include: lack of conciseness in expression, excessive use of emotional language, non-standard English usage, being too long without a clear focus, and irregular formatting.