Actually tried the 2-minute resume rule, thought it was silly

I always rolled my eyes at recruiters saying they only glance at resumes for 2 minutes. Then I did a hiring panel for a healthcare coordinator role in Austin and tracked my own behavior. I spent 90 seconds on each of the first 10 resumes before I forced myself to slow down. That convinced me to rewrite my resume with bold headers and bullet points only, and I got 3 interviews out of 5 applications after switching. Has anyone else found a weird trick that actually changed how they write resumes?

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cameronf8816d ago

and honestly that tracks with how we consume everything now. I catch myself doing the same thing with recipes, I skim the ingredient list and jump to the cooking time, then only read the details if the dish sounds worth it. Same with directions or even movie reviews. So resumes are just another thing we've trained ourselves to scan for signal instead of reading start to finish. Your bullet point change makes total sense, it's basically giving people the highlight reel before they decide if they want the full story. Once you see it, it's hard to unsee it everywhere.