What up Job Seekers!
I know this title might sound too good to be true, but the 5-5-5 method contains 3 really really helpful tips that are going to require VERY LITTLE EFFORT and are going make your resume substantially better.
So I know you could have totally spent next 5 minutes on Tiktok or Instagram, but you’ll thank yourself for doing this instead… and then you can go back to your phone when you’re done… I promise.
Tiny Background Story on What We’re Doing Here
As a former hiring manager / recruiter, I’ve got over a decade of experience sifting through hundreds of resumes for each job to try to find the right applicants so trust me…
If your resume doesn’t grab my attention in the first 5 seconds… I AIN’T READING IT.
To get the hiring manager to actually read the beautiful document we painstakingly put together, it has to be immediately eye-catching and show them within 5 seconds that we’re qualified.
I’m going to teach you 3 fast-and-easy steps to APPEAR UNDENIABLY QUALIFIED within that 5 second scan… right now.
Step 1: Give Yourself a Title (2-5 Words)
Next to or directly under your name, give yourself one or two titles that capture your professional essence and answers the question, “What are you?”
Examples:
Digital Marketing Specialist
SaaS Sales Expert
Innovative Problem Solver
Empathetic Educational Assistant
Student-Oriented Academic Advisor
Seasoned Administrative Assistant
Relationship-Focused Leader
Public Policy Enthusiast
Anything that tells them what you do and that you are good at it. Here’s what that might look like:
Sample 1:
Sample 2:
Step 2: Quantify Your Accomplishments… AKA “Add some Numbers” (0 Words)
When a hiring manager is scanning a resume, numbers really POP off the page. They also make the things you include far more concrete and tangible.
For example…
Planned and executed concerts attended by participants from around the world
…this one is vague, hard to notice, and not very impressive. However, it could be seriously amped up just by adding some numbers like so:
Planned and executed 6 concerts attended by 20,000+ participants from around the world
How easy was that?
Step 3: Bold Your Best Work (0 Words)
Pick out a few of your best bullet points, find the most impressive phrase in each of those bullet points, and put them in bold. This will be the first thing the hiring manager reads as they scan…
See how it pops out?
Assisted the engineering team with concepts used to create and launch 3 new products.
Trained and supervised a 5-person sales team, providing coaching to improve performance.
Acquired 20 new clients in 2020, generating an 80% growth in annual revenue through cold calling and referrals.
*Just don’t over use this one or the bolding will lose its effect.
And that is it, my friends!
In just 5 minutes, writing 5 words or less, you can make your resume 5X more noticeable and get past the dreaded 5-second hiring manager scan!
The Big question though…
Do YOU Want to Take Your Job Search to the Next Level and Start Seeing Results?
Then you need to get inside the Hiring Manager’s head so you can give them exactly what they want…
The best and fastest way to learn how to do that:
