After scanning through all of the resumes, the ones that stood out the most were 5, 12, 21, 22, and 32. One thing all five had in common was that they all had difined sections. They section titles were in a seperate column from the information describing them. That made finding information of the resumes very easy. A few had unique features that helped them to stand out. For example, number 12 used italics and underlining to add emphasis to different points. Also, number 21 had the section titles highlighted in grey, which made the sections even easier to define.
I chose the resumes on pages 5, 14, 20, 26, and 28. I chose these resumes because their layouts were very organized and the detail was in the right place. When the layout is more organized you are more aware to the information provided. All the resumes I chose were very well organized and the information was given in the correct order. Always education was at the top, which is where is should be because that is most important to us in this time in our lives. I noticed that 5 has got chosen a lot, and I think that most people had the same idea that I did.
After reading through all the resumes in this activity, I chose the resumes on page 5, 8, 9, 26, and 32. All the resumes I chose that an appealing layout to me, which made me want to read them more than others and actually is part of the reason that I chose them. However, my main way of evaluating them was this. I read the objective and then looked through their resume for experience doing whatever it was they said they wanted to do or could do in the objective. If I saw experience, I read through the information more thoroughly.
The resumes that I chose were 5, 18, 22, 26, and 33. While scanning through these resumes I looked at a number of things. I mostly scanned the headings for information, the format, job location, the type of job experience, and if the jobs related to each other and the objective. I immediately dismissed any resume that stretched the margins almost to the edge of the page or was cluttered with too much information. I found these to be overwhelming and I didn’t want to waste my time reading everything on the page, and it was difficult to find the important information.
I really did not think that specific resumes would stand out after browsing a lot of them. There were a lot that stood out, but I actually saw a couple of resumes I would not consider reading at first sight since their structure was not attractive. The ones I chose were 9, 20, 23, 26 and 32. All of these resumes look very rich in content since at first sight you could see that they had a lot of specific details. These resumes had good use of italics and bold letters which showed professionalism and dedication. All these resumes fit the page perfectly, which made them stand out among the rest.
I felt the resume exercise gave a good perspective on what employers go through. It was difficult to get an idea of who the person is and the experience they have in 30 seconds. However, I now fully realize why it is important to make a resume appealing to the eye and well organized. If there was to much information, no bullet points, or no objective I didn't even bother reading it. When I was reading the resumes I was looking for a clear objective, educational background, related experience and also references. I was surprised to see that very few people listed references.
Looking through these resumes, the five candidates I would choose would be the applicants who wrote resumes # 1, 5, 22, 23, and 25. The first thing I noticed while looking through all of these was structure. It is very important that I was able to follow the text and not have to search real hard to try to find information. A little trick I learned is that the eye naturally follows the page from the upper left corner to the bottom right, and then from the bottom left to upper right in an "X" shape, so it is much easier to follow when subordinent lines are demoted.
I enjoyed looking through all the resumes, and I found five resumes that stood out amongst the others. I picked resumes 8, 9, 29, 31, and 32. I think what stood out the most of the five were the objective statements. All of the objective statements made it clear what the applicant wanted and how their work experience and education applies to their desired position. The resumes were also very organized and in a clear, clean format. All of the information about the work experiences were very detailed and informative. The tasks also correlated back to the objective statement.
The 5 candidates I chose to call for an interview are 5, 8, 13, 23, 32. Scanning all resumes within 10 minutes, first of all, I looked at how well a resume has been organized. If a resume hase been written in small font size and too lenghty or has abused bold and highlights improperly, I skipped it. In another hand, if a resume was very easy to read and well-organized with proper blank spaces, I felt like to read it more in depth.