Apparently recruiters only spend six seconds looking at your resume, so TheLadders (a career advice agency) developed a study to take the guess work out of creating the perfect piece of self promotion. Using eyetracking equipment, the organization followed the eyes of 30 recruiters for 10 weeks, and developed a heat map that visualizes where the recruiters’ gaze lingered the longest.
Read the article yourself for more information, but the basics are this: Eyes are drawn to left-aligned, bolded headlines, and don’t even bother to write in paragraphs – no one reads them.
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