-Interview with Xu, Recruitment Director of Schlumberger China District.

A good resume is very important for finding a job, and sometimes it even plays a decisive role. So what kind of resume is attractive? What kind of resume is the most important? Is the resume as long as possible? In the process of writing your resume, what else should you consider besides your own narrative needs? On these issues, this website interviewed Xu, the recruitment director of Schlumberger, a multinational company. Teacher Xu put forward many sincere suggestions, hoping to give more or less enlightenment to friends who are looking for jobs.

Reporter: Schlumberger recruits a large number of fresh graduates every year. Can you give some advice to graduates on resume writing?

Xu: From the perspective of resume screeners, it is very important to write a resume, but many people ignore it. Because we receive hundreds of resumes every time we recruit, and we don't spend much time on each resume.

Reporter: What do you mainly look at in a short time?

Actually, it depends on what a resume can convey in such a short time. It is very important for a resume to make an impression within 15 seconds. A simple way to test whether a resume is attractive is to give it to someone and get it back after 15 seconds. Then you ask him how much he knows about it and how much key information he got from it.

Reporter: What kind of resume is a good resume?

Xu: There is no fixed format for a resume, but in the process of writing, we should consider what impression this resume will leave on the readers, whether it can be distinguished from others' resumes, and what is highlighted in the resume.

Resumes should be as concise as possible, not as long as possible. If a resume is written on five pages, we may only spend two or three seconds per page. We usually see some resumes. There is a big title at the top, with the word "resume" written on it, next to a name five times smaller than its font, and there are many things behind it. Such a resume is not a very good resume. People who read resumes will waste two seconds reading headlines first, and then they have to try to find useful information from many fonts.

The most important thing is to be realistic in your resume. Repetition in resumes is very serious, especially in English resumes. Many people write the same sentence and the same cover letter beautifully, but it usually doesn't give people a good first impression, because it is a shared thing. We can quickly find out whether this resume is written by him through English conversation. If his English ability can't reach this level, but his writing is good, we think this person is dishonest. We may have a better impression of a resume that is not well written or even has wrong sentences than this resume.

Reporter: Will you meet many people with fake resumes?

Xu: More! Interestingly, in some aspects, everyone writes a lot of things in the same way, such as personality, many people will write "optimistic and cheerful", "innovative spirit" and so on, and everyone will write "fluent" in language ability. As long as it is good, write it down. But in fact, when we ask specific questions, we can tell the truth from the false. In fact, what people think is a good thing is not that the more you write, the better. It's like covering up the truth. Remember, the more you write, the more chances you will be asked, and the easier it will be to expose yourself. Be sure to fill in your resume truthfully.

Reporter: Why do you think there are so many false and exaggerated things on your resume?

Xu: Many students have vague goals when choosing jobs, and they don't know much about the companies and positions they are applying for, and they don't know whether they are suitable for themselves. This is the most important reason. Many resumes are made for every company, without individuality and pertinence. As long as it's good, it's all written. At first glance, you can know that it's delivered everywhere and cast a net generally. Some people ask what this company will do after coming, and some of them are inappropriate at first sight. He's just taking a risk. I want to tell you that this is not only bad for the image of the applicant, but also bad for the image of the school, wasting his time, wasting my time, and possibly letting the really suitable person miss the opportunity.

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Let the resume touch the heart of the personnel manager

As a human resource consultant, I need to spend a lot of time making judgments about people based on their introductions in their resumes. In this role, my first task is to select a few qualified candidates from many applicants and help customers avoid the wrong recruitment of mediocre materials. Giving alms to job seekers is not my job. On the contrary, I find myself always handling every resume with some impatience and cynicism.

Too many resumes reflect a naive idea, and rational readers will read every word. The symbol of a rational reader is a tolerant heart, a detached self and a lot of free time. There are very few such people, and of course I have never been lucky enough to meet them.

I actually read less than half of the hundreds of resumes on my desk. After a quick glance, most of them are classified as "complete reading when time permits" The rest can be taken seriously, because they have the conditions of an effective resume: like a marketing brochure, stimulate my interest in a special "product"-you. Failed resumes can be divided into two categories: one is to test my patience, and the other is to gain my trust.

Pass the preliminary examination

It takes 2-5 minutes to read a two-page single-line printed resume completely, and it takes about 40 seconds even to browse quickly. In these 40 seconds, I must find a "reason" to keep reading, otherwise, I am ready to read the next article. So don't let me feel bored or uninterested in your resume at first sight, so don't use dense long paragraphs and narrow paragraph intervals.

Most people who write resumes know that self-promotion should not exceed two pages. However, many people use this ceiling as an excuse to fill two pages. In this part, they pile up personal historical materials in the first person as detailed as possible, and the whole article is full of pronouns, adjectives and clauses.

Please don't do this. The blank lines in my resume should be wide, the title should be bold, the first line of the paragraph should be indented, or any marks such as thick dots should be used, as long as it can quickly guide my eyes to the content that may attract me. You should avoid using fancy fonts, flashy formats or other obvious special visual effects. They hurt the content of my resume and gave me a reason not to read it.

Even the most pleasing format can't replace the missing content in your resume. Think of job hunting as a gun battle, and resume is the battlefield of battle. I think you are trying to brag about yourself, and you should also think that I will try my best to belittle or refute every achievement of yours. If you can sit on the horse after the first round of screening, you can enter the second round-detailed audit. After this, you can enter the castle to see the princess.

Show it to the reader

Give me a clear sense of direction. I can always see some resumes full of data. Obviously, the author is sure that I will fill the gaps for them, synthesize scattered information, contact relevant content, and finally determine what kind of talents they belong to. However, in the face of many successful candidates, I have no motivation to do these things. It is not my duty to find the meaning of life for you.

When you state your work objectives, you should be simple and clear, and explain how to give full play to your talents. I know my needs. Only your ambition or ambition meets my needs will interest me. For example, the following are three job-hunting goals I recently saw in my resume and my intuitive reaction.

1. Work objective: A position with great responsibilities, challenges and development space can explore my potential and make meaningful contributions to the realization of the company's goals.

Does anyone want to find a position that is neither responsible nor challenging or has room for development?

What do you mean by "meaningful contribution"? Please give me some facts so that I can really test whether our goals are the same.

My impression: without detailed information and specific direction, it is impossible to be hired.

Second, work objectives: sales support of scientific and technological products.

I know what kind of company you want to work in, but I don't know what kind of role or responsibility you want to play.

My impression: you have a good chance of being hired, but you forced me to continue reading your resume to understand your level, experience and ability. I won't think about anything else until I find the answer myself.

Target position: engaged in production management, completely independent assessment of profits and losses. It should be an industry that is growing rapidly or applying new technologies.

Clear job hunting objectives; If I were a whip manufacturer, I wouldn't waste each other's time.

Clearly explain the level of management responsibilities you are seeking.

A confident tone.

My impression: it will be a good interview, and it won't be too difficult to get into the subject.

People often complain that it is difficult to list suitable job hunting goals when changing careers, because there are too many fields for them to give full play to their talents. In this case, it is more effective to simply introduce or summarize your own experience than work objectives, because the former emphasizes what you can provide, not what you want. Either way, you should let me know that you have fully considered the issue of changing careers, instead of looking for a job aimlessly or desperately fleeing the original career disaster.

If you sum up with experience, don't just make it a perpetual calendar, it must be able to introduce everything you have achieved, so as to explain how the past may affect you now. I have seen many smart people find it difficult to display their talents, so I always think about how to bring them into play instead of simply having them.

Deduct style score

It is a pleasant challenge for me to have a clear and specific work goal and outline or briefly introduce my experience. Through them, I can evaluate all kinds of evidence you provide to prove your talents, achievements and future responsibilities.

At this stage, the content and form of your resume become equally important. I pay attention to both what you say and how you do it. I am like a referee in diving or gymnastics, deducting the style points of the imperfect parts of your resume from the content and form. So a prominent shortcoming or a series of subtle shortcomings accumulate together, which may make me lose confidence in you. I am optimistic about those who are low-key, those who prove their value with past achievements, titles and evidence of others' trust-real and indisputable.

As for the style of resume, there is no reason to use first-person pronouns, because we all know whose resume this is. The narrative form of the three people should not be considered either. It doesn't sound like an objective evaluation by outsiders, but it just seems hypocritical.

I admire candidates who don't abuse ability adjectives. The descriptions of "main contribution", "dynamic scheme" and "significant improvement" are not objective facts. They are only the opinions of the author of the resume and will be discounted to some extent. In addition, I also dislike exaggerated adverbs of degree such as "actively", "actively" and "effectively".

I will also use verbs like "cowardice" to deduct points. Explain your past work and achievements from management, execution, analysis, creation or organization, so that mediocre people can assist, participate or help solve them.

You can highlight your past achievements with titles, numbers and names. I respect titles, because it shows that someone once trusted you enough to give you important responsibilities. But many people ignore this.

Numbers have two functions. The first is outstanding performance. Compared with the candidate who simply said "increased productivity", a person who "increased factory output in seven months 156%" will undoubtedly impress you more. In addition, "managing 350 technical designers" can prove your ability better than "leading an engineering team". Secondly, figures can provide concrete evidence that is hard to question.

Names and numbers have the same function. International Business Electric Company (IBM) is not an "important data processing company", it is IBM. Of course, the significance of working here can't be compared with a small company like Marty Software Paradise. Can you imagine that George Washington just wrote in his resume that he once played an important role in the policy planning and implementation of a major country in the world?

If you can't directly rely on the advantages of your name and try to attract my attention with descriptions like "Fortune 100 Company" or "the world's largest shoelace manufacturer", my understanding of your abilities and achievements will be very different.

Touch my heart

The establishment of trust can not only rely on covering up one's own shortcomings, but also find out one's goals and key interests through full background research. If I (or the company I represent) is really your best choice, then you should try to get into my mind and think about what questions I might ask you about your resume, in roughly the same order. If you can't do this, it means that you don't know your own market and need to do more research. I found that it would be very satisfying if a certain information could be presented right in front of my eyes when my subconscious felt the need. If this happens several times in a two-page resume, I think this applicant really meets my requirements. That's what I need.

If you realize that my understanding holds the fate of your resume, not your will, then we can get along well. Tell me how to use you. Come on, try to sell yourself, so I can't refuse.