Resumes are often crucial to securing a job these days. Highlighting your experience and skills is crucial to getting interviews. Based on research, hiring managers only view each resume that comes to them for an average of 25 seconds. That means your resume has to pop out to them in less than 30 seconds. Let's take a look at some tips to build your resume.

Use bold and underlines to your advantage. If you only have 25 seconds to show off your skills, highlight them. If you have won an award or done something excellent in one of your previous jobs, use bold font to highlight it.

In your job description area, do not just describe your former jobs; describe what you have done for the company. Explain how you helped them reach their goals or improved the way they do business. If you work in sales, tell them how you helped increase sales or made a process more efficient. Use numbers and percentages if you have them.

Research the job you are applying for, and craft your resume to what the company is looking for. Read the job description carefully, and build your resume to match the job description.

Use basic fonts, cute or hard-to-read one. These will just strain the eyes of the person looking at your resume. Try a basic font like Times New Roman or Arial.

Spend the extra money on fancy paper. When you hand out your resume you should be proud of it. It should feel nice to a hiring manager when you hand it to them in person. This means a nice thick piece of paper, not cheap copy paper.

Try to keep your resume to one page. This applies to both electronic and paper resumes. Again, you only have about 25 seconds to show yourself off.

Do you have any tips to better a resume? Leave us a comment below and let us know.

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