Carl Bradford

Inaccurate advice about resumes is all over the Internet so it’s no wonder that about 95% of all resumes I read aren’t very good and the majority are just plain unacceptable.

Most people just don’t know how to write a resume that gets interviews and after all that is the first and foremost reason for having a resume in the first place. It’s not the only reason, but its the most important reason.

I review hundreds of resumes every month and I’ve been doing it for over 40 years – see my bio – so I know what works and what doesn’t.  Most resumes don’t work!

You’ll find an very comprehensive suite of job search tools, advice, tips and secrets in the Members Only Section that illustrate the strategies that I personally use to increase the number of interviews I get for my candidates by 312%.

An example of misdirected resume advice

So, I wanted to see just what videos might be available on You-Tube, so I quickly launched a search under the broad topic of resumes and more specifically what could be found on whether or not you should put an objective your resume.  The very first video that came up was a short video about how to properly structure your resume.  I notice the video as of today had 32,481 views. In this case, 32, 481 viewers had been subjected to exactly the wrong advice!

The trouble is one piece of advice is to include an objective on your resume.  Now admittedly this was perhaps directed to new college graduates, but the video didn’t say that.  Anyway, I have proven that when you include an objective statement in your resume, it’s the wrong thing to do over 99% of the time.  By proven, it means I’ve tested this in what marketers would call an A/B or split test.

I won’t go into the reasons here in this blog post, but I make my case in the Members Only Section on this and ever important topic involved in a successful job search.

I doubt you’ll find all of these strategies anywhere else, but they’re part of the reason I was able to increase the number of interviews I get for my candidates by 312%.