You've trawled the ads and you've applied for lots of jobs.. You don't think you have any problem with your skills or experience.. Despite all this you just don't seem to be getting any calls.

If you're not getting as many call backs from recruiters or potential employers as you'd like it's time to take a serious look at your resume.

Normally all that stands between you and an interview is your resume. Your resume is your only chance at getting an employers attention.. You might already be close to a decent resume, if you have spelt everything right and have relevant experience you might only need a few extra things to get you over the line..

Here's a few things you could do in your resume to give it an extra boost.

Make the first page scannable
Decent recruiters are able to see up to 200 resumes a day. For some jobs this could be much more. Place yourself into the recruiter's shoes for a minute. If you see 200 resumes a day its pretty obvious you are not going to read every page of everyone's resume.. It's this reason you need to make sure your first page is as powerful as it can be.

Ok then, what's a powerful first page?
Your first page should present all of your best career experience and qualifications in big bold font so its easy for a recruiter to see in seconds.

Ensure that your resume is crystal clear
Can a recruiter clearly tell what assignments you've executed and what projects, systems or products you've worked on from skimming through your resume? Anyone picking up your resume for the first time should be able to see your career highlights, if they can't your toast. Anyone reading your resume should easily be able to tell your a valued Sales Associate worthy of a job!

Ensure that your resume isn't boring to read
Does every line of your resume shout out! You are trying to make each line so powerful that the employer wants to read more. If you have a boring line like Sold XYZ products, does anyone really care? No, but if you were a Sold $1M of XYZ and lead the nation as the number one sales professional well thats even more interesting.

Is your compelling value as an employee clear?
For each role you have done you MUST describe what value you provided. Including:

-Sales Associate at Company ABC, where I created new processes saving Company ABC $300k
-Through my contribution this project was completed on time and within scope
-Without my superior communication skills this project would not have achieved the tight delivery time frames imposed
-Utilising my skills I was able to reduce the system expenses by 8% resulting in a $50,000 saving

By being clear, creating a compelling first page and not being boring, your sure to submit a better resume and get the interview call.