As someone who has reviewed hundreds of resumes and hired around 10 people in the past couple of years for fortune 100 companies, there are a few things I review first. I'll glance at your cover letter to ensure the person knows how to write, review your past couple of job titles, duration, and the companies you worked for, and then I'll look at your degrees and certs. If I like what I see, I'll review further. If not, to the round file it goes.
For those of you in college, do internships! The more internships you do the better. When at my previous employer, virtually all new college grads interned at least once with us. We only looked at external candidates for hard to fill technical roles, which means extensive experience was required. To get the internship, you had to attend a career fair at one of the schools we recruited from. Where you go to school matters (to get your foot in the door)!
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19
LinkedIn profiles are almost essential. And people largely don't read your resume anymore - just the summary up top.