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Home > Articles > Why Most Resumes Fail April 30, 2009  
Despite the dozens of books and thousands of articles about how to write them, the majority of resumes are awful, according to most executive recruiters. After a couple of decades in the search game, Mark Jaffe, president of Minneapolis, executive search firm Wyatt & Jaffe, is still amazed at how bad they are.
Jaffe’s firm receives about 200-300 resumes every week. The firm’s two assistants spend about a minute scanning each one. If they spot credentials that match a search, the resume winds up on Jaffe’s desk. Facts that stand out are impressive executive positions and prestigious high-profile companies (FedEx, Microsoft, Intel, IBM) or extraordinary educational credentials (MBA from Harvard or from the WhartonSchool of the University of Pennsylvania).
How many resumes reach Jaffe’s desk? Are you ready? “Fewer than two per week,” he says.
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