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Resume, LinkedIn & Portfolio for Cloud/IT Roles

Build a resume, LinkedIn profile, and portfolio that actually get cloud and IT roles noticed - the artifacts recruiters and hiring managers screen against.

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Why Resumes Get Rejected in Six Seconds · Lesson

The Six-Second Scan: What a Recruiter Actually Reads First

Objective

Understand why the top third of a resume carries disproportionate weight.

Seconds, not minutes

A recruiter screening dozens of resumes for one role spends seconds, not minutes, on a first pass - scanning job titles, company names, and dates before reading a single bullet point closely.

The top third carries the weight

If those top-level facts don't signal relevance instantly, the rest of the resume, however well-written, often doesn't get read at all. The top third of the page carries more weight than its share of the page.