Open AccessBusiness Professionals' Rankings of Applicants' Résumés: Updated Considerations For Résumé Instruction
Author(s) -
Ashly Smith,
Mandy Berg
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of business strategies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-6901
pISSN - 0887-2058
DOI - 10.54155/jbs.37.1.55-80
Subject(s) - internship , order (exchange) , actuarial science , computer science , psychology , business , medical education , finance , medicine
The standard recommendations for the design and content of an effectiverésumé have held mostly constant since the mid-1990s. Within these standardguidelines, this study investigates which aspects of effective résumés influencehiring professionals’ evaluations of equally qualified candidates in order to updateand strengthen business professors’ résumé instruction in order to improve businessstudents’ résumés. Based on an analysis of 45 business professionals’ rankings often sample résumés and 21 interviews, this study finds that targeted internships andchronological organization positively influence a résumé reviewer’s evaluation.