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make your professional summary count #resumehelp #resumetips

30 Mar 2026 · 0 min

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A former recruiter explains why your professional summary matters: hiring managers spend seconds skimming resumes, so you need required and nice-to-have skills in the top third to catch their eye and get a callback.

Hiring managers do not have time to read through long resumes. When I was a recruiter, if your professional summary had the required and nice-to-have skills, I wouldn't even read the rest of your resume. I would call you because you have to realize recruiters, both agency and internal, and hiring managers do not have time to read through long resumes. You hit them between the teeth or you hit them between the eyes or hit them in the teeth, whatever you want to say, up in the top third of your resume, you're going to get calls.

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