Is your resume continually glossed over by recruiters, HR and hiring managers? If you are not receiving offers for interviews, you must evaluate your resume and its effectiveness.
Consider that with the competitive edge required in today's job market, it is critical for you to have a resume that highlights your accomplishments, and it must be quantifiable.
In reviewing resumes almost weekly for graduate students, a trend that consistently emerges are the highlighting of tasks and competencies with little attention to specific accomplishments for each of the position listed, and the quantifiable outcomes.
For example, bullets listing what the person did for each of their roles, i.e. answer phones, check in patients, etc. is not effective, and the information is not helpful because it is presumptive that one must have possessed such basic skills to have a particular role as a patient service representative for example.
However, if one can differentiate themselves by highlighting specific accomplishments such as performance improvement initiatives, to include the outcome, this gives hiring leaders a glimpse into ones ability to think critically and improve processes in their specific role.
One might consider highlighting who they are as a person. What is it about you that makes you the ideal candidate for a particular position. If one states, Customer service oriented professional seeks opportunity with the right organization...  This can come across superficial and as a canned response. Instead, in your cover letter, share who you are as a person through a personal story that has made you the person you are today. Then connect the dots as to how that makes you uniquely qualified for the position to which you have submitted  your resume, and then highly your accomplishments that are relevant to the position.
Likability is also an important characteristic in the workforce, especially considering the team dynamics necessary for success. Consider personalizing, humanizing, and demystifying who you are so that the hiring manager gains a sense of who you are, and how you might fit in with their team.
Consider sending out a 360 evaluation to those that might offer insight to you as to what you are good at and opportunities for you to grow. Share your resume with them seeking their input so that you can continually refine both the resume and cover letter to accurately reflect the greatness you offer the workforce!
Press on to find that great match with the amazing organization that awaits you!