Do you know that the longer a decision-maker views your résumé, the more likely it is that you’ll get an interview? Recent research combined eye-tracking and machine learning to understand résumé decisions better. The most actionable conclusion was that Experience section dwell time predicts interview invitations.

That’s next-level information. We’ve had eye-tracking studies for years. They tell us what readers look at, but give no additional meaning. Now, by applying AI, we know which sections of the résumé matter the most for getting interviews.

I was a retained search consultant for 25-plus years. For the last 10 years, I’ve been writing executive and board résumés. When I did search, the first question I asked candidates after interviews was, “How long were you there?” That was the b

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