Don’t forget this one line on your resume, says former head of talent acquisition at Nike

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An anchor statement describes the company you worked for and gives recruiters a sense of what your responsibilities could've been.

With college graduation season well underway, many young people will be diving into the workforce. As such, many will also be writing their resumes for the first time in hopes of catching recruiters and hiring managers' attention.from the job description that are relevant to your own experience and to quantify your accomplishments in internships or previous jobs with numbers.

An anchor statement shows up under your job title and the company you worked for. It succinctly describes that company. For household name companies like Amazon, you can hyperlink the company name to its main website. "But even for consumer-facing brands," says Hudson, "it can be helpful to put the anchor statement because, yeah, sure, everyone's heard of Nike or Apple, but most people probably don't know how big those companies are."The idea behind including this line is to give recruiters a sense of what these companies were like on the inside.

 

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