2-Hour Virtual Seminar on Resume Do's and Don'ts: Boost Your Hiring Chances for 2025
January 21, 2026
10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
2 Hours
308090
Group Attendees: Any number of participants
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
This webinar provides professionals with clear, practical guidance on what truly works-and what doesn't-when crafting a competitive resume for the 2025 job market.
Participants will learn the critical do's and don'ts that influence recruiter decisions, Applicant Tracking System (ATS) compatibility, and overall resume impact. Through real examples, expert insights, and step-by-step recommendations, attendees will gain the knowledge and confidence to refine their resume, highlight their value effectively, avoid common pitfalls, and significantly increase their chances of landing interviews and job offers.Why should you Attend: By participating, you will:
- Gain a clear understanding of the essential resume do's and don'ts for 2025
- Learn how to avoid the most common resume mistakes that lead to rejections
- Improve resume readability, clarity, and overall visual impact
- Understand how to optimize your resume for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
- Identify the right keywords, accomplishments, and formatting to boost hiring chances
- Transform task-focused descriptions into strong, results-based accomplishment statements
- Customize your resume for specific roles, industries, and career goals
- Increase the likelihood of securing interviews with a polished, compelling resume
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Understanding What Recruiters Look For in 2025
- Emerging resume trends and hiring expectations
- What makes a resume stand out in 10 seconds
- Resume Do's: Best Practices for a Strong Resume
- Using accomplishment-driven language
- Choosing the right format and structure
- Aligning content with job descriptions and industry standards
- Resume Don'ts: Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Red flags that cause instant rejection
- Formatting, wording, and design errors
- Crafting Powerful Accomplishment Statements
- Turning duties into measurable results
- Using metrics, outcomes, and action verbs
- ATS Optimization Essentials
- Keyword best practices for 2025
- How to avoid formatting that breaks ATS scanning
- Customizing Your Resume for Specific Roles
- Tailoring strategies for different industries and seniority levels
- When-and how-to create multiple resume versions
- Design, Layout & Readability
- Modern, clean layouts that improve recruiter engagement
- Design choices that hurt more than help
- Final Review Checklist
- Proofreading, alignment, and quality control
- Getting external feedback and professional review tips
- Q&A and Next Steps
- Tools, templates, and resources for ongoing improvement
Who Will Benefit:
- All
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.