Nike's former HR head says job seekers must have this one line in their resume: 'Really helpful to...'

An anchor statement gives recruiters a sense of what these companies were like on the inside, HR executive James Hudson said. (Representational image)

Young professionals usually focus on highlighting their achievements in their resumes but there is another aspect that can be equally important to recruiters -- a sense of the candidate's history.

“I think it’s really helpful to have an anchor statement,” James Hudson, who has been the HR head at companies like Nike and Levi's, told CNBC Make It. He added that an anchor statement shows up under the candidates' job title and the company they worked for.

Depending on where the jobseekers worked, it could say something like, “fintech company with half a billion dollars in revenue and 3,000 employees,” Hudson said as an example. Or, "$250 billion market cap, 80,000 employees, operations in 100 countries worldwide.”

The anchor statement gives recruiters a sense of what these companies were like on the inside, the HR executive added.

“So much of your resume is about putting you in context... the recruiter needs to know the size and scope of your responsibilities because being a product manager in Amazon is entirely different from being a product manager at a startup.”

For household name companies such as Amazon or Google, the candidates can hyperlink the name to the company's main website. “But even for consumer-facing brands, 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,” Hudson told the publication.

While hiring managers will ultimately decide if the candidate's experience is relevant, but “you’re trying to share as much information that helps locate you in the context of your professional journey in as short a period of time as possible,” Hudson said, adding that the anchor statement will help with exactly that.