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The most confident job seekers
are those who:
* Know their personal strengths
and how to describe them effectively.
* Can point to accomplishments.
* Understand the requirements
of the job and the needs of
the employer.
* Have a strategy for showing
how they meet those needs.
You can develop an outstanding
resume AND build the confidence
to succeed by taking the following
three steps:
1. Become an expert on you.
2. Learn about the job you want
and the employer who will interview
you.
3. Create a strategy for success
and build your resume around
it.
A resume is best thought of
as a proposal rather than a
history. It looks forward rather
than backward, highlighting
the information about yourself
that will be of greatest interest
to your future employer.
Employers and recruiters increasingly
rely on electronic resumes;
resume posting boards and job
banks to find job candidates.
Resumes are either being scanned
or input directly into keyword-searchable
databases, and accessed when
an employer inputs a keyword
list of requirements that best
describe the position they are
seeking to fill.
The database searches for keywords
describing job titles, responsibilities
and descriptions, degree requirements,
computer knowledge as well as
personality traits. This software
scans through thousands of resumes
and identifies those that most
closely match the imputed keywords.
The more keywords or "hits"
the software finds in a resume,
the more likely it will be read
by a HR professional. Keywords
are the most important element
of a scannable resume.
Whatever your final word choices
are, your keywords should accurately
describe your skills, talents,
and experience.
The most common ingredients
of a well-written Summary are
listed below; use what best
describe you:
* a sentence describing your
profession
* followed by a comment stating
your level of expertise
* followed by two to three statements
related to any of the following:
* unique mix of skills
* range of environments in which
you have experience
* a special or well-documented
professional accomplishment
* a history of awards, promotions,
or superior performance commendations
* one or more professional or
personal characteristics
* a sentence describing your
professional objectives or interests
It’s important to list only
the skills you would feel comfortable
using if you were to be tested.
Should the position you are
seeking require knowledge of
software you don’t know, consider
taking lessons before listing
it on your resume.
Your resume should be a quick
and easy to read, containing
no fluff and no unnecessary
words. As hiring professionals
look through hundreds or even
thousands of job applications,
they may spend only a few seconds
reviewing each resume. To catch
their attention, you must quickly
convey that you standout from
the competition. A successful
resume is one that does not
exclude you from consideration.
To view search results about
resumes keyword,
click here
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