Buzz your way to the top. Use keywords to propel your resume
Do you think you are the only one suffering in this economic climate? Think about the days of a hiring manager these days.
According to some them, they may announce a vacancy in the morning and receive a batch of resumes they hardly can carry by noon. How about reading all of them?
Proper keywords may pave your way to the top
The really is that most hiring managers do not read all resumes. At least in big companies. More and more often these days they use resume-scanning software that ‘fishes out’ key words that indicate desired qualifications and thus suitability of applicants.
You may write the nicest cover letter and attach the best resume to it only to see them go into trash bin just because they did not have proper keywords.
That’s because cold-hearted resume scanner did not find anything of value in them.
You should look for the actual words the company used in its employment advertisement and make sure they all are in your application package.
The buzzwords may differ from industry to industry so you should do your homework to get them right.
Here’s another trick you can pull of: have a section in your resume simply titled: “Key Words”. It simpler and more efficient way of putting all the necessary keywords on your resume.
Make sure your resume is a Microsoft Word format and is addressed the human resources manager personally.
