Question About Resume

[rsmith6621]

I am redoing my resume to give it some volume and to better use key words to get it on the hiring managers desk. I attended a job seminar at the local UE office yesterday and the moderator showed us that employers are looking for competencies keywords listed in the job posting when describing what it is you did at the company. She said you should just copy the competencies in the posting and paste these into your resume after you have added some personalization.

I asked her if is ok to duplicate that for each job you have preformed when working for different employers doing the same thing,she said yes. Basically my career has no different task or expectations no matter where I work.

[MrsBrady]

1. I recruited for 3 years before I went back to finish my music degree

resumes are found searching for key words. at monster, etc... and in the resume bank the recruiters are using.

do it. Take the job description in whatever job you are applying for. Make sure you have the same key words.

If you are Microsoft Certified with whatever acronym they need, then make sure to both spell it out and use the acronym so that it can be found both ways. get it?

If you are applying for a secretarial job but you've been a receptionist, make sure you use the word secretary somewhere in your resume, and highlight your secretarial duties.


many recruiters have not worked or been educated in the field they are recruiting, and you really have to spell it out on the resume.
I recruited in IT even though I had a music background.
But I had someone show me what to look for. perhaps other people didn't have that. But if you use the right key words, you can find the right resumes.

So make sure to get those key words on your resume for each job submittal. Sometimes it won't change that much, but just make sure the key words are there.

I helped my husband with his resume and he found a job within 4 months. (although his skill is not able to be outsourced, most companies have cut staff etc)