In the internet age it is very important to leverage all resources to get a great job. One very important tool to get you found are keywords. There are two very important things about keywords that we are going to share with you: How to include them in your resume and what keywords to include.
First, more and more people are putting some sort of summary paragraph in front of the meat on their resume that stuff keywords into the document. Don't try to jam a bunch of terms into a poorly written paragraph. Instead, create a keyword section. Just make your resume the old fashined way and at the bottom add a 'keyword' section.
Second, use Google Adwords to help generate your keyword list. Here is the link to Google Adwords . And search job boards for postings and copy the keywords for the types of jobs you want.
Hope this helps.
Key Word Madness
Rule #1 For Getting That Job: You Got To Believe!
I had candidate who I thought was a great get turned down this week. That is frustrating for the client, candidate and myself. I really thought that he could do a great job and was ready to take a leap up to this firm and opportunity. And so did the client,,, initially. That was the problem. We thought he was ready, but he did not.
He did not say it outright to anyone. But, over time he showed us that he lacked the confidence he needed for this job. He looked ready and in many respects. But he knew he was not and it eventually showed.
If you want to move up; you got to believe in yourself. If you don't it will show in the interviews and subsequent screening. Or worse yet, 90 days into the opportunity we will all be sitting around scratching our heads wondering why we got it wrong.
Bottom line, only you know if you are ready. And if you are, you got to believe in yourself. If you don't believe, don't bother.
Acronyms?
We reviewed a resume today. It was from a very qualified information technology candidate. However, it was filled with acronyms. Now, I spent 9+ years with IBM Software Group and I was confused. Imagine what some recruiter fresh our of college looking at that resume would feel.
A piece of advice: Never assume the person your are sending your resume (and cover letter) to is intimate with your industry. In many cases, they are the first filter that you have to go through to get the interview and they are not industry experts. If they say no initially because they did not understand your resume, you will never get the chance to interview.
Have a great weekend.
