Make Your Resume Pop



Make Your Resume Pop

 

November 2008

It's no secret that human resource managers use electronic scanners and keyword searches of resumes to rank potential candidates. According to , the terms employers search for most often are:

• [pic]Problem-solving and decision making skills (50%)

• [pic]Oral and written communication 44%)

• [pic]Customer service or retention (34%)

• [pic]Performance and productivity improvement (32%)

• [pic]Leadership (30%)

• [pic]Technology (27%)

• [pic]Team-building (26%)

• [pic]Project management (20%)

• [pic]Bilingual (14%)

Source: .

Recvd: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Buzz words in Summary & Work Experience:

o Understandable job titles

o Industries (knowledgeable in)

o Languages fluent in

o Responsibilities (if stated under job titles): operating budget of; led teams; international; multiple divisions; etc.

o Accomplishments that start with past-tense action verbs and superlatives: completed; managed; planned

o Accomplishments that contain key work words in your field: projects; team; audit; quality; savings;

improvement; acquisitions; divestures; sales amount; contribution to profit; reorganization (under difficult circumstances); etc.

o Unique items for your field: an IT person who implemented business process improvement or was a

member of the company’s management committee; a sales person who motivated change in supply chain operations; an admin assistant who handled successfully customer service operations; an accountant who wrote policy manuals; multi-lingual (list languages); etc.

o Special skills: general software (usage; operating knowledge) Microsoft Office suite; SAP; etc. common and unique

Buzz words in your Summary (Profile) should be repeated once or twice somewhere in your accomplishments, preferably on the first page.

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