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RESUME TIPS - Part Three
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How to get short
listed for projects.
First you need to understand web based recruitment: hiring managers in large companies or agencies no longer actually
read every job application.
Key word searches are used to process applications:
to identify the right skills, short list candidates and reject unsuitable applicants.
Specialized recruitment
software now reduces the task of searching for key skills in hundreds of resumes from hours
down to
minutes.
Key word searches
will select only resumes
containing the search criteria: this may be job title, qualifications, experience, companies or projects.
This reduces cost and speeds up the
selection process: recruiters tend to
short-list or
interview candidates with the best resumes; not necessarily
the candidate who has all the right skills for the job.
Research those key words
You should spend time and effort getting the precise content of relevant
key words for your discipline to market your skills
& experience.
Time
spent on key word research is vital to success: recruiters tend to
short-list or interview candidates with the best resumes; eliminating candidates who have all the right skills for the job
and who submit a poorly written resume.
COMMON PROBLEMS
One of the most common is the employer cannot open or read your email
resume; try using a less complex format to fix this problem.
[sample resume style]
Do it right first time by using either simple text or rich text format; test
your efforts with friends, not a prospective employer.
FAX OR POST
Some
employment agencies or large companies still scan your posted or
faxed resume using OCR [optical scanning recognition] software as the
first step.
100% OCR accuracy
cannot be guaranteed: to help use a sans serif type face to post or fax applications.
Hiring managers prefer the convenience of instant
email access: why
risk rejection by forcing managers to use outdated manual methods,
email your resume.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
Most employers reaction to any complex document that takes minutes to
open will be deletion.
Resumes requiring minutes of precious time to re-format
before downloading or to review will definitely go to the bottom of the
pile, if not straight in the waste bin.
ATTACHMENTS
Your resume like many others is probably be currently formatted in
latest version of MS Word, Word Perfect.
If you have prepared
your resume on your company network beware.
Lurking in these files may be hidden problems for other networks: remove
all macros, passwords, logos, graphics, columns, borders,
company templates, these may not be compatible with other systems.
DOCUMENT SIZE
You have less than thirty seconds to attract the hiring managers attention;
don't waste the opportunity to market your skills, edit
your resume to four pages maximum
Focus on your current skills & experience; you can supply precise detail on request,
or at interview.
APPLICATION LETTERS
You can combine your application & resume in one single attachment;
better still write a career summary .
ABBREVIATIONS OR JARGON
You may understand industry abbreviations; we certainly do but the
person looking for your skills may not understand such jargon, to avoid rejection try spelling
out specific words once then use abbreviations particularly with any technical terms.
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