At the following link you can search for Clark Howards broadcast on networking:
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/10157930/index.html
The Bureau of Labor Statistics at: http://www.bls.gov
and O*Net at: http://online.onetcenter.org
can be helpful in researching job titles, responsibilities and helping with verbiage for resumes.
I also recommned searching job postings at Company Websites, on Careerbuilder, on Monster, wherever and matching the skills on your resume to the verbiage in their description, if you in fact possess those skills. Some companies use "word matching" software and the higher you score as a match to the description the more likely you are to hear back.
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10 years ago
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Word Matching software? No way! Well thats something I didn't know! Thank you.
I didn't know that either. I can definitely see how that would simplify the process for HR, but at the same time, it seems like there's a good chance viable candidates could be overlooked for using the "wrong" phrases to describe their responsibilities.
Hence the links, I know, but do they really want everyone's resumes to read the same way?
The electronic posting process companies now use makes more opportunities available to people 24 hours a day across wider geographic areas. Recruiters are most interested in people who closely match the requirements a manager has specified.
It is not uncommon to receive a minimum of 500 to 1,000 resumes for one opening. Recruiters may work on 20-100 openings depending on the types of jobs for which they are recruiting. You can do the math. It becomes an impossibly large number of resumes to review.
If a company's job description says they need someone to "International company seeks someone to handle a wide variety of immigration issues" but my resume says "assisted with Visa processing" it does not appear to be a match. With a slight modification my resume says "assisted with immigration issues, including visa processing, providing support to returning ex-pats, international recruiting etc... then the resume matching will pick up the words "immigration and international" and my resume moves higher on the match list. It is not a word for word type match. It is a keyword match.
By editing my resume it more closely resembles that specific job opening and a recruiter can usually tell that I am tailoring my resume to them.
I have seen resumes with objectives that did not match, the company name misspelled and email addresses for candidates like "bongking@.....com" or "trashywoman@...com".
Tailor your resume slightly to each opening and if you have a "fun" email address go on to yahoo and sign up for a free "conservative" email name for job search use only.
I hope that adds some clarity.
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