Polish up your resume!
Writing a resume can be intimidating, but you probably have more experience than you think, and you’ll be able to fill up that page in no time.
Many organizations rely on Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to screen candidates and filter resumes. This is good for recruiters, but can be a hurdle for job seekers. I recommend watching this video on how to get your resume past applicant tracking systems.
Follow this guide for tips on how to write a resume that will make you stand out and help you get hired.
Start with your contact information – this is the first thing employers want (and need) to see. Include your name, email address, phone number. Put this at the very top of the page, and make it big and bold.
Next, the education section is simply the name of your school (high school and/or college) and years of attendance (i.e. 2015–2019). Include any academic honors or accomplishments in bullet points underneath the respective school where these events took place.
For work experience, list the job name, the period of employment (month/year format) and a few bullet points underneath with brief summaries of your duties and responsibilities. Nothing too wordy here – just enough to convey a sense of your experience and capabilities. Include any and all positions you’ve had. Not much formal work experience? Not a problem. Include jobs like home childcare, dog walking, snow shoveling, or house sitting. Experience is experience, no matter how you slice it.
Get creative with the remaining sections and use them to drive home the case you’re trying to make for your hireability. You can include a “volunteering” section, a “relevant coursework” section, “extracurriculars,” or even a section where you (briefly) lay out your professional goals and aspirations. Perhaps you’re fluent in a foreign language, extremely skilled in software or programming, or possess CPR and lifeguarding certifications...add all that in, too! Just make sure to keep it organized and use the same formatting and design as in previous sections.
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The ATS can be very tricky, but as Matt Bornhorst said there are ways to get around it!
Here are some additional tips : )
1. Keep Formatting Simple Applicant tracking systems require simplicity. Make sure to delete any extra touches you’ve added to your resume such as logos, pictures, symbols, and shadings. Also, stick to standard resume formatting in a normal font like Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman. The ATS can’t read fancy fonts and will reject your resume out of confusion. Make sure to only include the usual sections of a resume: Qualifications, Professional Experience, Education, Skills, and the like. Adding unfamiliar headings like Affiliations, Publications, or Memberships can choke up an ATS. Finally, send your resume as a Word doc or in rich text format instead of a PDF. Though ATS software is becoming better at reading PDFs, it can still miss important things when trying to process them.
2. Nail the Correct Keywords ATS will be looking for key phrases and contextual information related to those qualifications. Include verb phrases and skills written in the job description on your resume. These are very likely to be the same keywords and phrases the hiring manager has programmed the ATS to pick up—“project manager,” or “social media marketing,” for example. Use both the acronym and the spelled-out form of any given title, certification, or organization, so you’re set regardless of which format the ATS is looking for. For example: Certified Public Accountant (CPA). An important thing is NOT to go overboard! In the past, people thought that they could exploit the system by overstuffing their resumes with keywords, thus ranking them higher in the eyes of the ATS. This is a very bad idea because the software is sophisticated enough to see this kind of keyword stuffing, but also if your resume does make it into human hands, no one will be impressed by a resume overly saturated in keywords. Aim for repeating important skill related keywords two or three times (and no more).
3. Remove the Career Objective Section Career objective sections are a bit of a space waster. Stating, “I am a hardworking person who wants to work in (blank) industry” can seem a bit obvious. Remember it’s not about how you want to apply your skills, it’s about how the company needs you to apply them. Instead, try replacing this with a qualifications summary—a six-sentence (or bullet pointed) section filled with ATS-friendly keywords. Even better, use those six sentences to concisely present the crème of the crop of your achievements, major skills, and important experiences.
4. Use Spell-check Spelling mistakes are bad, bad, BAD on your resume!! An ATS will disregard you immediately because it will simply have no idea what you’re talking about if something is misspelled. So double, triple, and quadruple check your resume before sending it in. Have someone else do the same and look over your resume carefully. Spelling mistakes can easily be avoided if you’re careful.
Good luck!!
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