MY SPECIALTY: Strategically rewritten, keyword-loaded resume based on 2-3 examples of your ideal job target.
Resume Consultation / Keyword Development: Telephone consultation with Pat Kendall to discuss keyword placement and use, determine resume strategy, and flesh out relevant projects and achievements. Rewrite Job Descriptions: Job descriptions are written or rewritten to emphasize job target keywords, skills, and accomplishments. Profile / Summary Composition: A Professional Profile/Career Summary is strategically written to position you for your job target and emphasize keyword skills. Resume Restructuring: Resume categories, sections, functional skill sets, and education / training may be modified, reordered, or edited to focus on job target. Multiple Formats: MS Word scannable presentation resume + text version for cutting and pasting.
Includes Multiple Formats:Attractive Multifunctional Hard Copy in MS Word: Sample
Custom MS Word format; presentation-quality resume for interviewing, mailing, and faxing. This format is specially designed for accurate computer scanning and is ideal for faxing.Electronic Package: Sample
- Plain text version of the resume for e-mailing
Why Worry About Keywords?
Because 80% of the time, a resume's effectiveness hinges
on whether it has the "right" keywords.These days, the great majority of resumes are processed electronically and stored in resume databases. Your resume will come up as a match during electronic processing ONLY if it contains the right keywords.The Right Keywords = More InterviewsTo get employers' attention, your resume must reflect the keyword focus of actual jobs that match your objectives and talents.
To ensure the right keywords for a particular resume, I extract keywords from 2-3 examples of the job seeker's "ideal" job, and then use these examples to determine resume strategy and keyword focus. Even if your resume is not processed electronically, you need to have the right keywords to communicate to human readers that you are a match.
If you don't have good examples of your ideal job, or if you'd like to learn how to search for jobs online, read Using Keywords to Search for Jobs.
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