Tips for writing your resume

Tips for writing your resume

MARYLANDERS ARE OUT OF WORK.,AND LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB OREVEN A NEW CAREER..

AS PART OFOUR REBOUND MARYLAND SERIES━WMA━2 NEWS' MARK ROPER HASSOME TIPS ON HOW TO POLISH UPYOUR RESUME.MARK━ WHATADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR JOBAPPLICANTS TO GET NOTICED ANDGET HIRED?JOB SEEKERS HAVE TO MAKESEVERAL GOOD IMPRESSIONSBEFORE GETTING HIRED BUT THEFIRST GATEKEEPER ON THE PATHTO HUMAN RESOURCES WHICHYOU'LL PROBABLY NEED TO HAVETHE RIGHT WORDS FOR OFTENISN'T EVEN HUMAN YOUR RESUMEIS A CHANCE TO TELL YOUR STORYAND SELL YOURSELF TO YOURFUTURE EMPLOYER AS THE BESTCANDIDATE FOR THE JOB.

ITSHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A WAYWHICH NOT ONLY TELLS YOURFUTURE BOSS ABOUT YOUREXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'VEDONE BUT HOW YOU WILL BE ABLETO MEET THE NEEDS OF THECOMPANY.

THE HIRING MANAGERMIGHT GIVE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONTO HUMAN RESOURCES WHO WILLPLACE AN AD━ REVIEWAPPLICANTS AND WEED OUT YOURCOMPETITION.

BUT PROFESSIONALRESUME WRITER DEBBIE SHALOMSAYS IF YOU DON'T USE THERIGHT KEYWORDS IN WRITING YOURRESUME━ A COMPANY'SAPPLICANT TRACKING SOFTWARECOULD KICK YOU OUT OF THERUNNING BEFORE ANYONE HUMANBEING EVEN GETS A CHANCE TOREAD IT.

Look at words thatkeep repeating themselvesthroughout job postings,that's a short simple way toidentify them, another way isthink of industry buzzwords,which words keep coming up inyour industry SHALOM ALSO SAIDWHILE YOU WANT WANT TO BE SURETO USE INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS━SHE SUGGEST STAYING AWAY FROMUSING ACRONYMS BECAUSE THEHIRING MANAGER WILL KNOW WHATTHEY MEAN BUT THE HUMANRESOURCES MANAGER MIGHT NOT.SO IF YOU DO USE ACRONYMS━JUST MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WRITETHEM OUT IN PARENTHESES.

LIVEIN????━ MARK ROPER WMAR 2NE