Before you think about the robots, one of the most important steps in developing an effective resume is to create a Master Resume that always stays in the cloud or on your computer.
In the master resume, list every significant accomplishment you achieved ( that you can think of) in the right format, under each job. You could have as many bullets as you want under each job in the Master.
When you customize your resume for a job application, you will be mostly deleting bullets that do not match with the qualifications and the principle duties in the job description and editing the remaining bullets to match the language of the qualifications.
Having a master resume cuts the time it takes you to customize by about 50%.
Customizing is tedious but the more you do it, the less tedious it becomes, if you are applying to similar roles.
One tip to get both the robots and the humans to put you in the “Yes'' list for interviews is to specifically match your successes, under each job to each of the qualifications and the most important principle duties.
And...be sure to use their wording (key words) to explain each of your successes. This way you won’t be stuffing the resume with keywords inappropriately and yet your fit will be noticed quickly by a human and the ATS.
There are 14 other criteria in the Career Aviators Resume Analyzer that you can use to determine how you need to make changes to your resume to get in the “yes” list for interviews.
I would be pleased to review your resume with you in a free consultation and/or you could participate in the resume reboot workshop or the Career Landing Programme
