Career Keywords

Career Keywords for Resumes and Social Media Profiles

Success

Career Keywords pull your resume or online profile to the top of the pile and engage recruiters and hiring managers in ways that you help you land job interviews.

The Benefits of Career Keywords

To find information on the Internet, search engines look up keywords. Having career keywords that will appear in Internet search results is one benefit of powerful career keywords.

The second benefit is that effective career keywords engage the attention of recruiters and hiring managers.  These words can immediately show the powerful match between your experience and the experience hiring companies are seeking.  On this point, I recommend that job seekers take time to include keywords in their resume that match the keywords in the hiring company’s job description.

List of Career Keywords

Here are some examples of names that might help a hiring manager find you and, therefore, you might want to include in your resume and in your online profile.

    1. Companies where you have worked, especially names of prestigious companies in your field
    2. Schools you have attended
    3. Academic achievements: cum laude, dean’s list, first in graduating class
    4. Clients in cases that will not damage your relationship with these companies
    5. Brands, products, or services you have developed
    6. Fields in which you worked
    7. Computer software or applications you know: C++, JavaScript, Java,
    8. Certifications or credentials:  Certified Public Accountant, Certified Marriage and Family Counselor, Credentialed Teacher
    9. Hard skills:  Fluent in French, Typing Speed: 120 words per minute, Diesel Mechanic
    10. Soft Skills:  Team Builder, Facilitator, New-hire Mentor

    Google.com/trends ranks words based on how often they appear in Internet search. You can test the effectiveness of keywords you are using in your resume and online profile by entering them into Google Trends.

    What keywords have you found helpful?

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