Research the company online, talk to people you know who currently work or previously worked at the organization and take a closer
look at the job description so you have a good sense of what the hiring manager is looking for in the right job candidate.
Not exact matches
Look at job descriptions for your ideal role
so you can determine what these keywords are, and where they can be incorporated.
Key words are different for every
job so you need to
look closely
at the
job description.
The employer's applicant tracking system is programmed to hunt for the words in the
job description,
so putting them in usually ensures your resume will be
looked at by an actual human.
So I thought you might like to
look at a sample targeted resume, to help you see how to create your own resume using the
job description for the position you want.
So go take a
look at your bullet points or
job descriptions and think about whether you're talking about what you actually did, or only what you were responsible for.
It's a chance to give a potential employer a lens through which to
look at the rest of your resume,
so choose carefully what you want to emphasize about yourself, preferably after studying the
job description.
So before I show you a sample cover letter, let's first
look at some key requirements in the
job description (borrowed from a post about targeting business analyst resumes), since the
description is where you find skills you want to target.
Small and big businesses alike scan for keywords,
so look at the
job description to obtain these words.
So think about when the
job description you're
looking at was likely written.
(I'm OK, who cares about you); I don't think
so, not just to protect my
job description, but to protect the interests of consumers who often
look at only the «price» of a service / commodity without investigating the quality of same; it's human nature... (ripe for the pickin»).