This is primarily a matter of translating experience into clearly defined
relevance to a job application.
Not exact matches
Recruiters say that it is surprising how many
job applications have no
relevance to the
job.
The functional CV is all about
relevance, enabling you
to focus on what is most important for a particular position, so it should be tailored for each
job application.
Some
applications can be read by a software program rather than a person, so it is beneficial
to include specific keywords in your letter that were mentioned in the
job ad — the program will be scanning for
relevance and this will show that your
application is suitable.
The functional resume is all about
relevance, enabling you
to focus on what is most important for a particular position, so it should be tailored for each
job application.
Content should clearly present the skills, their
relevance to the
job, and their previous
application if any.
Yet employers know that up
to 30 % of resumes contain serious misrepresentations or omissions and some 70 % of
applications have no real
relevance to the
job.