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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Resume Keywords vs. Buzzwords, and Audacious Job Seekers

Resume Keywords vs. Buzzwords, and Audacious Job Seekers
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Without keywords, your resume will not see the light of day. And without be audacious in your networking and interviewing, you may go unnoticed in your job search.

Coach Jennie

Jennie Mustafa-Julock (@CoachJennie)is so much more than a life coach, and she probably prefers being called an Audacity Coach. She is the founder of coachjennie.com, and we’re talking about being audacious job seekers/careerists.

Here are highlights of our discussion:

  • Jennie stated audacity has nothing to do with being “introverted” or “extroverted” but wanting making something special happen.
  • Audacity is more of a lifestyle because you have an unending amount of potential. It is a quality and an approach to life.
  • Networking audacious is remembering to be you, instead of morphing into the person who you think you ought to be.
  • We talk exclusively about what impresses others about audacious people. Confidence, ambition, and tenacity are attractive and perceived as someone to know.

Erin Kennedy

I’ve know Erin Kennedy (@ErinKennedyCPRW) through her blog and Twitter for a few years now, and her wealth of knowledge is always on display on her blog, Exclusive Executive Resumes. Her blog is a Forbes top 100 Website for Your Career, and she has more certifications and letters after her name than letters in the alphabet. Certified resume writer multiple times over.

Here are highlights of our discussion:

  • Getting out to network is a key to learn the target industry, and putting the essential information and keywords on paper as it relates to you
  • Erin pointed out that different countries may use keywords and buzzwords interchangeably. Erin defines buzzwords as taking the resume down a notch by using words that are overused and are fluff such as, “creative thinker” and “energetic.” Keywords are factual, and back up what you’ve done
  • Keywords are obtained from the job description, and are essential and what employers want.
  • Employers are interested in the how, the functionality, and how you back it up. Erin says, “…that it has to stick.”
  • Erin stated that resume has to have a focus, and relevant keywords will achieve that focus employers desire

I referenced in the conversation the show about writing a resume for the Applicant Tracking System.

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I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.

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Comments

  1. Ceren Kardelen says

    August 12, 2014 at 10:26 am

    Hi Mark,
    this is great.
    i actually wrote a similar article for http://www.strike-jobs.co.uk
    using the right keywords in your CV is crucial as most recruiters these days use management software to search for people with relevant skills. people seem to think that using pretty layouts or info graphics work better but i don’t think this is accurate..
    the link to my article is http://bit.ly/XcPtER if anyone is interested 🙂

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