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.

About Mark Anthony Dyson

My name is Mark Anthony Dyson, and I am the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers. I am a career advice writer, but more importantly, I hack and re-imagine the job search process.. I've worked with hundreds of job seekers one-on-one helping them to construct a narrative and strategy that appeals to hiring managers and recruiters. I present at colleges and organizations, and facilitated many workshops including my volunteer effort through a Job Lab. I write and create useful job search content on this blog and write career and workplace advice for blogs such as Glassdoor, Payscale, Job-Hunt.org, Prezi and more. Media Feature highlights: Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News, Glassdoor, LinkedIn's #GetHired, and NPR Freelance writer and content contributor: Glassdoor, Payscale, job-hunt.org, The Financial Diet, RippleMatch.com and more. Contact me to contribute career, job search, or workplace advice for your site at markanthonydyson@gmail.com.

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