Your Resume is Outdated

It’s a fact. If you have not looked for a job in the last few years, and even if you have, you probably don’t know how to do it. So please read on. It could mean the difference between being called in for an interview and being passed over for a more savvy-and better prepared-job candidate.

Times have changed. OK, so I’m stating the obvious; but did you know that nowhere is this more relevant than in today’s successful job search strategy?

If you are still thinking that all you have to do is create a pleasant, well-formatted “pretty” resume, put a stamp on the envelope, and mail it out, we have some serious talking to do. You had better read on.

Three Resume Formats

That’s right, you heard it. There are not one, but three, essential resume formats to be used in any successful modern-day job search. They are the following:

Presentation Resume

The Presentation format is probably the one you are most used to. This is the “pretty” one I spoke about earlier. It is the standard format traditionally used for mailing, faxing, and presenting directly to an interviewer. However, since we all know these are not the only ways your resume will be greeted these days, you need to become accustomed to the other formats as well.

Keyword Scannable Resume

This format is a relatively new invention brought on the scene to keep up with the changing times. In today’s high-tech corporate climate, the bigger companies –and sometimes smaller ones too – will often scan resumes into a database for future retrieval. Here, the resume will need to be stripped of some of its “bells and whistles.” These would include decorative elements such as horizontal or vertical lines, and fancy fonts. A simple non-serif format like Arial or Tahoma works best. It is also essential to make sure none of the letters or other elements touches each other, since this can confuse optical scanning software and create an illegible mess.

This resume format is also optimized with a specific list of keywords, separated by commas or periods. These are most commonly nouns that indicate your experience such as your job title (e.g. Systems Analyst or Account Executive), industry expertise (Microsoft Excel, TCP/IP, C++), or Education (Masters of Business Administration, BS in Engineering). This keyword summary is ideally placed just before the Professional Experience section.

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