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By: DrBB01

DrBB01 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:15:12 +0000

Excellent post–nouns DO matter, particularly with bots screening resumes for keywords. Other parts of speech do, too, particularly when a person reads your resume, but sometimes we do get too hung up on “power verbs.” One minor correction: you can search and read the Occupational Outlook Handbook for free online and you can print any pages you wish, but you can’t–and wouldn’t want to–download the entire OOH. Hard copy is revised bi-annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is available for purchase, The next hard copy revision is due out March 2012.

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By: Kim Wood

Kim Wood — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:34:00 +0000

A really useful post, Joshua!
I like your suggestion of starting with your own common sense – I have often been guilty of heading straight for those convenient online tools. The Occupational Outlook Handbook sounds like a great resource as well – thanks for the tip.

By: Victoria Schanen

Victoria Schanen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:18:00 +0000

When I was a recruiter in the IT industry, I looked at hundreds of resumes in a week and this is the best advice I’ve read in a long time! I will definitely check out the free handbook you mentioned.

By: Mike Stankavich

Mike Stankavich — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:29:00 +0000

Joshua, I never thought of aggregating keywords from postings on the job boards. That’s a good idea. Last time I was working on my resume, I had so many things to choose from that I have worked on that I had to kind of pick and choose to avoid a total mess.