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Career Hacking (Resumes (Optimizing your Resume in the Age of Algorithms…

- - - - Find these skills by searching job postings for what skills are listed in target jobs/industries
        
        Usually, skills listed toward the top are more prioritized
    - - They have specific patterns of eye movements they usually follow
        
        Targeting these areas with your most important skills makes them more likely to be noticed
        
        These areas
  - - - How can I reshape my experiences into demonstration of required skills
      - Reflect on history for examples of skills
        
        Academic
        
        Volunteer
        
        Professional
        
        Personal
  - - - Must find the right titles, matching language, and buzzwords to use in your resume
      - Find specific keywords and phrases in job postings
      - Scope out target websites for buzzwords
    - - This works especially well for software and certain tech knowledge
    - - Cloudify Resume at Eazl
    - - Find Five keywords/phrases
        
        Search job postings, target company websites, etc.
        
        Phrases/Buzzwords
        
        customer service/communication skills/ability to communicate via numerous medium (emai/IM/phone/in person/remote assistance)
        
        Maintain composure/professional appearance and demeanor
        
        Working with end-users/nontechnical staff and clients
        
        1-3 years experience (I have 5 now)
        
        detailed/analytic/attention to detail
        
        Independent/reliable/dependable
        
        Technical Skills
        
        Common technical words seen
        
        Hardware
        
        Software
        
        operations
        
        Networking
        
        secure/security
        
        Active Directory
        
        DHCP
        
        DNS
        
        Printers/Print Services
        
        Group Policy
        
        Analyze/Troubleshoot/Resolve complex technical problems
        
        Applications
        
        Office 365
        
        WIndows
        
        Wordpress
        
        Social Media
        
        Email
        
        SEO/Google Analytics
        
        Working with third-party support in various circumstances
    - - Use words to create images and feelings within the reader
        
        Success
        
        Trust
        
        Action
        
        Dependability
    - - Think about most recent career related XP
        
        What was most important and how does it relate to a "Big Six" skill?
        
        Integrate brands, details and quantities
        
        2-3 bullet points for each experience (minimum)
        
        At least 1 point for top 3 skills
        
        At least 1 point for each skill
        
        Can re-frame the experience or the skill for better fit
  - - - Who did I perform this responsibility for?
      - What did I do?
      - Where did I do it?
      - How did I accomplish this?
      - How much money did I make, product did I move? How many problems or what big problems did I solve?
  - - - page length is of little importance, but 3-4 pages gets too long
    - - Not so, HR knows that job searches take time and that sometimes, shit happens
      - Need to be able to explain the gaps in an interview
    - - it certainly does, it is still experience
  - - - Professional looking email address and VM greeting
- - - - Remember to get visuals while working
  - - - Basically, you're using videos and photos posted by others to
        
        share the message with your own followers
        
        Get viewers of your profile to associate you with the video
      - Video is preferred, but not absolutely necessary
    - - Slideshare is owned by LI
      - YouTube
  - - - Clothes
      - Environment
      - Facial Expression
  - - - Formal?
      - Informal?
    - - Extroverted?
      - Introverted?
      - Loud?
      - Conservative?
    - - Seeking opportunities
      - buzzwords
      - headlines weighted heavily
    - - easier to contact means more likely to contact
  - - - Personal story appropriate for professional network
    - - recognizable
      - trusted
    - - quantify everything possible