Hi everybody and welcome to Indeed live.
I am Abbey Carlton and if this is your first
time here I am Indeed's Director of Social
Impact which means that I lead our work globally
to address bias and barriers in hiring through
product innovation, strategic partnerships,
and efforts in our communities.
And I just want to thank all of you for joining
me here today.
And that brings me to our tip of the week:
update and tailor your resume for the jobs
that you are applying to.
If your job has been impacted by COVID-19
maybe you are thinking about branching out
to look at new roles or industries or maybe
you're looking at kind of a mix of more familiar
roles and new roles.
All of this makes it especially important
that you are tailoring your resume to the
specific job that you are applying for.
If you want to make a resume that employers
will notice as well as the automated systems
that they often use to sort candidates, take
a really close look at the job description.
Read it through closely and identify some
of the key words that they use under sections
like requirements, job duties, education,
requirements, ideal candidates, and then what
you can do is you can incorporate those keywords
especially those that align with your background
into your resume itself.
Those that are most important, most relevant
try to get those sort of near the top of the
resume maybe in your resume summary section
to just make it that much easier for employers
to find them and you can highlight them as
well throughout the rest of your resume.
If you look at that job description and you
see requirements where it's not as much of
a clear fit with your background that's where
I'd encourage you to go back think about that
tip that I shared in week 1 of this live stream
- to really identify and think about your
transferable skills.
For example if you are applying for a job
as a virtual assistant and you've worked in
the past as a restaurant shift manager well
that might be a case where you can prioritize
the organizational and the management and
attention to detail qualities that you could
really bring to this new role.
So if you are transitioning industries or
roles but you're just not sure where to begin
I'll go back to that tip.
Think through the past experiences that you
have had, start to make a list of those hard
skills soft skills that you have built up
in your past, and then you can take those
with you when you look at those job descriptions,
when you're building your resume, and you
might find that you are actually qualified
or you have some of those qualities they're
looking for even if it's a job that you have
never held before.
One of the most important things to remember
when you are updating or creating your resume
is to make sure that it is easy to read.
Employers typically spend only a couple of
moments looking at your resume, which means
that you want to make a strong clear first
impression.
This means put that important information
up at the top, make it easy to locate.
Ask yourself what are the couple of things
that most qualify me for this position and
make sure that those show up in your summary.
If you need some help putting together your
resume I recommend that you check out resumebuilder.indeed.com.
You're gonna find a resume building tool here,
streamlined resume formats, and if you're
looking for examples of resumes from different
fields this is where I'll direct you to our
Indeed Career Guide.
In the Career Guide there's a section on cover
letters and resumes that will give you a host
of different examples and information that's
going to help you take this even a step farther.
As you're working to create that great resume
if you want to upload or create an Indeed
resume you can do that at my.Indeed.com/resume
and then you'll be able to apply for jobs
even that much more easily.
Also if you make that resume public, you can
choose "private" or "public" for your resume
setting.
This will then allow employers to find and
contact you about new opportunities.
Okay that is it.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
