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Showing posts with label Computer. Show all posts
9/3/11
Resume Writing For A Positive Computer Scan!
In writing a computer searchable resume or a profile on a social networking site like LinkedIn, you must include keywords that closely relate to your job or career.
Since your resume will be scanned by a computer that is looking for relevant keywords to identify your possible qualifications, how many of the keywords that are used in your resume are critical. You only have to use the keyword once, but be crafty and use synonyms when appropriate.
The required keywords should naturally flow with the writing of the profile or resume. Even though the computer scanning the profile or resume isn't concerned about sentence syntax the profile or resume will intimately be read by a person so it must be readable and make sense.
Finding the proper keywords is somewhat of a mystery so here are some ideas to get you started:
1. Job boards are full of job descriptions. Usually companies will include keywords that they look for in screening resumes. Copy out a dozen or more job descriptions.
You are looking for nouns. Keep track on those that seem to be common over a maximum number of jobs. You now have the start of a keyword list.
2. Search for other job announcements. The local newspaper, government sites like USAjobs.gov can be good sources. Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics "Occupational Outlook Handbook," for additional career information.
Again pull out the nouns that describe the job and add them to your keyword list.
3. Keyword hunting can at times be frustrating. You get one word and nothing pops out at you to follow the first keyword. One method to break this word block to go to Google's keyword tool.
Once you're logged in to the keyword tool put in one of the keywords. Whiz bang out comes a list of related words. Go down the list and pull out the nouns. Continue this exercise until you've exhausted you keyword list. Keep track of the popularity of each word: how many times in a month the specific word is searched.
4. Edit your keyword list. As a guide use the Google keyword tool, your job related experience, and if the keyword is a more recent addition to describe the job.
Cluster the keywords by function, skill or qualification. You should now have three to five major functional areas with their listing of noun keywords.
Edit your keyword list down to the major three or four keywords in each functional area. Or the keywords that appear most often across your sources should definitely be used.
Now in writing your resume or profile you have the keywords that should be placed in appropriate sentences describing your accomplishments. You resume or profile will generate high marks in the computer scan.
The next step should be the information is read by a recruiter or hiring manager. Hopefully, you work on keywords will generate a positive contact from the recruiter or hiring manager.
John Groth has changed careers seven times during his working life. Learn more about changing careers, writing resumes and cover letters and career planning at http://careersafter50.com/. Discover how others over age 50, built winning career plans and found the right careers by effective job hunting after 50.
11 Computer Science Resume Tips For Impressing Employers
You've probably heard it a 1000 times but it's true, the job market is extremely competitive.
If you've made a decision to get into the job marketplace for the fist time, or just looking to gain an advantage over the competition, you need a compelling and hard hitting resume. If you think your resume could do with a "power up" I've listed 11 suggestions you can try out.
1. Create A Career Achievements Section
Make sure your resume features a section where you summarise all the highlights from your career. Place this section on the first page for maximum impact. You don't want recruiters having to read page after page to find out what sort of employee you might be.
2. Use Big Numbers
Use big numbers when describing your previous projects, products, systems or roles. Try to make your earlier work appear as remarkable as possible. If you haven't worked on anything that's really big, consider the amount of money your project, product or system made or saved your previous companies.
3. Show Experience In A Range Of Industries
Try and demonstrate that you have experience in a wide range of different industries. If you have only worked for one company, what individual areas did you work in? Was it marketing? Manufacturing? IT? Be inventive.
4. Make Sure You List Any Certifications
Make sure you put any certifications on the first page, these are very important. If you don't have any, why not start one! This way you can legitimately put one on your resume, you don't need to lie, just make a note mentioning the certification is "in progress".
5. Avoid Over Used Power Words
Make sure you don't completely fill your resume with overused power words like "Extensive experience", "Results-oriented", "Proven track record" and "Team Player". Once or twice is acceptable but not for every job listed.
6. Scannable First Page
Your very first page has to be scannable in just a few seconds or less, use font size 12 (but not different types) and use bold to draw the readers attention.
7. Clarity
Don't babble, get to the point, every sentence should be clear and concise, no waffle. For example "I successfully ran project XYZ generating 100k in additional sales for CompanyX". That's clear and to the point.
8. Don't Include Links To External Sites
Don't link your resume to sites like MySpace or Facebook where recruiters could see pictures of you at the pub.
9. Update Your LinkedIn Site
Don't let your LinkedIn site go stale. Employers often review your LinkedIn site to ensure the jobs listed here match those listed in your resume. Get one if you don't have one!
10. Don't List Your Referees
You don't need to list referees in your resume. This is mostly unnecessary for a resume. If the potential employer is interested in referees they'll ask you.
11. Don't Use A Boring Resume Template
Standard templates look exactly that, standard. Dress your resume up with a splash of color, specific formatting, sections and easy to read fonts.
These 11 tips could help improve your resume giving you the edge you need to beat the competition.
Justin is a former KPMG Manager, advisor to the Australian Department of Defence and Hewlett Packard consultant. As a manager and employer Justin can help you jump ahead of the pack with your computer science resume visit http://computerscienceresume.net/ to see suggestions for resume templates, tips and tricks
9/2/11
Resume Writing For A Positive Computer Scan!
In writing a computer searchable resume or a profile on a social networking site like LinkedIn, you must include keywords that closely relate to your job or career.
Since your resume will be scanned by a computer that is looking for relevant keywords to identify your possible qualifications, how many of the keywords that are used in your resume are critical. You only have to use the keyword once, but be crafty and use synonyms when appropriate.
The required keywords should naturally flow with the writing of the profile or resume. Even though the computer scanning the profile or resume isn't concerned about sentence syntax the profile or resume will intimately be read by a person so it must be readable and make sense.
Finding the proper keywords is somewhat of a mystery so here are some ideas to get you started:
1. Job boards are full of job descriptions. Usually companies will include keywords that they look for in screening resumes. Copy out a dozen or more job descriptions.
You are looking for nouns. Keep track on those that seem to be common over a maximum number of jobs. You now have the start of a keyword list.
2. Search for other job announcements. The local newspaper, government sites like USAjobs.gov can be good sources. Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics "Occupational Outlook Handbook," for additional career information.
Again pull out the nouns that describe the job and add them to your keyword list.
3. Keyword hunting can at times be frustrating. You get one word and nothing pops out at you to follow the first keyword. One method to break this word block to go to Google's keyword tool.
Once you're logged in to the keyword tool put in one of the keywords. Whiz bang out comes a list of related words. Go down the list and pull out the nouns. Continue this exercise until you've exhausted you keyword list. Keep track of the popularity of each word: how many times in a month the specific word is searched.
4. Edit your keyword list. As a guide use the Google keyword tool, your job related experience, and if the keyword is a more recent addition to describe the job.
Cluster the keywords by function, skill or qualification. You should now have three to five major functional areas with their listing of noun keywords.
Edit your keyword list down to the major three or four keywords in each functional area. Or the keywords that appear most often across your sources should definitely be used.
Now in writing your resume or profile you have the keywords that should be placed in appropriate sentences describing your accomplishments. You resume or profile will generate high marks in the computer scan.
The next step should be the information is read by a recruiter or hiring manager. Hopefully, you work on keywords will generate a positive contact from the recruiter or hiring manager.
11 Computer Science Resume Tips For Impressing Employers
You've probably heard it a 1000 times but it's true, the job market is extremely competitive.
If you've made a decision to get into the job marketplace for the fist time, or just looking to gain an advantage over the competition, you need a compelling and hard hitting resume. If you think your resume could do with a "power up" I've listed 11 suggestions you can try out.
1. Create A Career Achievements Section
Make sure your resume features a section where you summarise all the highlights from your career. Place this section on the first page for maximum impact. You don't want recruiters having to read page after page to find out what sort of employee you might be.
2. Use Big Numbers
Use big numbers when describing your previous projects, products, systems or roles. Try to make your earlier work appear as remarkable as possible. If you haven't worked on anything that's really big, consider the amount of money your project, product or system made or saved your previous companies.
3. Show Experience In A Range Of Industries
Try and demonstrate that you have experience in a wide range of different industries. If you have only worked for one company, what individual areas did you work in? Was it marketing? Manufacturing? IT? Be inventive.
4. Make Sure You List Any Certifications
Make sure you put any certifications on the first page, these are very important. If you don't have any, why not start one! This way you can legitimately put one on your resume, you don't need to lie, just make a note mentioning the certification is "in progress".
5. Avoid Over Used Power Words
Make sure you don't completely fill your resume with overused power words like "Extensive experience", "Results-oriented", "Proven track record" and "Team Player". Once or twice is acceptable but not for every job listed.
6. Scannable First Page
Your very first page has to be scannable in just a few seconds or less, use font size 12 (but not different types) and use bold to draw the readers attention.
7. Clarity
Don't babble, get to the point, every sentence should be clear and concise, no waffle. For example "I successfully ran project XYZ generating 100k in additional sales for CompanyX". That's clear and to the point.
8. Don't Include Links To External Sites
Don't link your resume to sites like MySpace or Facebook where recruiters could see pictures of you at the pub.
9. Update Your LinkedIn Site
Don't let your LinkedIn site go stale. Employers often review your LinkedIn site to ensure the jobs listed here match those listed in your resume. Get one if you don't have one!
10. Don't List Your Referees
You don't need to list referees in your resume. This is mostly unnecessary for a resume. If the potential employer is interested in referees they'll ask you.
11. Don't Use A Boring Resume Template
Standard templates look exactly that, standard. Dress your resume up with a splash of color, specific formatting, sections and easy to read fonts.
These 11 tips could help improve your resume giving you the edge you need to beat the competition.
Top 4 Mistakes Made When Posting Computer Skills On Your Resume
More and more employers are looking for computer skills as they are offering telecommuting, managing projects through new software, and adding social media to their marketing strategy. So, what do you put on your resume, and what do you leave off? If you want to get your resume noticed, here are the mistakes you want to avoid:
Mistake #1: Posting irrelevant computer skills on your resume
If you are applying for an administrative job, you don't need to list that you can use digital video editing software. Keep the computer skills section focused on the needs of the job. If they require knowledge of Microsoft Office products, list your experience with each one. Pay attention to the skills they "require" and which ones they "desire". If MSOffice skills are at the top of the "required" list, you want to elaborate on those skills and your proficiency with each. List the number of years you've used the programs and the types of projects you've completed with them to paint a clear picture of your experience.
Mistake #2: Lying
Seems obvious, but it happens. I once interviewed a woman who was applying for a customer service job, and she listed on her resume that she could use Excel. The last part of the interview included her doing some data entry on a spreadsheet, and she couldn't do it. She said she "never learned that part of Excel". My thought was that data entry is about as basic as it gets with Excel, so she had lied and said she knew the programs just to get the interview. If you are more familiar with one of the programs over the other, just say that. If you are trainable and a good match for the rest of the job, chances are, they will hire you and train you.
Mistake #3: Being vague about what you can do
Listing "Proficient in Photoshop" would lead me to believe you can work with photos and their layers, add text, and manipulate the images. However, you're interpretation of "proficient" may mean that you can resize and crop photos. In order to avoid confusion and give the necessary information upfront, list out what you can do with the program, especially if using Photoshop is a big part of the job you are applying for.
Mistake #4: Not digging deep enough
If you notice that a lot of the jobs you are applying for are asking you to be able to do more than you currently know how to do, search for places to get additional training. http://www.lynda.com is a good resource to do online tutorials at your own pace, or you can seek out inexpensive training at your local library, community access television station, or computer shop. There are also many freelance graphic designers who may be willing to train you on the pieces you need to learn. You can post an inquiry on http://www.Elance.com.
To recap: the keys to posting computer skills on your resume is clarity, listing the skills that are pertinent to the job responsibilities, and being thorough about what you're capable of doing. Skimping on this information requires the company do more work to find out more, which may lead to them sticking with the people who did take the time to follow these steps. Rather than be weeded out for too little information, do your homework and make the job easier for the company who could be your future employers.
Angela Lussier is an award-winning speaker, author of the Seth Godin recommended book The Anti-Resume Revolution, the alumni career programs coordinator at the UMass Amherst Alumni Association, and career consultant & owner of 365 Degrees Consulting in Springfield, MA. Her advice has been featured on Yahoo!, NBC, ABC, The Ladders, and in many career and business books. Angela is also a guest blogger for Virgin.com. A 2003 alumna of UMass Amherst, Angela strives to help professionals and UMass alumni to create success and happiness through their career. To learn more about her approach, go to http://www.antiresumerevolution.com/.
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Tips To Make Your Resume More Computer Friendly!
Today with the huge volume of resumes received by some companies you could write and format a great looking resume, mail or fax it to the organization, and after being scanned and computerized your resume may never reach a hiring manager. If you do not make your resume scanner friendly your chances of your resume being noticed will be close to zero.
Here are some ideas to consider when you write and format your resume to make it score higher and be more recognizable by a computer scan.
1. Starting at the top of your resume your name should be at least one font size greater than the rest of the resume, but do not exceed 20 point type. Do not use decorative fonts or a reverse box. Make sure your name is on the top of every page of the resume.
2. Selection of the font is important because you do not want any part of a letter to touch another letter. To the scanner this leads to misspellings.
Suggested fonts are Serif (Bookman, Garamond or Times Roman) or Sans Serif (Ariel, Tahoma or Verdana) are all acceptable. The font size should not be smaller than 9 or greater than 12. Never underline anything in your resume, as it causes letters like g,p,q,and y to run together and cause misspellings.
Do not use symbols like % or &, they cannot be read properly by the scanner-always write out the term like percent. Do not use hollow bullets as the scanner would read them as an "O." Solid bullets are the best.
Italics can be used as long as the letters do not touch.
3. Don't use... dot lead ins. Use of white space is good to separate sections of the resume. Setting up the resume in columns like a newspaper page can cause problems for the scanner so don't do it.
4. Your resume should be send in a 9x12 envelope, never stapled or folded. Use bright white, off-white or light gray paper. Never have a background printed on the paper or print the resume on both side of the paper.
Now that you have the resume formatted properly let's discuss how you get noticed. A good thing about electronic scanning is that for experienced job seekers, a two page resume is acceptable and for executives a three page resume may be appropriate.
Since a human will be reading your resume, if you pass the scanning, good solid writing can't be overlooked. Keywords and synonyms placed in the resume as they relate to the job will vault you over other candidates. The keyword only has to appear once in the resume, you do not get extra credit for the same keyword appearing numerous times.
The keywords should be as specific as possible. "Project Manager," is good but "Construction Project Manager," is better and "Apartment Construction Project Manager," is best if the employer is looking for someone with apartment construction project management experience. A synonym for manager may be superintendent.
Carefully review the job announcement for appropriate keywords and synonyms. As appropriate make sure the words are naturally written into your resume. List your key skills and qualifications are on the first page of your resume. Quantify each achievement and accomplishment.
With your resume having no formatting problems, and the computer scan discovering you have checked all the keyword boxes your chances of getting called for the next level of job interviews has just gone way up.
12/10/10
Writing A Computer Programmer Cover Letter
The job seeker of computer programmer talks about his or her technical experience in the field of computer programming and his/ her computer certification to the work. Education and experience highly count in this very competitive field. A computer programmer cover letter should always describe the knowledge and experience of what the job requires. Here I am providing you a sample of computer programmer job cover note.
Smith
50, Dover Street
New York, USA, 8888
5th may, 2010
Mr. John Arthur
(HR Manager)
Quiescent InfoTech Pvt. LTD
350, Dover Street
New York, USA 8888
Dear Mr. Arthur:
I started my career as a computer programmer after my graduation in computer field from the Oxford University of London. Today I am sending this letter along with a copy of my resume for the open post of computer programmer for your organization.
I would be very happy to meet you face to face to present you my credentials and to find out what you are seeking for in a computer programmer you hire. If you think I am suitable for the post, you can call me on my number. I would be glad to work with you. Thank you so much for your attention and time.
Yours Sincerely,
(Signature)
Smith
Some of the important things you should always mind while writing a computer programmer job cover letter.
The very first thing you should keep in mind is related with the format. You have to be very mush formal with the format. Don't try to be so much personal for even on sentence or line. Thus formal format is very important to be used. All you need to understand that it must be formal.
The second very important thing is that you have to show that you are very handy for the company. We mean to say that you should express your talent that you possess in this field. Third important thing is the introduction part. In the introduction part of your cover letter, you should write how to come to familiar with this job.
So if you want to be a good computer programmer or computer game programmer, it is the best time to go into the computer industry as the computer industry is completely hungry for the perspective programmers. These are some key points that you always need to keep in mind. Only then you will be able to show yourself in a much better way. Have lots of fun!
12/6/10
Computer Technician Sample Resume - CVTips.com
Justin Kendrickson
89 Author Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 00000
Home: 704-000-0000
Cell: 704-000-0000
eFax: 704-000-0000
Email: Justin@noemailhere.com
Website: www.personalwebsite.com
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89 Author Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 00000
Home: 704-000-0000
Cell: 704-000-0000
eFax: 704-000-0000
Email: Justin@noemailhere.com
Website: www.personalwebsite.com
Objective
Secure a challenging position as a Computer Service Technician in a computer repair shop.
Summary of Qualifications Proficient in LAN, WAN, and network installation, monitor, and programming.Able to repair, install, upgrade, and maintain desktop and notebook computers as well as printers and scanners.Extensive knowledge of technology terms and developments.Exceptional customer service skills, account management, follow up, and sales.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Ability to instruct users with computer and presentation skills.Ability to write engaging technical documents to assist users in software usage.
Work Experience
Senior Computer Service Technician: November 2004 - Present, Thomas Computer Service, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Manage a team of 13 PC techs, in-house and remote contractors.Facilitate on-site consulting training for PC techs.Install, repair, maintain, and upgrade desktop and notebook computers as well as printers.Publish a monthly newsletter providing helpful on-site tips for remote PC techs.Computer Service Technician: Oct. 2000 - Sept. 2004, Computer Supercenter, Raleigh, NC Installed, repaired, maintained, and upgraded desktop and notebook computers; performed maintenance on printers.Participated in on-site training sessions.Attended IT forums, conferences, and networking events.
Education
Shaw University, Raleigh, NC
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (May 2000)Minor in Public Relations
Certifications/Training CompTIA: A+, Network+Microsoft: Microsoft Systems Engineer Certification, Microsoft Certified Professional
Professional Affiliations June 2002 - Present, Association of Information Technology Professionals, MemberJune 2001 - Present, Computer Technology Industry Association, Member
Computer Skills Languages: XHTML, HTML, CSS, C+, C++, JavaOperating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, UNIX, Linux, Red Hat Linux, Apache
Community Activities Jan. 2001 - Present, Charlotte Adult Learning Center, IT Consultant/TutorJune 2001 - Present, Independent Computer Service Consultants Association, Member *References available upon request.
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