Hi, everybody, and welcome to Indeed Live.
I'm 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 rules
and new rules.
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 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 one 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 background-- in the past,
rather--
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.
If you are-- so if you are transitioning industries
or roles, but you're just not sure where to begin,
I'll go back to that tip.
Just look and 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 the 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 going to 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 are Indeed Career Guide.
In the Career Guide, there's a section
on cover letter 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--
so you can choose private or public
for your resume setting--
this will then allow employers to find and contact you
about new opportunities.
That is it.
Thank you so much for tuning in.