ATS Proof- Part 2 Final

This is a podcast episode about how to optimize your resume for applicant tracking systems (ATS). The main topic discussed is keyword optimization, which involves identifying industry-specific keywords from job postings and incorporating them naturally into your resume. The episode emphasizes the importance of tailoring your resume for each job application and avoiding keyword stuffing. The host also promotes her Christian career coaching services and offers a free career clarity call. Today, we continue our series with Part 2 of How to ATS Proof Your Resume. The second tip is all about keyword optimization, and that's what we're talking about today. If you're ready to learn how to optimize your keywords for maximum impact, this episode is for you. Get ready to say goodbye to the frustration of submitting applications that never get noticed by applicant tracking systems. Let's dive in. Hey there, you professional, ambitious, working mama. Welcome to the Christian Career Coach Podcast. 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During this call, we'll dive into your goals, address any obstacles, and explore how Christian career coaching can accelerate your journey. Don't let missing certifications or qualifications, work-life balance concerns, or stagnant salary hold you back. Together, we'll navigate these challenges and unlock your God-given potential. To book your free career clarity call, simply visit my website at www.ForwardsCareerServices.com. Let's embark on this transformative journey towards more money, career growth, work-life balance, and a higher salary, all while staying rooted in your Christian faith. I can't wait to connect with you and guide you towards the abundant career you deserve. Visit www.ForwardsCareerServices.com today and take the leap towards a fulfilling and prosperous professional life. Part two of how to ATS proof your resume. So today's topic is all about keyword optimization. So I know you've heard this term a lot of times, and I wanted to really dive into this subject and help you understand what it means, how to actually do this in your resume to help you get through those ATS systems. So keywords, when you break that down, you want to be able to identify the keywords by carefully reading the job posting, and you want to use those terms that are industry specific. So that's the first point that I want to make here. Again, I've got four points relating to keyword optimization to help ATS proof your resume. So if you can identify keywords, reading through the job posting, whether it's online or wherever you see it, and you notice some things that are specific to the industry, whether it's the tech industry, the medical industry, the HR industry, the hospitality industry, all of those, you want to be able to identify those words that are repetitive, those words that are specific to that industry. So first and foremost, you've got to identify them. The second point that I want to make about optimizing your keywords is the resume. You need to tailor your resume to each job description. So each job posting that you see is going to be a different resume, and so you're submitting a different resume every time you submit a resume. Every time you apply, you're using a different resume, and you have to be able to incorporate those relevant keywords into your resume. And that's what we mean when we say tailor your resume. So I know that you've heard me say so many times you have to tailor your resume to the job posting. So if you combine this first and second bullet point, you're going to pull out those specific keywords from that industry, from that job posting, and you're going to embed them in your resume. So that's how you tailor it. You take the words from the posting and actually put those words into your resume, in different areas of your resume. So tailoring your resume for each job posting by incorporating those relevant keywords is my second point today about keyword optimization. The third point that I want to make is to include keywords naturally, especially when it comes to the skills section and the experience section. It should flow nicely. It shouldn't seem out of place. It should really be, it should sound natural. So as the hiring manager or recruiter is reading your resume, it shouldn't look like you've copied and pasted. If you go back to the points that I talked about yesterday with formatting, you'll see that I mentioned the consistent formatting throughout, so that has to do with the size of your fonts and the size of your headings and using standard fonts. Make sure that if you copy and paste something from a job posting, you don't just leave it as is. Try to rephrase it, reword it, so that it sounds like you and that it flows naturally with the rest of your, the rest of the points that you're making in that section. So whether it's just a list of your skills or whether it is in your experience section and you're actually spelling out what you did in your previous roles, make sure that it sounds natural and it flows easily and it looks the same as the rest of the words on the page. And then the last point that I want to make about keyword optimization is to avoid keyword stuffing. So what this means, basically you want to maintain a balance between the readability and the inclusion of those keywords. So to piggyback on the last point, there has to be a balance, so you don't want to over stuff it with keywords everywhere. You want to have a good balance. So when you read through your resume or if you have a friend or a confidant read through your resume for you, they'll be able to tell you if it doesn't sound right, if it doesn't flow, if it seems like, okay, you're really either inflating yourself or my God, this is like the job description exactly. So you don't want to overdo it. You really just want it to be really natural and make sure that it reads well and it's not overly done. So that's the four key points that I wanted to make today all about keyword optimization. So to summarize again, the first point was to tailor your resume. I'm going a little bit backwards here, but tailor your resume to each job posting by incorporating those relevant keywords. The second point being identify the keywords by carefully reading through that job posting and utilizing any of those industry specific terms. The third point is to include the keywords naturally throughout your resume, especially in the experience section and in your skills section. And then the fourth point from today's episode is to avoid stuffing the keywords, maintain a healthy balance between how your resume reads and the inclusion of those keywords. So we've got formatting done and we've got keyword optimization done. So hope you enjoyed this short episode and we'll see you tomorrow. Hey there, Ambitious Mama. I hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Christian Career Coach Podcast. If it resonated with you and provided valuable insights, I'd love for you to take just 30 seconds and share this episode with a fellow Christian professional who may benefit from the career advice and inspiration. Together, we can uplift and empower more women on their professional journeys. And don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you never miss an episode. 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