Comments on: The Myth of Resume Buzzwords

By: 27 More Things People Asked Google to Get Here

27 More Things People Asked Google to Get Here — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:45:27 +0000

[...] all about reader satisfaction, I’m not going to rant today about customizing resumes or resume buzzword BS (well, except maybe on Twitter). Instead, I’m going to share with you the last few [...]

By: Flooded Lizard Kingdom

Flooded Lizard Kingdom — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:00:04 +0000

Things You Should Read…

The Myth of Resume Buzzwords at Clue Wagon. Nice to hear the HR take on this one. If You Liked It Then You Should Have Put a Raise On It: On Being Underpaid at The Pursuit of Harpyness. Overheard: The……

By: No Need for Buzzwords in Your Resume « The Search Firm Insider

No Need for Buzzwords in Your Resume « The Search Firm Insider — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:44:36 +0000

[...] resume to each job. Well she thoughtfully followed it up by disputing another urban legend: the need for buzzwords in your resume in order for it to get seen. Here’s why she says that’s not [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:06:04 +0000

I found this article via mediabistro.com – great information – good to have the insights of a corporate recruiter when looking for a job (like I am right now)!
.-= Dave´s last blog ..Travel Video – Death Cab For Cutie =-.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:13:57 +0000

ETA (well sort of): BTW, I don’t even know what the buzzwords are, and I work in the trenches here.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:11:03 +0000

I have to admit, as one of the “buzzword” guys from yesterday, I’m a math geek and do technical work. If an employer is looking for experience or knowledge of XYZ software package or programming language, you can be darn sure that I will put that on my resume if I do in fact know it.

As far as that consultant who is charging $1000 a pop for resume help, I would like to know what the @#$#% he thinks the buzzwords are at my math-geek/programming shop. Cause I tell you one thing — if I see your resume (I’m not HR, but get them through alumni contacts and such) and you can demonstrate that you poses the technical acumen it takes to work here, your resume goes on my hiring manager’s desk. No buzzwords required!

By: Kerry Sandberg Scott

Kerry Sandberg Scott — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:27:27 +0000

“His cover letter told the key ingredients, his resume had a credible support flow to why he was skilled, and from then on it is in the interviews. So to me the ingredient is to tell the brief story in the cover letter, and the resume should lend credibility to the claims.”

EXACTLY!! That’s exactly it. It doesn’t sell books (or websites or seminars or services), but that’s how it’s done.

By: Tim G

Tim G — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:16:56 +0000

Kerry-
Thanks for these two posts. Having just worked with a family member who was told to customize his resume (Goal: to have a successful career with Company X) I helped him get it into a standard form for most of his potential targets. We did not do buzzwords, in fact look for anything that sounded non-conversational. I know some people who run their resumes through a text-to-speech engine to make sure it sounds like them.
His cover letter told the key ingredients, his resume had a credible support flow to why he was skilled, and from then on it is in the interviews.
So to me the ingredient is to tell the brief story in the cover letter, and the resume should lend credibility to the claims.
You continue to do a good thing here, please keep it up!
.-= Tim G´s last blog ..A Motive For Safety =-.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:04:50 +0000

Ha! I could go on and on and on about staffing firms all on my own. Boy they tick me off.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:59:54 +0000

I spit all over my computer after reading that searched phrase. Too funny!

Thanks for you pov on this. I have never realized how overblown this issue is.