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Essential Advice for Landing Your Dream Job

The New Way We Work

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The Importance of Cover Letters

Right key keywords came in first at 42 percent, strong bullet points was next at 30 percent. Compeling summary statement was only 21 percent and then the other education award skills was very low. And my guess is that why so many people said keywords is because they think you're writing for a robot,. You're writing for these applicant tracking systems that just kind of scan for the keywords. But to hear what you're saying sounds like to write for the robot is actually to make it very clear, shorter sentences that are not too jargon filled.

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