Resume and Job Search

In these slow economic times it's important to target or customize your résumé for each job posting your are responding to. A great way to do this is to notice the key words that the job posting is looking for and make sure to include them in the version of the résumé you send to them.

A fun way to see what the key words are in the job posting and in your résumé is to use a word cloud. Two sites you might want to check out are wordle and tagxedo. Just cut and past the text into their app and they will create images that emphasize the key words in the text.

To help in the preparation and customizing of résumé we have developed a powerful application call Appia. You can find it at getappia.com. Appia is more than a résumé generation tool. It will allow you to keep all your career information in one place so you are always ready to customize and generate a targeted version of your résumé.

With Appia Premium you can:

• Manage career information securely in one place.
• Customize content for multiple résumé versions.
• Update your information quickly and easily.
• Generate and save multiple versions of your résumé.
• Generate nuanced versions of accomplishments.
• Link competencies to accomplishments.
• Track stories for interviewing and networking prep.
• Build context into your career decisions.
• Prepare for performance reviews.
• Respond quickly to career opportunities.
• Focus on your content not how things look, templates take care of the rest.
• Access is just a click away.

I'd love it if you had time to check it out and leave a comment.

Thanks,

Tom