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Just because you don’t have a wealth of experience, doesn’t mean you can’t write a great application that will get you noticed. We caught up with career advisor, author and all-round job-seeking expert, Allison Cheston to learn the simple steps you can take to get your application on the top of a hiring manager’s pile. Take note of keywords in the position description The first thing you should do before you get started is to take a critical look through the position description. Note any frequently mentioned hard skills listed under job duties and consider how you can address them in your application. So for example, if the role calls for experience using social media, make sure to include the term “social media” and if possible, examples of relevant professional experience to substantiate. Addressing keywords in your application will be especially useful if the company is using an applicant tracking system, which performs scans on the resume before it even lands on the recruiter’s desk.