Language Job Searching Advice Page Contents 1. Resumes That Survive Scanning 2. Posting Your Resume 3. Searching the Net 4. It is too costly to hire people to read and file mounds of resumes.
Computers do the work today.
Here are some tips to increase your chances of having your resume seen by human eyes. Experts used to advise job-seekers to load resumes with active verbs. You should use keywords that a computer will recognize. If the right word isn't there, you won't get found. Hard copies printed on white paper in a popular font like Helvetica will scan most accurately.