The only keyword an employer has to see on my resume before hiring me is: Eagle Scout that has always been the deciding factor in hiring me :-P

superbryant

"surveyed 3,100 hiring managers and found that nearly half of them had caught prospective employees in a definitive lie during the review process"

Without knowing how many people they reviewed and how many they caught in lies, this is an utterly meaningless statistic.

Regarding the search terms, oh great, they're looking for generic resume crap.

TommySez

@superbryant: I'm an Eagle Scout, and it hasn't really worked for me though. I've always wondered - at 28, is it really worth putting in on your resume anymore?

Yeah - I've seen some interesting resumes for positions. One I received claims she is "professional" while submitting a resume COMPETELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS!

tom2133

@tom2133: Ahhh, I love that kinda crap.

We've actually had people come in, and when told "Sorry, we're not hiring" they've asked if they could leave a resumé anyways. The real irony is that most of the time that this happens they wouldn't even be remotely qualified for any position we could have open. Which means that they're using it to keep getting unemployment while claiming they're looking for a job.

I agree with TommySez, though, that the fact that over half of 3,100 hiring managers have caught one, or maybe more, prospective employees lying during the review process is pretty useless. I don't really understand the point of the statistic, unless it's to say "don't lie to your employer", which falls into "common sense". I've worked with at least one habitual liar in most of the places I've worked as well. Most of them didn't last long.

Skorpeyon

I have a hard time believing a hiring manager would pay attention, much less *search for* generic terms like that.

Other than "customer retention", what do the rest of these things even mean?

I mean- who doesn't have problem solving skills?

downstairs

@Stephen: Might want togo a thread down there.

tom2133

Here is a link to the Greasemonkey script.
[simply-basic.com]

Stephen

Do bosses even search for resumes? For larger companies, it's the HR department that searches through resumes and then presents the top "x" to the hiring manager for further refinement and potential interviewing.

I think a sub-point to the article is: use these keywords to improve your chances of getting your resume on the hiring manager's desk. :)

greenbot

@tom2133: and yeah it is worth putting on their, "Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle"

superbryant

@tom2133: Hell yeah it is worth it my scoutmaster told me at my Eagle Board of review that its well worth putting on because it says a lot about you (hard work, dedication, leadership) we are trained to be pros at these things.....and most employers should recognize what it took to accomplishment this feat...

superbryant

@downstairs: Who doesn't have problem solving skills? My last so-called manager but that's what happens when you irrationally hire the best of the worst.

cheesebubble

Wait, does that mean there are legit people looking for candidates on CareerBuilder? All I usually get is someone looking for someone to do sales. (Which is not even close to what my resume reflects)

SabrinaFaire

I see "scrumptious bottom" didn't make the list..Darn!

angielouwhos

I gave up to online listings a long time ago; a waste of time. With the exception of my first job, every position I've held has come through my professional network.

Micho

@SabrinaFaire: I know, right? And by "sales" they mean work at home scams, or multi-level marketing scams, or door-to-door scams. I haven't touched CareerBuilder or Monster in years because of that. You can't even filter them out by specifying "-sales" in the search, or couldn't last time I tried.

They were useful for a few years during the tech boom, but have become spam-filled and useless now. I wouldn't post my resume -- just be exposing my private info to a site full of spammers.

[www.indeed.com] is a decent job meta-search engine.

snowmentality

I was an Eagle Scout too, but rather than directly mentioning that on my resume, I just say "I hate gays and atheists." Works like a charm!

leftist

@greenbot:

I work for a job board software company. The number of ways that clients see candidates trying to 'game' (shall we say politely) the system is amazing: white small font lists of keywords hidden at the bottom of CVs so that the parsing engines (supposedly) will pick up on them being a favourite.

To the point about HR departments rather than bosses sorting through CVs, most of the apps on the market have the ability for the software to sift according to filters set by the recruiting manager - so absolutely no human intervention may be taking place.....

Just7Things

It should be noticed that the these results have been fudged a little; the figure of "oral and written communications" (44%) was determined by averaging employers who googled a client's "communication skills" (28%) with those who googled a client's "oral skills" (60%). Make of this what you will!

IQpierce

To be honest, I'd rather not work for someone who searched for those kinds of generic, BS terms...

taras