While your vocation is about so much more than simply making money, your job is one of your most significant financial assets. I have my resume posted online and I regularly receive solicitations for job openings. I’ve paid attention to my site’s referral logs to see how recruiters find my resume. Almost every search includes the following keywords, and almost always they are required keywords:

+objective +education +experience

A large majority of searches also exclude the following keywords, which was a little surprising to me. Most likely these keywords are intended to exclude job listings from the search results. If you post your resume online you should take care not to use these words!

-job -career

I have also seen the following keywords and exclusions. They are less common than the above, but it is worth considering them:

• +senior +programmer
• +engineer developer
• engineer developer
• intitle:Resume OR inurl:Resume
• “application programmer” OR “application engineer”
• -sample -example
• -your -we
• -opportunities
• -apply -submit
• -tips -guidelines
• -interview
• -service

It’s possible that I’m missing other common searches because my own resume doesn’t meet the search criteria! If you are aware of other common search terms please let me know.

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