Why You Should Use Keywords in Your Principal Resume

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Employers and hiring managers are posting more and more jobs on the internet every day all over the world with the hope of getting the best possible candidate to fill the open positions. The internet has indeed changed the way the world works and this has come to include job searching as well. An integral part of 21st century job and resume placement is keywords. The system is designed to match resumes with the job postings that contain the right keywords.

Job Search and Internet Dynamics 

Most people do not know this, but the application procedure is much more complex and goes far beyond the application page the candidate is seeing. After filling out the form and uploading your resume, the process is taken over by special software designed to filter out irrelevant resumes. Buzzwords or keywords are the major determining factor as to which resumes stay and which are dropped. Knowing where and how to use these keywords will also determine which resumes are pushed up the pile. All of this is done automatically, even before a human sees any resumes.

The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Demands Professionalism

As an education professional seeking the position of school principal, the competition will be quite serious and you will be expected to be at your best in order to secure the job. The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software will scrutinize your resume and determine if it is well written enough to earn you an interview. For this reason, many potential principals hire the services of professional resume writers because they have in depth experience on how to properly use keywords. 

Multiple Options

Note that this software not only recommends you to one institution, it also puts your resume in front of different hiring professionals at the same time, giving you a leverage of choice. This is excellent because you only need to put in your effort once and the rest is taken care of for you. All you need to do is write a powerful resume with the right keywords included and place the paper in strategic places like your social networking sites, blogs, websites, job search engines, etc. The idea is to get your resume into the right avenues so that when institutions do a random search for a principal, the ATS software will pick out your name, even in your absence.

Some useful tips:

• Include relevant associations or professional groups you belong to in your resume.
• Highlight your keywords (when possible) in bold, italics, in the headers, etc. Search engines easily pick these up over other places.
• Utilize the tag option on social networking sites.
• Spell out all acronyms.
• Use your keywords in your cover letter.
• Always make sure your keywords are not too scattered and that they flow well, making for an interesting reading.
• Use keywords in the job responsibility section as well as in the profile summary.
• Be careful not to overuse keywords; the software will tag your resume as spam if you do.
• Research industry keywords and use only those relevant to securing the job you desire.