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If I am asked to choose the king of professions, then my first and last answer will be the medical profession. It is one of the most charming professions in the world. One can ask why? My answer will be very much convincing that in this profession, doctors and their paramedical staff helps the mild to severely ill people. Sometimes they treat the patient at the cost of their own life. For example, while treating a case of hepatitis B or hepatitis C, which are highly infectious diseases, which can be transferred to the treating medical staff like doctors, nurses and paramedical staff. Many times medical professionals face life threatening situations while treating such sort of diseases. But one thing which provides motivation is that they are the most reliable helping hands for the ill humanity. That is the charm of medical jobs, which attract most intelligent people of the world to this profession.
Resume Keyword Practices to Avoid
We’ve established that using resume keywords throughout your application boosts your chances of a human hiring manager seeing it.
However, be careful not to overdo it.
Packing your resume full of keywords is almost as bad as not including any at all.
Don’t forget that a real person will (hopefully) see your resume at some point. So use natural language that engages that person.
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Make sure you balance hard skills vs soft skills on your resume to show you’re a rounded candidate.
Otherwise, they’ll think you’re either a bad writer — which indicates your communication skills aren’t good — or assume you’re trying to beat the ATS, making you seem dishonest.
Hidden Keywords
This is a sneakier trick some applicants use. It involves copy-pasting a keyword several times, but applying a white font so that the keywords are invisible.
But because the ATS scans all words despite their color, it counts all instances of a keyword. For example, a resume might contain five “invisible” instances of the keyword “business analysis” but only three “visible” ones. The “Find” tool can reveal where invisible keywords are:
Resume Objective
Business Analyst with over 5 years of experience supporting business solution software and performing business analysis. Aiming to utilize my strong prioritization skills and business analysis ability to achieve the goals of your company. Possess a Certification in Business Analysis.
Invisible keywords are used by some candidates.
The ATS counts all eight instances though, and “ranks” that resume higher.
However, since most ATS software lets the hiring manager see a plain text version of the resume, “hidden” keywords appear, and they’ll see your trick.
The result? You’ll come across as untrustworthy, and not worth hiring.