Experience: 8 – 10 Years Qualification: Quantity Surveying Degree ( Requires RICS certification or applying for their APC within the next 12 months). Nationality: Indian, Sri Lankin, South African, European Background: Pre & Post Contract Experience required, Strictly No surveyors who are currently working with Contractors. Ideally working with a Cost Consultant practice. Experienced in Measurement, Tenders, Payment, Variations, Contract Administration, FDIC, POMI, SMM7. Other: The candidate should consider themselves an expert in their field be able to operate in high pressure environment, overseeing multiply projects at any one time and have the confidence and experience to negotiate large value Contracts. The position may require the Candidate to travel overseas and negotiate Contracts and or material purchases. Reporting to and providing support to the Senior Quantity Surveyor.
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.
Tip
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.