Accounting Technician (specializing in audit files)
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: $18.86 Hourly for 40 hours per week
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (1 vacancy)
Skill Requirements:
Education: Completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training, Completion of university
Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Business Equipment and Computer Applications: Windows, General office equipment, Electronic mail, Word processing software, Excel
Specific Skills: Maintain general ledgers and financial statements, Post journal entries, Reconcile accounts, Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports, Calculate fixed assets and depreciation, Prepare tax returns
Other Information:Ability to assist on audit (including RAP), NTR, review files, to draft IFRS statements Knowledge of Caseware/Connector/Smartsync Understanding of NPOs Complete job description available on request
Languages: English
Employer: M. McKay & Associates, Certified General Accountants
By Mail: 204 208A Main Street Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Y1A 2A9
Advertised until: 2014/11/31
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.
Dishonest Keywords
It’s tempting to simply include all of the keywords you see in a job posting on your resume to maximize your chances of getting past the ATS.
But hiring managers are going to be suspicious if they see a resume that’s too perfect.
And even if you make it through to the interview, expect to be pressed with some tough questions about your skills.
Stick to the abilities and qualifications you actually have. Adding skills you lack will waste everyone’s time.