EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY City of Port Alberni - Casual Positions The City of Port Alberni is accepting applications for the following casual positions. Please indicate which position you are applying for. Rate of pay is per CUPE, Local 118, Collective Agreement We regret that only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. Finance Department - Accounting Clerk ll (Casual) This is a casual on-call position to work at various times on weekdays at City Hall. This position involves accounting and cashier work, including receiving, recording and balancing payments for all types of City accounts and services, processing enquiries and providing information on accounts payable/receivable transactions, tax and utility rates, billings, preparing and processing payroll, maintaining and reconciling information related to payroll including benefit plans, etc. Candidates are required to have a minimum of Grade 12 education and successfully completed 2nd year of a recognized accounting program (C.A., C.G.A. or C.M.A) and related accounting, payroll and clerical experience. Successful applicants will be required to complete a criminal record check. Parks and Recreation - Maintenance Assistant (Casual) This is a casual on-call position to work at various times on weekends and evenings at City facilities including the Aquatic Centre and Multiplex. This position involves a variety of janitorial duties, which may include cleaning washrooms, setting up tables and chairs, picking litter and using a ladder. Candidates are required to have a minimum of Grade 10, experience in janitorial and building maintenance work and a valid BC Drivers license. Preference will be given to candidates who have successfully completed Building Service Worker and WHIMIS training and those who hold Swimming Pool Operator 1 Certificate and Ice Facility Operator Certificate (see RFABC.com for more information on certificates). Successful applicants will be required to pass a fitness test and complete a criminal record check.
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.