Top 100 words in a resume that Attract Recruiters!

Top 100 words in a resume that Attract Recruiters!

TheLadders.com is a very popular and different job site as in it gets only the best jobs that are over USD 100k and they get the candidates to pay instead of the employers! So its different in that sense. They did a little digging in their databases to find which words in the resumes of the candidates attracted the most attention. Here are the top hundred words!

In this day and age of online resume mailing and submissions – online filters are used extensively.. so it makes sense to use the right buzzwords and in my view a good resume does 80% of the work and if you can handle the interview well then the chances of getting the job are VERY HIGH!! So go ahead and use this to your advantage. Link for the list

  1. Sales
  2. Marketing
  3. Software Sales
  4. Controller
  5. Recruiter
  6. Project Manager
  7. CFO
  8. Finance
  9. SAP
  10. CPA
  11. Insurance
  12. Human Resources
  13. VP
  14. Compensation
  15. Java
  16. Mortgage
  17. Software
  18. Tax
  19. Director
  20. Construction
  21. Product Manager
  22. Accounting
  23. Litigation Support
  24. Banking
  25. Healthcare
  26. Audit
  27. Medical
  28. Account Manager
  29. Financial Advisor
  30. Engineer
  31. Manager
  32. Operations
  33. Business Development
  34. Pharmaceutical
  35. Real Estate
  36. Semiconductor
  37. Sales Manager
  38. CRM
  39. Risk
  40. Compliance
  41. Marketing Manager
  42. Supply Chain
  43. Technology
  44. Pharmaceutical Sales
  45. BPO
  46. Quality Assurance
  47. MBA
  48. VP, marketing
  49. Siebel
  50. Attorney
  51. Product Development
  52. Account Executive
  53. Staffing
  54. Architect
  55. Inside Sales
  56. Accountant
  57. Engineering
  58. Software Engineer
  59. Database Marketing
  60. CEO
  61. Estimator
  62. COO
  63. Advertising
  64. HR
  65. C++
  66. Sales Executive
  67. International Tax
  68. Security
  69. Legal
  70. Commercial
  71. Broadcast
  72. Manufacturing
  73. Plant Manager
  74. J2EE
  75. Loan Officer
  76. Automotive
  77. Business Intelligence
  78. Medical Device
  79. VP Sales
  80. Medical Sales
  81. Sales Engineer
  82. Auditor
  83. Financial Analyst
  84. Tax Manager
  85. Retail
  86. VOIP
  87. Creative Director
  88. Pharmacist
  89. Physician
  90. Washington
  91. IT
  92. Marketing Director
  93. VP, Sales
  94. Market Research
  95. Developer
  96. Purchasing
  97. Oncology “market research”
  98. Oncology “market analysis”
  99. Technology Sales
  100. QA

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