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The Best Keywords for Resumes, Letters and Interviews: Powerful Words and Phrases for Landing Great Jobs! (2nd Edition), by Wendy S. Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW and Louise Kursmark, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW. 2016. Impact Publications, Manassas Park, VA, USA .176 pages.
The Best Keywords for Resumes, Letters, and Interviews is intended to help the reader identify the best keywords for their purposes and how to effectively use them in their job transition.
In the introduction, the authors describe the importance of keywords for resumes, many job search written communications, interviews and LinkedIn profiles. This book is organized in a way that you can read from front to back or just the sections most relevant to your profession and industry.
The first chapter is a valuable and a must-read introduction that provides a definition of keywords and explains that keywords are nouns and adjectives, but can also include keyword phases. The next twenty-three chapters are geared toward specific industries and professions and include a list of the top one hundred keywords for each career field.
Enelow and Kursmark explain the importance of keywords for a resume so it can successfully pass through the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and, likewise, how keywords are helpful to the recruiter for understanding the candidate's qualifications, skills and attributes.
"Keywords fall into five distinct categories: Hard Skills and Factual...