How can I match my resume to the job?

Tips for Matching Your Resume to the Job

Now for those steps I promised to help you match your resume to the job description:

• • Get the job description and put it in front of you.
  • Circle the key skills & experience the company is looking for.
  • Make a list of all the things you’ve actually done in your career that make you a good fit. (Remember to think about transferable skills too.)
  • Now go get your resume and put that in front of you too.
  • Look to see where your already-listed experiences might match with elements in the job description.
  • Circle those matching experiences so you can go back to them later and decide which ones you’ll give more emphasis and/or a higher position in your bullet lists.
  • Now think about things you’ve done in other jobs or elsewhere (volunteer, special projects, freelance) that are NOT yet on your resume. Add the strongest ones that really show why you would be an asset (match) to the new job.
  • Now go through your resume, editing and adding where needed to give more weight to your strongest matching items (including keywords and key phrases), but also mentioning something even from years back if it might help. (This is also a good time to get rid of items that don’t help and may lead you back to things you don’t ever want to do again.)

1. Review advertisement and job description.

2. Review knowledge, skills, experience and achievement.

3. Match key words of your CV.

4. If match90% then apply, otherwise do not apply.