When many applications come in for a job, recruiters can’t review them all manually. They also actively search for suitable candidates. So, how do they find the right professionals?

They rely on keyword searches.

🧑‍💻 How do recruiters think? They enter the skills and experience they need into filters. For example, candidates should know how to use specific programs (like Jira or Excel), have a certain number of years of experience (like 5 years), and work in certain industries (like finance).

As a result, they get a list of people who have included those details in their profiles.

So, even if you have the right experience, if you haven’t mentioned it in your profile, you won’t make the shortlist. It’s frustrating, right?

The best exercise for finding keywords:

1. Open 3-5 job listings that you really like.
2. Take screenshots of the sections that list the tasks for the position.
3. Add them to Miro, grab a marker, and highlight important points: what soft skills are required, what programs are mentioned, what experience is described, and what specific words (verbs, phrases) are used.
4. Your next step is to rewrite your experience using similar phrases (don’t copy them exactly, but use the highlighted keywords).

🌟 This will make your profile more noticeable to recruiters because it will contain exactly what they are looking for. Recruiters won’t overlook that!