3 Tips to Stand Out in the Job Market During COVID-19

With all of the uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, the job market is getting crowded, and it might keep getting more and more crowded. In this kind of environment, you absolutely need your resume to stand out. I recently spoke to Andrew Seaman, a writer on the #GetHired blog on LinkedIn, about how job seekers can make their resumes stand out. There are four basic tips I recommend you take as soon as possible to help get your resume in shape.

Start With a Strong, Position-Focused Career Snapshot

Still have a bland, generic career summary or career objective at the top of your resume? Get rid of it, and replace it with a career snapshot that is tailored for the position this resume is for. Use keywords and skills specific to the industry and the position, and focus the language on how your skill set matches the company’s needs. Use numbers and stats — things like how much you increased revenue. Make it brief, quantifiable, compelling, and smartly targeted.

Highlight How You Overcome Challenges

We are all dealing with a changed world right now, and companies are facing the need to pivot services, adapt working environments, and deal with the economic fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic. This means they…