Writing a resume is tough. Take it from me. As a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC), I routinely work with remote job seekers who have all but given up on their work from home dreams. 

Many of my clients have applied to dozens and dozens of online job listings but have not received a single interview request. Sound familiar? 

If that’s the case, your resume may be to blame. 

But, fear not! You absolutely can transform your resume from totally unforgettable to completely hireable with this resume writing how to guide. 

Standard Resume Sections To Include 

To start, your resume should (at the very least) contain three core sections:

• Contact Information
• Work Experience
• Education

Contact Information 

Your resume is not doing you any favors if a recruiter can’t contact you. At the very top of your resume, put your contact information. Ideally, you include your name, email address, LinkedIn Profile Page, phone number, and location. 

Does Location Really Matter?

As a remote job seeker, you might wonder why location matters. Even though you want to work remotely, recruiters still need to know your general location. You do not need to put your exact address. Instead, simply put your city and state. That’s it. 

Remember, just because a job hires remotely, does not mean that you can work from anywhere. Many companies hire remote workers in specific countries, time zones, or states.

So, while your exact home address isn’t needed, you should absolutely include your location. If you don’t, your resume may automatically be discarded.

Hiring managers do not want to waste time contacting candidates that don’t meet location requirements. If they can’t determine where you’re at, they’re likely to automatically put you in the ‘no’ pile.

What About My Email Address?

Be sure to use an email address that’s up to date and professional. I have worked with more coaching clients than I can remember who have clung onto their cutesy or dated email addresses because they didn’t deem the effort to create a new email address worth it. But I promise you, it is!

When you apply to a job with an email address like “cuteblonde4u” or “gymgod99” you will not be taken seriously. Period. 

A combination of your first and last name (the exact same one you use on your resume) is a simple and straightforward approach. There’s no need to get clever or creative here. Also, if you’re still using AOL or another dated email service provider, it’s time to move on. 

Google offers free email addresses that you can access via computer or mobile device. With your free Google Email Account, you also get a lot of other neat tools like Google Drive which is an often used web app in professional work environments — especially remote ones!

Do I Really Need To Be On LinkedIn?

Your contact information should also include a link to your LinkedIn Profile. If you’re not on LinkedIn, you absolutely need to be. It’s free to sign up and has tons of must-use job seeker features.

Plus, if you write a powerful LinkedIn profile, it can do a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ in your work from home job search!

Work Experience

Essentially, your resume is nothing more than a single sheet of paper that highlights your work experience. In fact, your work history will take up most of the page! So, no resume writing how to guide would be complete without a deep dive into work experience.

Start with your most recent position (either the one you’re currently at or most recently left) and work your way backward. This is commonly referred to as a Chronological Resume.

What To Include With Each Work Experience Entry

Each work experience entry should include: 

• Company Name
• Location
• Job Title
• How Long You Worked There

Quantify Your Accomplishments

Now, under each of your work history listings, you need to write down your duties AND accomplishments. Do not simply list your daily tasks. Instead, focus on key duties and major accomplishments. By that, I mean quantify your work. 

For example, instead of saying: 

Helped job seekers create career marketing materials and job search campaigns

You could say: 

Wrote more than 500 resumes and LinkedIn profiles that resulted in increased interviews and remote job offers for 100% of clients

By simply adding concrete numbers to the original statement, it suddenly becomes more impressive.

Hiring managers want to know what you can do for them by looking at what you’ve already accomplished. 

Remember to Optimize Your Resume

Now, in today’s world of remote job searching, your resume needs to impress both robots and recruiters.

You see, the hiring process is a tedious one for employers — especially remote-friendly employers.

Often, companies receive dozens (if not hundreds) of applications for a single job opening. To help streamline the hiring process companies increasingly use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to manage resumes. 

The ATS scans your resume for keywords before it sends it off to a real person. When your resume has the ‘right’ keywords, you move to the ‘yes’ pile. The wrong keywords? Well, you immediately land in the ‘no’ pile.

Resume Writing How To: Keywords

Your Work History Section is an ideal spot to keyword optimize your resume. Simply pull relevant keywords from the job listing you want to apply to and use them to highlight your accomplishments. 

Hint: You can find keywords in job listings under headings like 

• Essential Responsibilities
• Skills Needed
• Preferred Experience
• Responsibilities
• Requirements

As a CPCC, I specialize in creating remote-friendly resumes that are appealing to both human and robots alike. Be sure to check out my career coaching services to learn how I can help.

Education 

If you’ve been in the work world for years, your Education Section should be short and sweet. 

This frees up valuable space for other sections that are often more important to recruiters. 

According to Glassdoor, recruiters spend just 6-7 seconds on your resume at first glance. In this short time, they look at your contact information, job titles, and business impact. 

With that being said, most job seekers can simply add their degree, year graduated, school and location. That’s all you need.

What If I Don’t Have A Degree?

If you don’t have a college degree — don’t panic! You can omit the Education Section altogether. And instead, include certifications, coursework, diplomas, and licenses you possess (or are in progress) that are relevant to your profession in a different section.

Resume Writing How To: Other Common Sections

Professional Summary 

You don’t need an objective statement. Instead, create a professional summary that serves as your short intro or elevator pitch that sets the stage for the person reading your resume. 

Skills Section

Create a skills section to highlight your hard and soft skills that are important to your industry and demonstrate how you work. This is also a great spot to transfer core skills from the job listing into your resume.

Awards

Have you been featured or honored in any way? Toot your own horn here.

Volunteer Work

If you have volunteer work that relates to your profession (or the job you hope to get) don’t be afraid to place it on your resume.

Certifications & Licenses

No degree? No problem! Instead, list any certifications, licenses, or coursework that demonstrates your professional proficiencies.

How Should I Format My Resume?

Don’t overthink the flow of your resume. It doesn’t need to be fancy. Instead, the goal is to make it easy to read for both humans and ATS. This can be achieved by using industry-standard headings and a pretty standard layout. Check out the easy-to-read template below: 

Resume Writing How To: Other Tips To Remember 

According to Jobscan, about 98% of Fortune 500 Companies use ATS. A similar survey by Kelly OCG estimates 66% of large companies use ATS and about 35% of smaller companies rely on them too. 

In other words, your resume is going to be read by ATS and you have to remember that when formatting your resume. 

Some resume writing how tos for getting past ATS: 

• Use ‘standard’ resume headings (i.e., Work History) instead of creative ones like Companies I’ve Helped 
• Go with basic font like Helvetica, Ariel, Times New Roman, Georgia
• Do not use tables, columns, or other ‘fancy’ additions
• Use a chronological resume format instead of a functional one
• Optimize your resume with keywords from the job listing
• Create a custom, keyword optimized resume to EVERY job you apply to 

Most ATS (like those used by remote-friendly company Amazon) parse your resume into a digital profile. This makes every application in their database uniform and more easily searchable.

If your resume is formatted funny or lacks standard structure and terms, much of your information will get lost in translation — literally. 

Career Coaching Services 

Remember, I’m here to help! As a CPCC, one of my most sought-after services is resume writing for remote job seekers. To date, I’ve helped hundreds of job seekers kick their cubicles to the curb. I can help you too. 

With added coaching, I can teach you how to keyword optimize your resume like a pro and make it easy to customize your resume for every job you apply to (without driving yourself insane). The best part? You’ll get greater results in the form of more inquiries and job interviews. 

A little help can go a long way! 

Check out my services when you need more help with resume writing how to. 

Happily, 

Ashlee Anderson, CPCC

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If you’re job searching online, and you probably are, you’ve had to upload your resume to job ad after job ad after job ad. Not exactly my idea of fun, but a necessary evil nonetheless.

But just because you upload your resume to a job you want doesn’t mean you’ll actually hear anything. You see, there’s a big difference between a good resume that gets interviews and a bad resume that gets rejected every time.

A good resume gets you noticed by recruiters. It perfectly sums up your work experience, highlights appropriate skills, and shows you’re the perfect person for the job. This gives you a better chance of landing an interview, which (hopefully) leads to job offers.

But what about a bad resume?

A bad resume, on the other hand, sends you into the abyss of applicants, never to be heard from again.

If you’re applying to remote jobs like crazy but aren’t hearing anything back, a bad resume could be the culprit.

Here’s how to tell if your resume is bad and, if so, how to fix it fast.

The Format Is Funny

I’m not talking funny ha-ha but funny odd. Most resumes are sent through an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) before they ever land in front of a recruiter.

An ATS is designed to filter good resumes from the bad ones. When it finds a ‘good’ one, it forwards it to the recruiter. A bad one? Well, that lands in the virtual garbage pile.

In order to properly ‘read’ your resume, the ATS needs to understand its format. If your resume has borders, columns, divider lines, and other unnecessary formatting it won’t be able to read it. And, if it can’t read it, the ATS will automatically reject it.

Instead, keep your resume clean. Don’t get overly fussy with its format. Stick to simple sentences and basic bullet points. Save it as a PDF or .doc or .docx as these are more easily understood by ATS.

Remember, if you’re applying to a job online, your resume is likely going through an ATS. If the ATS cannot understand your resume, you won’t get in front of a real person let alone a call for an interview request.

The Content Is Lacking

As the ATS browses your resume to figure out if you’re a keeper or not, it’s looking for keywords.

The keywords it’s looking for entirely depends on the position you’re applying for. You can find the appropriate keywords for a particular job by dissecting the job ad itself.

For example, let’s say you come across a remote job post for a customer service rep. Awesome. You have plenty of customer service experience and would love the chance to work from home. Sounds good. But this doesn’t mean you should simply upload your cookie cutter resume and expect it’s going to get you an interview request.

Why not?

Assume that each job you apply for is uniquely different — because it is. A standard one-size-fits-all resume simply doesn’t work, especially where ATS is concerned.

After all, a recruiter or hiring manager uses ATS to filter through resumes that often number in the hundreds for a single position. To end up with a manageable number of the best resumes possible, the recruiter asks the ATS to find those with the right keywords. The ‘right’ keywords are those listed in the job ad itself. Remember, a job advertisement is an employer’s way of spelling out their ideal candidate. You can mirror yourself as the perfect fit by pulling keywords from the ad and placing them in your resume.

A keyword driven resume gets past the ATS and increases your interview chances. A cookie cutter resume likely won’t make the cut, leaving you in the ‘no’ pile.

It’s Poorly Written

Once you get past the ATS, you might think you’re in the clear. You managed to upload a resume that is format-friendly and keyword dense. As a result, your resume is now sitting in front a real recruiter ready to make interview calls. You’ve got this, right?

Not necessarily.

While a recruiter only spends an average of 6 seconds glancing over your resume, it’s still important that you spend time making sure it’s on point. It’s easy to get past ATS with formatting and keywords, it’s not as easy to impress a recruiter in such a short amount of time.

First things first, be sure to proofreader. A bad resume will have spelling and grammar errors. When a recruiter spots a spelling mistake or grammar gaffe, they’re very unlikely to invite you to interview.

Second, a recruiter wants to see (at a glance) how you can make an impact in this position. To do that, your resume needs to have quantifiable qualifications and achievements.

Too often, resumes read like job descriptions of previous positions. That is, you list your daily job duties instead of accomplishments.

For example, let’s say you were a sales agent at a paper company. A good resume would illustrate your specific accomplishments in that position, i.e., increased quarterly sales revenue by 27%, doubled client base in 6 months, etc.

A bad resume lists general tasks you were expected to do as a paper salesman, i.e., made cold calls, up sell goods, etc.

Always, always, always knock the socks off of a recruiter by bragging about your accomplishments in previous positions with hard data. When they see how you were successful in a former role, it’s easy for them to see you as a potential success in the open position. They’ll want to know more about you and your accomplishments by inviting you in for an interview!

Don’t Let A Bad Resume Keep Your From Getting More Interviews

There you have it! If you’ve been applying to remote jobs seemingly nonstop but aren’t getting the callbacks you deserve, you might have a bad resume on your hand.

It’s easy to get complacent in your job search, especially when applying online. You can go from browsing a job ad to application submitted in a matter of minutes when you simply use a standard resume for every job you apply to.

Don’t do it!

Instead, take the time to create a custom resume for every job you apply to. Keep the format ATS friendly and boost visibility by using keywords. And, of course, once you get past ATS, make sure your resume is error-free and demonstrates your achievements. Before you know it, you’ll be getting the callbacks you deserve and be one step closer to kicking your cubicle to the curb.

Happily,

Ashlee

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A good resume is a must-have for any job seeker. But for remote job seekers, it becomes an invaluable tool that can make or break your chances of getting hired.

When recruiters and hiring managers look to fill a remote position, they want to make sure they find someone who is as close of a match as possible.

Your resume can prove you ARE that person. This simple hack can be used for anyone no matter what kind of remote job they’re looking for — sales, marketing, design, customer service, etc. — and can greatly increase your chances of getting callbacks and interviews!

The Remote Job Hiring Process

Before we jump into hacking your resume for remote job search success, let’s look at how the hiring process goes, from a recruiter’s perspective. It’s important to understand how your resume is being viewed (or not!) before changing it.

Searching for Candidates

When a hiring manager or recruiter has an open position to fill, they usually turn to one of two ways to find the right hire:

1. Post an ad online and accept resume submissions
2. Search online for potential candidates to interview

Whether recruiters post an ad for open submissions or turn to LinkedIn to track down candidates, they’re weeding out the good from the bad the same way:

Keywords!

Keywords in Your Job Search

We’re in a time when keyword optimization is, well, key to getting noticed online. And since most job searches take place on the Internet as opposed to going in person to drop off a resume and shake hands at the door, you’re going to need to brush up on your keyword know-how if you want recruiters and hiring managers to take notice of you.

Most Resumes Don’t Make it In front of Human Eyes

Did you know most resumes that are submitted online are never seen by humans? It’s true. The majority of companies and recruiting agencies use programs called Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) to screen resumes before they are passed onto a real person.

What is ATS?

Let’s pretend you hop on Indeed and do a quick remote job search. At the top there’s an amazing sounding position you know you’re perfect for. So, you pull up your resume, upload, and hit send.

You’ve got this, you tell yourself. But weeks later, you never hear anything back and you notice the job is now marked “filled.” Bummer. A non-keyword optimized resume may be to blame — not you as a worker!

You see, when you submit your resume to a company that uses ATS, your resume is scanned for relevant keywords. The greater number of keyword matches in your resume, the greater your chances of getting an interview.

Easy, right?

But now you’re probably thinking, “Wait a minute, Ashlee. How the heck do I know what keywords the resume-bot is scanning for?”

I’m glad you asked. This is where the oh-so simple remote resume hack comes into play.

Where to Find the Best Resume Keywords for Remote Job Seekers

The keywords you need to strategically place in your resume can be found — wait for it — in the job ad itself!

It’s true — look no further than the ad to find the relevant keywords to help you get past the ATS so you can wow a recruiter or hiring manager with your telephone interview skills.

A job advertisement isn’t just a company’s cry for help. It’s basically the company’s way of putting their ideal employee into words.

Your job is to scan the job ad, looking for the keywords and put them into your resume. That’s it. It really is a super simple resume hack that can dramatically increase the number of interviews you get.

Job Ad Keyword Example

To show you what I’m talking about, let’s take a look at the example below. I’ve highlighted keywords from the ad for this remote customer service position that should make their way into a resume! 

Do you see why those keywords are relevant? If so, great! You’re one step ahead of the competition. If not, read on to learn how to easily identify what makes a keyword a keyword so you can use them to your advantage.

What Makes a Keyword a Keyword?

There is no exact science when it comes to identifying relevant keywords in remote job advertisements, but there are things to keep in mind. For starters, always be sure to carefully read a listing and take note of hard skills and soft skills that are mentioned. Often, these are the specific traits, characteristics, and skills recruiters are looking for in an ideal candidate.

As a reminder, hard skills include things like Photoshop, Excel, writing, proofreading, Indesign — basically any kind of software, program, or measurable skill you can demonstrate.

Soft skills include innate characteristics unique to us as professionals. Organization, interpersonal skills, being deadline driven, and leadership are all types of soft skills. Your soft skills often serve to complement your hard skills!

Another keyword to lookout for is the job title itself. The majority of the time, recruiters are looking for candidates with past experience related to a current opening. As such, they’ll specifically search for any resumes that mention the current job title.

Hint: Include the job title in your objective statement or professional profile! This lets you include that specific keyword even if you’ve never previously held that title before!

A Handy Tool for Resume Keyword Practice

When first keyword optimizing resumes, it can be tricky. And you might even second guess your efforts, wondering if you’ve placed enough of them into your resume. In fact, you can drive yourself crazy reading and re-reading job descriptions as you pull keywords from them. The good news is, there is a handy online tool you can use to help you become a keyword identifying machine. It’s called Jobscan.

Using Jobscan To Optimize Your Resume

What is Jobscan? In short, it’s an online tool built specifically to help job seekers make the most of their resumes through keyword optimization. And it couldn’t be simpler to use.

Simply copy the text of a job ad and paste it into Jobscan. Then copy and paste the text of your resume like so:

Jobscan will then analyze the content of both to find out how well your resume matches the ad:

On top of the Match Rate score, you’ll receive easy-to-understand advice and tips you can use immediately to improve your resume. This includes specific tips based on the ATS a particular company uses. Jobscan will also let you know when you’re using too many cliche or buzzwords in your resume that may be viewed negatively:

 You’ll even get to see a list of hard skills and soft skills found in the job ad and how many, if any, are found in your resume:

Using Jobscan can help improve your resume, which then can lead to even more remote interviews! You can try Jobscan for free and start optimizing your resume today. Be sure to stop by their blog for even more helpful resume advice and free career resources.

Create a Remote-Friendly Resume

Remember, while it may be easy to upload the same resume to every remote job you apply for, it’s not going to yield the best results. Instead, take the time to keyword optimize every single resume you submit! In the world of remote job searching, it’s not about the quantity of applications you send out but the quality. Ready to put this resume hack into action? Be sure to check out my 22 favorite blogs, websites, and job boards for legitimate work-from-home jobs.

Feeling stuck? Have a question? Hit me with them in the comments below! I’m always happy to help.

Happily,

Ashlee

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The home-based job market can be super competitive. To get ahead of the pack, you need to create a work from home resume that stands out and gets you noticed.

If you’re actively looking for work from home jobs but haven’t had any interviews, your resume may be to blame.

Experts say that, in order to strengthen your candidacy, you should tailor your resume to each individual job you apply to. This is especially true in the work from home realm. Recruiters and hiring managers are looking for special skill sets that translate well to home-based success. 

Most Resumes Don’t Make it in Front of Human Eyes

Thanks to sophisticated hiring software, the resume you submit is searched by an applicant-tracking system first. This hiring search-bot is looking for certain keywords on your resume. Depending on the nature of the job, it could be any number of words or word combinations that indicate you may have the skills and experience needed for the job.

If your resume doesn’t contain these keywords, it’s discarded, never to be seen by that company again (unless you re-apply which will probably yield the same results!).

So, if you’ve been submitting your resume like crazy but have failed to get any callbacks, emails or Skype invites, you may be lacking the right keywords. This means your CV is getting tossed before someone gets a chance to see just how perfect you are for the position. Frustrating, right?

Fortunately, you can give your work from home resume the much-needed boost it needs to get past applicant-tracking software and in front of recruiters’ eyes.

So, Which Keywords Should I Use?

The first place to trackdown keywords to use is the job advertisement itself. The job description, responsibilities and required skills sections are filled with the relevant keywords you should be using in your resume.

Let’s take a look at a popular work-from-home job advertisement from U-Haul. This position is for their E-Customer Service Agent role.

From the Overview Section:

Help us by making a difference and enriching our customer’s experience during stressful moving times. With over 16,000 locations around the nation, we are looking for exciting, self-motivated and enthusiastic Customer Service Agents to assist our customers with rental equipment issues.

The words self-motivated and enthusiastic are important here as they are used to describe the types of people U-Haul is actually looking for. Putting them in your work from home resume illustrates that you are that person.

Plus, these action words are easy to incorporate into any resume, regardless of your background.

Now let’s look at the Candidate Traits section:

• You enjoy helping people during stressful times
• You thrive in a fast paced virtual environment with a focus on quality and attention to detail
• You are enthusiastic and empathetic and love creating an enjoyable experience
• You live for a challenge, are goal oriented, be willing to learn different systems, and easily navigate between multiple screens
• You can work independently delivering practical solutions and you thrive in a collaborative team environment

In this excerpted list, virtual environment, attention to detail, goal oriented, work independently, and team environment are all important keywords used to describe U-Haul’s ideal E-Customer Service Agent.

While you may not be able to incorporate all of them into your own work from home resume, you should try to include the ones which apply to you.For example, if you’ve never worked from home before, it would be tough to incorporate “virtual environment” on your resume.

Make sure to look at the Required Skills section, too. Here’s part of U-Haul’s:

• Experience in Windows-based computer programs with excellent navigational skills is preferred
• At least 6 months of customer service experience is preferred
• Must be motivated with strong work ethic
• Excellent communication and customer service skills

Windows, customer service, motivated, and communication skills are all important descriptive keywords. If you have these skills in your background, find a spot to put them in your work from home resume!

Identify Hard Skills & Soft Skills

In the recruiting world, these different skills and attributes are referred to as hard skills and soft skills. Hard skills are things that are taught and measurable like typing speed, degrees, and certifications.

Soft skills are traits someone has like interpersonal and communication skills.

The more hard skills and soft skills keywords you can incorporate from the job description into your work from home resume, the better. These are the traits/attributes/abilities that an applicant needs to be successful in the job!

Use Outside Help

If you find it difficult to locate the most relevant keywords from often lengthy job advertisements, you’re in luck! There’s a really great online tool called JobScan, and it couldn’t be simpler to use. Paste your resume on one side, the job ad on the other, and voila!

JobScan will analyze it for you. The result is an easy-to-read report that lets you know how well your resume matches with the requirements of the ad.

It’s free up to five scans per month. Any more than that and you’ll have to pay $89.95 for the year. You can sign up for a free month.

So, if you’re actively looking for a job, it’s probably worth signing up for the free month. In that time you can do unlimited scans and learn a lot from the results. By the time your free month is up, you should have a solid understanding of how to pull keywords from a job description and place them into your resume.

Where Else to Look for Work from Home Resume Keywords

Sometimes a job advertisement is super short. These micro-posts make it difficult to determine what keywords you should use. This means you will have to populate your resume with relevant keywords without the help of the job ad.

If the company has a website (which they likely will) check out their “About Us,” “Mission Statement,” “Values,” “Beliefs” or other similar areas that discuss the company’s culture and philosophy. Here you’ll find plenty of keywords that describe what the company is all about. Chances are, they will be looking for like-minded people that fit in with these core values and beliefs to join their team. When you put these terms in your resume, you automatically seem like a good fit for the company.

You can also head over to your LinkedIn profile for a little inspiration. You know how you can add new skills under the Skills & Endorsement section?  This is a great spot to turn to when you need help coming up with keywords relevant to the job title you’re applying for.

Say you’re applying for a home-based customer service job. You can type in “Customer” into the Skills & Endorsement section of your LinkedIn profile and get an idea of related keywords:

You can pull from this list to create plenty of industry specific word combinations that are relevant to the job you’re applying to.

Common Work from Home Resume Keywords

I spend a lot of time reading work from home job advertisements tracking down legitimate ones for the job board. I’ve been jotting down keywords that frequently show up in home-based job ads. Here are some of the ones that show up over and over again:

[one_third]Self-motivated

Communication Skills

Analytical

Research Skills

Flexibility

Adaptability

Interpersonal Skills[/one_third]

[one_third]Deadline Driven

Organized

Problem-Solving

Remote

Positive

Dependable

Self-Starter[/one_third]

[one_third_last]Multitask

Independent

Efficient

Word Processor

Time-Management

Reliable

Project Management[/one_third_last]

It’s really not surprising that these are some of the most frequent work from home keywords employers use. After all, when you work remotely, you won’t have someone constantly looming over your shoulder, urging you to get work done. It’s up to you, and you alone, to get your assignments done. It’s no wonder then that terms like, “reliable,” “self-starter,” “self-motivated,” and “dependable” make this list.

Sample Work from Home Resume

Remember, don’t overthink it! While you want to include relevant keywords, you don’t want to overstuff your resume either. Incorporate keywords naturally into your resume. Even though you have to get past applicant-tracking software, your resume will eventually find its ways in front of human eyes.

Always be truthful when detailing your skills, experience, and attributes. If you can strategically place a relevant keyword in place of an existing word choice – great! If not, don’t stress it.

Some ways to easily include keywords into your resume are to include skills, expertise, and profile sections. These are often bulleted lists that quickly layout your abilities. Filling these sections with work from home keywords is really easy and increases your chances of getting an interview.

Check out this sample work from home resume I made filled with popular keywords for inspiration:

Obviously, this resume is completely fictional. But, the layout is reader-friendly and the individual sections makes it super easy to pad it with keywords. You can swap them out and change them in infinite combinations in order to easily create a tailor made resume for each and every work from home job you apply to!

Psst: I used a FREE Canva template to whip up this resume. You can too! Check out their free templates for tons of great options.

If you really want to dig in to what it takes to create a perfect resume, I suggest reading Resume Writing 2016. If you’re ready to apply to work from home jobs with a resume that gets results simply type “Work from Home” in the Indeed Search Box below:

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Once you’ve perfected your own work from home resume, be sure to post it to the Resume Dashboard so you can get seen by companies actively looking for remote workers to join their team!

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