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Automated Resume Screeners Score Resumes on Relevancy to Keywords and Experience The infographic at right (click to expand) from previously mentioned resume webapp Resunate illustrates the basic process: Your resume is run through a parser, which removes the styling from the resume and breaks the text down into recognized words or phrases. The parser then sorts that content into different categories: Education, contact info, skills, and work experience. The employer's desired skills or keywords are matched against the results from above. Your resume is scored on relevancy—using semantic matching against the employer's search terms and your years of experience. So, clearly, it's vital to include relevant text in your resume —but rather than just dump all the keywords from the job description in, for best results you'll need to employ a strategy. (Most savvy job applicants are likely using the same keywords in their resumes.) How to "Hack" ...

You've probably heard too many times to count that "in this economy, you should be happy to have any job at all." Perhaps that's true, but that doesn't mean you can't try to find something better if you hate the job you've got. Here are a few things you can do this weekend to prepare to make a positive shift in your work life. Update That Resume Before you set out to apply for a new job, you're probably going to need an up-to-date resume. It's easy to let resume updating slide while you're employed because you have a job and it isn't the most fun thing to do. Fortunately there are some tools to make it easier to get started and make sure it's in top shape. First things first, if you don't want to figure out the exact formatting of your resume and other tedious tasks, Resunate is a service that'll simply take your information and create a resume tailored to the type of job you want. If you've got a LinkedIn profile, ...

As you know, preparation is the key to doing well on a job interview and hirers tend to ask the same kinds of questions . This job interview one-sheeter is like a CliffsNotes for getting your strategic answers together. Shared by Jenny Blake of LifeAfterCollege , the Google Docs template covers seven key questions or topic areas for you to bullet-point your examples, including how you're suited for the position, what your weaknesses are, what excites you, challenges you've overcome, and goals you have in the future. There's an area for questions you have for the company (such as issues or challenges about the job ) and other notes (perhaps personal sound bites would be good here). Just filling out the sheet can help you prepare, but you can also bring it to your interview and quickly glance at it while waiting (nice to have on you just in case). Job Interview One-Sheeter | Google Docs via Wise Bread via google.com Posted via email from AndyWergedal ...

Popout Ramit Sethi is a New York Times best-selling author and creator of one of our favorite personal finance sites, I Will Teach You to Be Rich . In his weekly video Q&A for Lifehacker, Ramit answers common questions about personal finance, careers, and more. This week, Ramit shares his Briefcase Technique, a tried and true method for successfully negotiating your salary. Photo by claudiofichera (Shutterstock) Most of us don't negotiate—with our bosses, our clients, even our cable companies. Why? We know we're leaving money on the table, but we're not sure what to say. We don't want it to be awkward. And what if they say no? In my household, I was basically bred to negotiate. And after my parents taught me, I wanted to share some of my most powerful negotiation tactics with others who didn't grow up in such a... peculiar family. Today, I want to share a specific technique that I always recommend for freela...

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Try The Free Official AutoCAD App For Your Phone [Android] from MakeUseOf by Angela Alcorn As most engineers, architects and draughtsmen can attest, it’s incredibly useful to have a reliable smartphone application to edit your documents while you’re out and about. Just think, no more A1 sheets of paper covered in incomprehensible notes. Or if you must carry that around, at least you can keep your files accessible on your phone just on the off-chance you’re able to stop into a site unexpectedly. The fact remains that CAD applications on smartphones are a great idea. So, imagine how surprised I was to find the official AutoCAD WS Android application is available for free in the Android Market. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But it’s real, so it’s well worth getting your hands on the AutoCAD application before Autodesk changes their mind and starts charging for it. via google.com Posted via email from AndyWergedal

Is There an Easy Way to Measure the Height of a Tree? [Crowdhacker] from Lifehacker by Adam Pash Trees are tall. Humans, relatively speaking, are not. And we're not the most agile climbers in the animal kingdom, either. But we are crafty, and we can out-think even the most wizened redwood. But how do you do so when all you've got is a pencil, a mirror, or a smartphone? In the first installment of a new series powered by Q&A site Stack Exchange , we're taking the question to the crowd. Photo by Two+two=4" . Question: I'd like to install an antenna for Internet service, but it will need to clear some trees on my neighbor's property as it requires a clear line of sight to work. I really don't trust my estimating skills enough to plunk down money on a utility pole that might be too short or too tall. And climbing the tree with a tape measure (in my neighbor's yard) is a bit intrusive and dangerous. Other than eyeballing it, is there a cleve...

The Jobseeker's Secret Weapon: If This, Then That If you haven't used IFTTT , we think you should check out one of the greatest free web services around. IFTTT stands for If This, Then That , and the name is practically self-explanatory. If one of the several triggers you setup happens, then the service activates whatever multiple commands you designate. But how does all this help you find a job? Turns out that many job sites have RSS feeds, and that happens to be one of the triggers on IFTTT. That's the start of the process — the end result is all up to you. How to Get Jobs Sent to You Via IFTT: 1. Once you've created a free account over at IFTTT, sign in and click on the large "Create Task" button. 2. The text will pop up, "If this thenthat" and click on the word this . You've got tons of different triggers here, but for a job hunt, you want to find and select the RSS symbol. 3. Here, you can either choo...