Question #6: A scannable -- or text-based -- resume is just a stripped down version of your regular (formatted) resume.

Answer: FALSE. First you need to think about the purpose of a text resume –- companies are increasingly putting resumes into databases for storage and retrieval. When a company has a job opening, resumes are retrieved from the database based on key skills or qualifications of a position. Keywords become essential to text and scannable resumes.

Keywords are nouns or noun phrases that relate to your experience and qualifications. Read more about these types of resumes by going to Quintessential Careers: Scannable Resume Fundamentals.

Read more about the power of keywords in our article, Tapping the Power of Keywords to Enhance Your Resume’s Effectiveness.

Reminder: You can find many more career and job-search tools, resources, and guidance in the Career Resources Toolkit section of Quintessential Careers. And for the specific needs of different types of job-seekers, go to the Jobseeker-Specific Career and Job Sites.

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