Dynamic Resume Sections

Use these sections of your resume to target specific jobs!

Job Title and Traits

The Job Title, Traits, Professional Profile and Core Competencies Index are non-historical dynamic components of your resume that can be adjusted to target a specific job opportunity. Use as your Job Title, the same title used by the employer. (If you have worked a similar position) List as your Three Traits, your traits that best match the three most important traits as described in the employer's job posting.

What is a Professional Profile?

A Professional Profile is a short, concise introductory section on your resume that highlights your relevant qualifications and skills. Including a professional profile can have some advantages. First, your resume profile concisely features your skills and professional experience in a way that gets the employer's attention. Recruiters typically scan resumes and do not spend much time reading each one through. Because of this, your Professional Profile can be an effective way to quickly show your employer how you will be an asset to the position you're applying for.  

Another benefit of including a Professional Profile is that you can highlight specific skills and expertise that employers require for a certain position. For example, an educator's professional profile might highlight classroom management, curriculum development, and teaching skills when seeking an elementary school teaching position. 

What is a Core Competencies Index?

What is a Core Competencies Index on a resume? Core competencies, also known as your "core qualifications" is a list of your qualifications for a job. A core competencies section includes your skills, certifications, knowledge of different software products, and personality traits that make you a desirable candidate. When targeting a specific job opportunity, the index entries can be adjusted to match the employer's nomenclature in order to better sync with ATS.
For example, ATS is an exact match engine, and if ATS is seeking "mechanical design engineer" and your index entry has "mechanical engineer" you will not score as high for this term as another candidate who has matched the exact term. You can adjust your Core Competencies Index to exactly match an employer's posted requirements. This is a very powerful strategy that is highly effective in passing ATS screening gates.