This morning I spent a few minutes running my resume through a free online application,
http://rezscore.com/, that reviews your resume. I guess the sites algorithms looking for key words.
After a quick 5 second review the site grades your resume on what HR people, head hunters and general hiring gurus are watching for. Obviously current buzz words are key to this one. I ran my resume through the application and found out I use too many first person verbs. This awarded me with a B. I guess that is OK. I was hoping I would do better, since I spent so much creating, editing and re-editing the thing. So I took my resume and tried to reword it using more third person verbs, and I still received a B. I think I might have a limited vocabulary. Anyway check out my new resume at
Alyson Balzer Resume and tell me where you think I can improve it.

Another thing really cool about the rezscore cite was the little skills chart that appeared after running the software. The Skills graph highlights words used in your resume. Looking at my skill set, I have high demand and very general skills. The words Teacher and Community really stick out. I need to get those words in the upper right hand corner. Thesaurus here I come.
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