Resume's and CVs

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7410-241a?WT.ec_id=NATUREjobs-20120816

 Ultimately, say careers advisers, applicants need to suss out potential employers' expectations for format, language and other uncertainties by reading the advert, checking with mentors, reaching out to contacts who work for the employer and asking the employer themselves. The most brilliant research accomplishments can't work in an applicant's favour if the CV or résumé goes unread, as Sharon Milgram, director of the Office of Intramural Training and Education at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, points out. “Don't blow your chances,” she says, “by not giving me what I want.”

 In all countries, it is likely that the first viewer of an industrial application will not be a scientist, so an applicant's résumé (in the United States) or CV (in the United Kingdom and EU) should be peppered liberally with words and phrases mined from the advert. A computer will almost certainly do the initial screen to weed out non-viable candidates and assign ratings; applicants shouldn't risk their submission being deleted just because it didn't contain the appropriate keywords. “Give them every reason to screen you in instead of screening you out,” says Tringali, who adds that résumés and CVs for industry should not be overly technical.