We analyze 133,000 Resumes: Figures and Data

We analyze 133,000 Resumes: Figures and Data

Is your CV up to par? What if we compare it with the CVs of professionals in your sector? We’re here to find out.

After countless hours with our data analysis team, a couple of weeks working hard, and the occasional Red Bull, we are proud to bring you the analysis The most up-to-date on the trends in the development of resumes.

We have analyzed the data of more than 133 thousand resumes created in our online CV editor. We wanted to see how the different professionals of the most popular careers in the country expose their work experience, professional goals, and skills.

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In addition to this, our objective was to discover how today’s job seekers tackle the task of finding a job. What are the keywords they use to describe their experience? How long are your resumes? How many different versions of a resume does each person create?

The data presented focuses on three key characteristics of resumes created by candidates in different career fields.

Summary key features analyzed

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Sections used

What are the parts of a resume most used by candidates in each professional field (contact details, professional profile / professional goals, work experience, education, skills and aptitudes, certifications, languages, computer skills, etc.)

The most common skills

The lists of the most common skills are exposed in sections of “aptitudes”, “skills” or “computer skills.

  The most important keywords in a CV

Finally, we analyze all the words used by the candidates in their CVs and apply the statistical frequency of repetition of each term, to identify the most relevant keywords for each profession. We perform separate analyzes for nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

The data presented below are divided into general data extracted from all downloaded resumes and specific data from resumes for the top 10 professions common.

What we learned about all CVs (and how to use them to your advantage when searching for a job)

First, let’s take a look at what an average resume for a job listing looks like in 2021. ( Spoiler: Job seekers tend to make fundamental avoidable mistakes to outperform most competitors with little effort).

Size of the curriculum vitae

Length means of a resume: 489 words (standard deviation of 310 words).

The median length of the resume: 369 words.

Distribution (limited to resumes of no more than 1000 words s):

For a basic resume created in our CV editor, 380 words equal the size of a page. The data clearly shows that the average user tries to keep their resume on one page.

However, is this the ideal strategy? Not at all.

Contrary to popular belief, recruiters, today prefer two-page resumes. Data shows that recruiters are 2.9 times more likely to choose a candidate with a two-page resume for management positions and 1.4 times more likely for entry-level/junior positions.

Furthermore, 77% of recruiters think that experienced workers do not they should use a single-page resume.

The bottom line is simple: in 2021, to increase the chances of getting an interview, a two-page resume should be used, especially if you are a seasoned professional. First of all, that’s what recruiters expect. Second, that’s what your competitors are not doing.

How many resumes do you create to search for a job?

Average: 1.73 curriculum vitae per user

Median: 1 curriculum per user.

The above data are especially worrisome: the most effective strategy for looking for a job is to adapt each resume to the requirements of each job offer to which you want to apply (63% of recruiters prefer to receive resumes adapted to the open vacancy). For this, it is recommended to create a new resume for each job application. However, most users prefer to create a generic resume to send to all job applications. Here’s why it’s such a serious mistake:

  • On average, 10% of job applications end in interview invitations.
  • Of those who got the interview, only 20% are offered jobs.
  • Depending on their studies, the success rate of a job application is between 2% and 3.4%.
  • This means that, on average, you must send between 30 and 50 resumes to be hired.

Some Job seekers create various resumes to suit the requirements of different positions. And some take it to the extreme: we have seen 17 users with more than 100 resumes created. Our first thought? They are using our CV editor for their own resume writing business for “their clients”. We reviewed them and it was not the case. All of those resumes were written by these users for their personal use. They only made minor adjustments and alterations to the key skills and job responsibilities described.

The user with the most resumes created 339. Is this what we mean by “tailor your resume to match the job posting announcement”? Maybe not. Is this more effective than sending the same resume to 300+ companies as spam? An unscientific assumption: Yes, at least 10 times more effective.

So far, I don’t paint very well, right? Let’s dive right into the real content of a generic resume in 2021.

What parts of a resume do job seekers use?

The vast majority of resumes we analyzed included 5 basic sections:

Essential sections of a standard resume

  • Contact details: 99.85% of CVs
  • Work experience: 98.33%
  • Education: 97.25%
  • Skills: 89.81%
  • Excerpt: 88.75%

It is particularly enjoyable for a job advisor, see which sections such as “skills” or personal description are so commonly used.

Recruiters want to know about the candidate’s skills. In fact, not using a professional skills checklist can damage a resume as much as a year of unemployment. When it comes to the extract, despite the different opinions on it, it is advisable to add one. Of course, it mustn’t be outdated and full of stereotypes. Try to focus on what you can really offer to the company you want to contact.

Also, those who are currently looking for a job are not limited to offering the “basic” CV sections. Most of them add at least one additional resume section to show they have an ace up their sleeve.

The bottom line for you: To stand out from the crowd, use a minus one or ideally some additional sections on your resume to support your qualifications.

Let’s look at the most popular additional CV sections.

Additional Sections:

    • Any additional section: 66%
      • Languages: 31%
      • Certificates: 27%
      • Additional activities: 21%
      • Personal interests: 19%
      • Software knowledge: 18%
      • References: 16%
      • Courses: 11%
      • Licenses: 5.5%
      • Publications: 5.3%
      • Conferences: 4.7%
      • Legal clause: 4.7% *

* In Spain, personal data processing regulations oblige job applicants to give their consent to contact companies that process their data during the hiring process.

Keep in mind that, although certificates are the second most used extra section, only one in four job seekers adds them. Certificates are the best way to demonstrate your CV expertise. If you have certifications, be sure to include them in a separate, prominent section on your resume. If you don’t have certifications, consider taking a certification course within your industry. This way, you will automatically be ahead of 73% of job applicants.

Don’t have time to get certified? Attend conferences in your industry and show them off on your resume. Only 4.7% of job seekers list their participation in conferences (yes, you can list conferences that you have participated in without having given a talk).

Finally, let’s take a look at the list of most common skills on job seekers’ resumes.

Why is this important to you? Think of it this way: demand generates supply. If certain skills are added to resumes more often than others, it probably has something to do with the preferences of some recruiters who are hoping to see those skills.

I’m not saying you should flood your CV with the skills that you will see below. Only if you feel like you have those skills, mention some of them. Pay attention to generic skills (personal skills, communication skills) and don’t stop at basic software skills like Microsoft Office: you might think that mastery of Microsoft products is implicit and not worth mentioning on a resume, however, it is the gold standard and not including it can make your job application look suspicious.

Top 10 “general” skills on resumes

  1. Communication: 11% of resumes
  2. Leadership: 9%
  3. Time management: 8%
  4. Problem-solving: 7%
  5. Customer service: 5%
  6. Teamwork: 5%
  7. Flexibility: 4.3%
  8. Organization: 2%
  9. Creativity: 1.7%
  10. Conflict resolution: 1.6%

Note: 5 of each The 10 most common generic skills are “personal skills”: communication, leadership, customer service, teamwork, and conflict resolution.

The 10 most common “technical” skills in resumes

  1. Microsoft Office: in 12% of resumes
  2. Project Management: 6%
  3. Microsoft Excel: 6%
  4. Python: 3.8%
  5. Salesforce: 3.6%
  6. Java: 3%
  7. SQL: 2.9%
  8. Microsoft Word: 2.7%
  9. JavaScript: 2.4%
  10. Speak in public: 1.9%

Table of contents (most common professions)

  1. Software Engineer
  2. Administrative Assistant
  3. Project Manager
  4. Mechanical Engineer
  5. Customer Service
  6. Business Analyst
  7. Data Scientist
  8. Civil Engineer
  9. Accountant
  10. Product Manager

Software engineer: 1720 curricula analyzed

Essential sections of the CV:

  • Contact details: in 99.7% of resumes.
  • Work experience: 99%
  • Education: 98%
  • Skills: 92%
  • Excerpt: 86%

Additional sections:

Any additional sections: 70%

Languages ​​*: 34%

Additional activities: 29%

Software: 24%

Certificates: 22%

Personal interests: 21%

Courses: 10%

References: 10%

Publications: 6%

Legal clause: 6%

Conferences: 3%

Licenses: 2%

* The “Languages” section was used by candidates to describe foreign languages ​​or programming languages.

The 15 most common skills

Unsurprisingly, the most common skills in software engineering resumes are almost completely related to programming languages ​​or software knowledge.

  1. Java: used in 530 resumes (31%)
  2. Python: in 450 resumes (26%)
  3. JavaScript: 427 CVs (25%)
  4. SQL: 297 CVs (17%)
  5. C #: 256 CVs (15 %)
  6. C ++: 194 CVs (11%)
  7. Git: 188 CVs (11%)
  8. HTML: 170 CVs (10%)
  9. Node.js: 147 CVs (9%)
  10. CSS: 143 CVs (8%)
  11. PHP: 126 CVs (7% )
  12. C: 125 CVs (7%)
  13. MySQL: 122 CVs (7%)
  14. Docker: 120 CVs (7%)
  15. AWS (Amazon Web Services): 110 CVs (6%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Java
  2. Javascript
  3. Python
  4. Software
  5. SQL
  6. Development
  7. System
  8. HTML
  9. Application
  10. Web

Adjectives:

  1. New
  2. English
  3. Technical
  4. Various
  5. Mobile
  6. Angular
  7. Different
  8. Web
  9. Multiple
  10. Visual

Verbs:

  1. Use
  2. Program
  3. Establish
  4. Develop
  5. Work
  6. Test
  7. Learn
  8. Design
  9. Implement
  10. Solve

Administrative assistant: 1381 CVs analyzed

Essential sections of the CV :

  • Contact details: 99.9%
  • Work experience: 99%
  • Education: 97 %
  • Skills: 96%
  • Excerpt: 93%

Additional sections:

Any additional section: 37%

  • Languages: 16%
  • References: 12%
  • Software: 10%
  • Interest: 9%
  • Certificates: 8%
  • Additional activities: 8%
  • Courses: 4%
  • Licenses: 2%
  • Legal clause: 2%
  • Conferences: 1%
  • Publications : 0.6%

Note: Only 37% of candidates for administrative assistant used some extra section on their resume. If you are looking for an administrative assistant job, be sure to add value to your job application by listing certifications, courses, conference participation, or other additional activities. You will have an instant advantage over most candidates.

The 15 most common skills

  1. Communication: in 196 resumes (14%)
  2. Salesforce: 190 (14%)
  3. Time management: 187 (13%)
  4. Microsoft Office: 186 (13%)
  5. Customer service: 155 (11%)
  6. Troubleshooting: 132 (10%)
  7. Organization: 126 ( 9%)
  8. Microsoft Excel: 114 (8%)
  9. Teamwork: 96 (7%)
  10. Microsoft Word: 95 (7%)
  11. Leadership: 91 (7%)
  12. Flexibility: 90 (7%)
  13. Computer literacy: 88 (6%)
  14. Multitasking: 78 (6%)
  15. Ability to work under pressure: 55 (4%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. skill
  2. Administration
  3. Customer
  4. Communication
  5. Office
  6. Service
  7. Microsoft
  8. Assistant
  9. Time
  10. Excel

Adjectives:

  1. Administrative
  2. New
  3. High
  4. Excellent
  5. Daily
  6. Strong
  7. Professional
  8. Social
  9. General
  10. Various

Note: The algorithm we use to determine the most relevant keywords is programmed to identify patterns in word combinations while ignoring words such as “a”, “with”, “for”, “such as “, etc.)

Verbs:

  1. Train
  2. Solve
  3. Include
  4. Work
  5. Look
  6. Increase
  7. Maintain
  8. Plan
  9. Manage
  10. Manage

Project Manager: 886 curriculums analyzed

Essential sections of the CV :

  • Contact details: in 99.9% of resumes
  • Work experience: 99.9%
  • Education: 97%
  • Excerpt: 94%
  • Skills: 93%

Additional sections

    • Any additional section: 70%
    • Certificates: 36%
  • Languages: 31%
  • Softwares: 24%
  • Additional activities: 16%
  • Personal interests: 15%
  • Courses: 12%
  • References: 11%
  • Legal clause: 5%
  • Licenses: 5%
  • Publications: 4%
  • Conferences: 3%

The 15 most common skills

  • Project management: 187 (21%)
  • Communication: 160 (18%)
  • Leadership: 151 (17%)
  • Microsoft Office: 146 (16%)
  • Microsoft Project: 110 (12 %)
  • Troubleshooting: 105 (12%)
  • Time management: 89 (10%)
  • Risk Management: 68 (8%)
  • Strategic Planning: 51 (6%)
  • PMP Certification: 51 (6%)
  • Salesforce : 42 (5%)
  • Team management: 42 (5%)
  • Organization: 39 (4%)
  • Negotiation: 38 (4%)
  • Flexibility: 37 (4%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs:

Nouns:

  1. Project
  2. Administration
  3. Team
  4. Communication
  5. Microsoft
  6. Business
  7. Leadership
  8. Skill
  9. Manager
  10. Office

Adjectives:

  1. New
  2. English
  3. Technical
  4. Multiple
  5. Various
  6. Responsible
  7. Internal
  8. High
  9. Professional
  10. Effective

Verbs:

  1. Include
  2. Lead
  3. Solve
  4. Plan
  5. Work
  6. Ensure
  7. Use
  8. Plan
  9. Lead
  10. Test

Mechanical engineer: 831 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV :

  • Contact details: 99.9%
  • Education: 99.6%
  • Work experience: 98%
  • Skills: 94%
  • Excerpt: 91%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional section: 85%
  • Languages: 49%
  • Software: 43%
  • Certificates: 37%
  • Additional activities: 32%
  • Personal interests: 31%
  • References: 22%
  • Courses: 22%
  • Publications: 10%
  • Licenses: 9%
  • Conferences: 7%
  • Legal clause: 6%

The 15 most common skills

  1. SolidWorks: 260 (31%)
  2. Microsoft Office: 252 (30%)
  3. AutoCAD: 223 (27%)
  4. MATLAB : 179 (22%)
  5. Teamwork: 139 (17%)
  6. Leadership: 123 (15%)
  7. Communication: 115 (14%)
  8. Problem-solving: 113 (14%)
  9. ANSYS: 102 (12%)
  10. Project management: 93 (11%)
  11. Time Management: 82 (10%)
  12. Microsoft Excel: 72 (9%)
  13. Flexibility: 41 (5%)
  14. Autodesk Inventor : 41 (5%)
  15. Microsoft Project: 40 (5%)

Most important CV keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. SolidWorks
  2. Engineering
  3. Design
  4. Project
  5. Administration
  6. AutoCAD
  7. Enable iPad
  8. Office
  9. Mechanic
  10. MATLAB

Adjectives:

  1. English
  2. Mechanical
  3. Technical
  4. New
  5. High
  6. Various
  7. Different
  8. Spanish
  9. Strong
  10. Good

Verbs:

  1. Use
  2. Resolve
  3. Work
  4. Machine
  5. Design
  6. Test
  7. Schedule
  8. Make
  9. Include
  10. Finish

Customer Service Representative: 649 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV:

  1. Contact information: 100%
  2. Work experience: 99%
  3. Education: 96%
  4. Extract: 95%
  5. Skills: 94%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional sections: 37%
  • Languages: 15%
  • References: 15%
  • Certificates: 9%
  • Personal interests: 9%
  • Software: 8%
  • Additional activities: 7 %
  • Courses: 3%
  • Licenses: 1%
  • Legal clause: 1%
  • Conferences: 0.3%
  • Posts: 0.15%

The 15 most common skills

    1. Customer service: in 152 resumes (23%)
    2. Communication: 146 (22%)
    3. Time management: 104 (16%)
    4. Troubleshooting: 95 (15%)
    5. T Teamwork: 89 (14%)
    6. Leadership: 64 (10%)
    7. Flexibility: 62 (10%)
    8. Microsoft Office: 61 (9%)
    9. Multitasking: 50 (8%)
    10. Organization: 52 (8%)
    11. Salesforce: 46 (7%)
    12. Microsoft Word: 43 (7%)
    13. Microsoft Excel: 41 (6%)
    14. Computer skills: 34 (5%)
    15. Conflict resolution: 33 (5%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Customer
  2. Service
  3. Communication
  4. Skill
  5. Administration
  6. Problem
  7. Time
  8. Microsoft
  9. Sale
  10. University

Adjectives:

  1. High
  2. New
  3. Excellent
  4. Professional
  5. Strong
  6. English
  7. Daily
  8. Spanish
  9. Positive
  10. Responsible

Verbs:

  1. Solve
  2. Work
  3. Guide
  4. Provide
  5. Manage
  6. Maintain
  7. Include
  8. Ensure
  9. Organize
  10. Finish

Business Analyst: 391 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV:

  • Contact details: 100%
  • Work experience: 100%
  • Education: 98 %
  • Skills: 97%
  • Excerpt: 95%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional sections: 73%
  • Certificates: 34%
  • Software: 34%
  • Languages: 28%
  • Additional activities: 20%
  • Personal interests: 17%
  • Courses: 14%
  • References: 13%
  • Publications: 6%
  • Legal clause: 6%
  • Conferences: 4%
  • Licenses: 2%

The 15 most common skills

  1. SQL: 108 resumes (28%)
  2. Microsoft Excel: 73 (19%)
  3. Communication: 68 (17%)
  4. Troubleshooting: 66 (17%)
  5. Project management: 62 (16%)
  6. Microsoft Office: 53 (14%)
  7. Tableau: 41 (10%)
  8. Analytical thinking: 37 (9%)
  9. Microsoft Visio: 35 (9 %)
  10. Python: 31 (8%)
  11. JIRA: 29 (7%)
  12. Business analysis: 27 (7%)
  13. Process improvement: 26 (7%)
  14. Teamwork: 23 (6%)
  15. Agile: 22 (6%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Business
  2. Administration
  3. Analysis
  4. Project
  5. Data
  6. SQL
  7. Skill
  8. Microsoft
  9. Process
  10. Requirement

Adjectives:

  1. New
  2. Technical
  3. English
  4. Financial
  5. Functional
  6. Analytical
  7. Various
  8. Multiple
  9. Different
  10. Effective

Verbs:

  1. Use
  2. Solve
  3. Test
  4. Work
  5. Include
  6. Set
  7. Ensure
  8. Inform
  9. Gather
  10. Create

Data Scientist: 377 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV :

  • Contact details: 100%
  • Work experience: 99.7%
  • Education: 99 %
  • Skills: 96%
  • Excerpt: 89%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional sections: 80%
  • Certificates: 36%
  • Additional activities: 35%
  • Languages: 32%
  • Software: 28%
  • Personal interests: 20%
  • Publications: 19%
  • Courses: 15%
  • References: 10%
  • Conferences: 9%
  • Legal clause: 6%
  • Licenses: 3%

The 15 most common skills:

  1. Python: 174 resumes (46%)
  2. SQL: 141 (37%)
  3. R: 129 (34%)
  4. Machine learning: 125 (33 %)
  5. Statistics: 64 (17%)
  6. Tableau: 60 (16%)
  7. Visua data lization: 53 (14%)
  8. Spark: 37 (10%)
  9. Microsoft Excel: 31 (8%)
  10. SAS: 31 (8 %)
  11. Advanced learning: 30 (8%)
  12. Java: 27 (7%)
  13. Data analysis: 26 (7%)
  14. Troubleshooting: 26 (7%)
  15. Natural Language Processing: 21 (6%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Data
  2. Python
  3. Machine
  4. SQL
  5. Learning
  6. Analysis
  7. Sciences
  8. University
  9. Statistics
  10. Visualization

Adjectives:

  1. Statistical
  2. English
  3. Predictive
  4. New
  5. Various
  6. Different
  7. Natural
  8. Technical
  9. Deep
  10. Neural

Verbs:

  1. Learn
  2. Use
  3. Establish
  4. Schedule
  5. Develop
  6. Solve
  7. I worked
  8. Model
  9. Work
  10. Create

Civil Engineer: 356 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV:

  • Contact details: 99.7%
  • Education: 99.7%
  • Work experience: 97 %
  • Skills: 92%
  • Excerpt: 90%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional sections: 86%
  • Languages: 63%
  • Software: 42%
  • Certificates: 39%
  • Courses: 28%
  • Additional activities: 26%
  • Personal interests: 24%
  • References: 24%
  • Licenses: 14%
  • Conferences: 6%
  • Publications: 6%
  • Clause legal: 6%

Note: Civil engineers have the highest use of additional sections among the most popular professions. At least one additional section was added to 86% of the CVs of civil engineering candidates.

The 15 most common skills

  1. AutoCAD: 156 (44%)
  2. Microsoft Office: 84 (24%)
  3. Leadership: 49 (14%)
  4. Communication: 46 (13%)
  5. Project management: 44 (12%)
  6. Revit: 44 (12%)
  7. Spring: 38 (11%)
  8. Microsoft Excel: 37 (10%)
  9. Teamwork: 34 (10%)
  10. Microsoft Project: 33 (9%)
  11. SAP2000: 29 (8%)
  12. Troubleshooting: 27 (8%)
  13. Management of the time: 21 (6%)
  14. ETABS: 18 (5%)
  15. Flexibility: 12 (3%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Project
  2. AutoCAD
  3. Administration
  4. Engineering
  5. Civil
  6. Engineer
  7. Skill
  8. Office
  9. Construction
  10. Design

Adjectives:

  1. English
  2. Technical
  3. Civil
  4. Structural
  5. Good
  6. New
  7. Concrete
  8. High
  9. Spanish
  10. Different

Verbs:

  1. Work
  2. Use
  3. Solve
  4. Include
  5. Produce
  6. Finish
  7. Draw
  8. Survey
  9. Plan
  10. Secure

Accountant: 344 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV:

  • Contact details: 100%
  • Education: 99%
  • Work experience: 98%
  • Skills: 97%
  • Excerpt: 90%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional section: 65%
  • Languages: 36%
  • References: 21 %
  • Software: 19%
  • Certificates: 19%
  • Personal interests: 17%
  • Courses: 14%
  • Additional activities: 11%
  • Legal clause: 5%
  • Conferences: 4%
  • Licenses: 3%
  • Publications: 1.5%

The 15 most common skills:

  1. Communication: 67 (19%)
  2. Microsoft Excel: 53 (15%)
  3. Microsoft Office: 47 (14%)
  4. Time management: 44 (13%)
  5. Quickbooks: 38 (11%)
  6. Teamwork: 35 (10%)
  7. Microsoft Word: 29 (8%)
  8. Resolution of problems: 28 (8%)
  9. Accounts payable / receivable: 26 (8%)
  10. Flexibility: 26 (8%)
  11. Attention to detail : 23 (7%)
  12. Financial analysis: 19 (6%)
  13. Leadership: 18 (5%)
  14. SAP: 18 (5%)
  15. Analytical skills: 15 (4%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Accounting
  2. Ability
  3. Administration
  4. Microsoft
  5. Communication
  6. Account
  7. Excel
  8. Office
  9. University
  10. Accountant

Adjectives

  1. Financial
  2. English
  3. Monthly
  4. New
  5. Payable
  6. Professional
  7. Excellent
  8. Daily
  9. Good
  10. Charitable

Verbs:

  1. Include
  2. Work
  3. Count
  4. Solve
  5. Guide
  6. Secure
  7. Organize
  8. Prepare
  9. Inform
  10. Search

Product Manager: 344 resumes analyzed

Essential sections of the CV :

  • Work experience: 100%
  • Contact details: 99.7%
  • Education: 96 %
  • Skills: 91%
  • Excerpt: 90%

Additional sections:

  • Any additional sections: 75%
  • Certificates: 36%
  • Software: 31%
  • Languages: 29%
  • Personal interests: 22%
  • Additional activities: 22%
  • Courses: 10%
  • References: 8%
  • Publications: 8%
  • Conferences: 6%
  • Licenses: 2%
  • Clause legal: 2%

The 15 most common skills

  1. Agile software development: 67 resumes (19%)
  2. Product management : 57 (17%)
  3. Project management: 55 (16%)
  4. Leadership: 52 (15%)
  5. JIRA: 44 (13%)
  6. Scrum: 37 (11%)
  7. Problem solving: 36 (10%)
  8. Strategic thinking: 34 (10%)
  9. Communication: 32 (9%)
  10. SQL: 30 (8%)
  11. User experience: 28 (8%)
  12. Data analysis: 26 (8%)
  13. Microsoft Office: 25 (7%)
  14. Google Analytics: 20 (6%)
  15. Product strategy: 18 (5%)

Most important resume keywords: nouns, adjectives, and verbs

Nouns:

  1. Product
  2. Administration
  3. Project
  4. Team
  5. Business
  6. Development
  7. Client
  8. Analysis
  9. Agile
  10. Strategy

Adjectives:

  1. New
  2. English
  3. Technical
  4. Functional
  5. Responsible
  6. Internal
  7. Multiple
  8. Various
  9. Mobile
  10. Analytical

Verbs:

  1. Test
  2. Include
  3. Use
  4. Work
  5. Manage
  6. Solve
  7. Establish
  8. Lead
  9. Develop
  10. Create

Methodology and Limitations

For this study, We extracted data from more than 2,000,000 resumes created with our online CV editor. To keep the data more relevant, we limited the analysis to just downloaded resumes (assuming they were actually used in the job search). For the analysis of the most common positions, skills and keywords, we further limited the sample to one document per user, leaving us 133,289 resumes.

The data of the most popular professions come from documents in which the title of the profession of a user exactly matches the title of the profession we are dealing with. That is, for a given resume to be included in the “software engineer” resume analysis, the job title on the resume should read “software engineer” without variations such as “Senior Software Engineer”, for example.

The data was collected anonymously. For non-discriminatory reasons, the age and gender of the users were not disclosed. This limited a detailed demographic analysis.

The accuracy of data on common skills and foreign languages ​​is limited by the inconsistent spelling and wording of users. We tried to include all possible variations of skill descriptions (eg “MS Office” or “Microsoft Office” as well as “English” or “English: fluent” etc), but some variations could have been omitted. The percentages denoting the most common skills and foreign languages ​​listed by users may have been underestimated by as much as 0.5.

Data on the most relevant keywords by context (nouns, adjectives, and verbs) for particular professions have been extracted using the automated TF * IDF algorithm, being programmed to ignore some of the most used connecting words (for example, “o”, “a”, “the”, ” con ”,“ para ”, Etc.).

Category: Resume by Abraham

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