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There is a short article in the September 1995 issue of Today's Chemist
at Work on "Making Your Resume Computer Compatible." It gives a brief
overview of how resumes are scanned and then gives advice on how to make
the content and format of your resume work to your advantage when scanned.
It ends with a discussion of keywords that are important for various types
of chemists. Perhaps we need to develop a similar list for technical
communicators.
Incidentally, Today's Chemist is a freebie to all American Chemical Society
members who sign up for it.
