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Need Help with Resume Title

I'm hoping you girls can help me. I'm tryingto apply for jobs and I just applied for one on careerbuilder and it wants me to title my resume. I googled examples and it said that you want to write something that is eye catching like Results-Drive Accountant instead of just Accountant.

 I'm looking for a position where I will be able to gain lab experience...so research assistant, lab tech, etc. tia!

Re: Need Help with Resume Title

  • imageshauni27:

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    Brilliant.   See, Diana there you go - Dynamic Research Assistant.

    Boom goes the Dynamite. 

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  • imagediablesse:

    imageshauni27:

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    Brilliant.   See, Diana there you go - Dynamic Research Assistant.

    Boom goes the Dynamite. 

    Sounds good to me!  Where's our science girls?

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  • Personally, when I apply for those types of things, I change the title of my resume to make it specific to each job I am applying for.  Especially in the science field.  People are very picky, and unfortunately, if you don't have their keywords in your title, you often times will be looked over just for that.  I always tailor mine to have at least one of their job title keywords in my resume title and/or objective.
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  • BTW - what type of lab experience are you looking for?  I'm in the biotech industry and have quite a few connections up and down the east coast, depending on where you're looking.
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  • sunshine - I looking for hands on bench work stuff. Running experiments and definitely working with instrumentation. I'm most familiar with GC/MS but I want to gain experience with other instruments and techniques.
  • For something like that, I would probably use a title like "Analytical Methods (or Testing) Technician (or Associate)" or something to that effect.  Most people will use MS/GC and HPLC for analytical testing and probably search that and a few related key words.

    I would also put every single piece of equipment you've even remotely touched or been exposed to in your resume.  You can write something like, "Limited experience performing analytical experiments utilizing x, y, z".  It may be a far stretch, but doing things like that are what scored me at least phone interviews when they would have otherwise skipped right over my resume.

    Also - a kick a$s cover letter is huge.  I had a lot of people call me back and specifically tell me, "You're not really 100% qualified for the job, but you wrote a great cover letter.  I want to talk to you more about your qualifications."

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  • yeah I listed all the instruments I've ever worked with on my resume and I always write a cover letter to each specific job. let me know if you know of any openings in NJ/PA/DE. Thanks!!
  • Sure you don't want to work in MD?  I know of a ton of lab tech jobs.  I know that BIL was looking in NJ and found a few open positions with GSK and Merck.
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  • I would be open to the entire US but I just bought a house so I'm restricted now. But I checked GSK and I only found one, I'll check Merck.
  • I will ask BIL where else he applied in NJ!
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