Do you feel invisible in your Online Job Search? Well, maybe you are!

In 2010 I have committed to adding posts that help the Job Seeker with practical and useful information. After interviewing a number of Job Seekers who have become dejected by the lack of response they receive in their online employment searches, I realized that there are 2 common mistakes that are easy to correct when conducting an online search.

What most people do not understand is that employers or headhunters do not (and I repeat DO NOT) sift through thousands of resumes posted on the online Job Boards such as Monster and Career Builder. Instead they utilize software similar to the Google spiders to select resumes with certain keywords related to their job posting making your offline resume totally obsolete and "unfindable" when it comes to online employment searches. Online resumes begin with a Keyword Search Section at the very upper portion of the document and should be written in a simple text font and format that can be CUT and PASTED into the body of the email when responding to a job posting.

The second biggest mistake is made when responding to a job post by sending the resume as an attachment. This opens the recipient of the email to viruses and more steps in his or her process. Most of the time, these resumes are never even downloaded.

So, if you have been feeling invisible in your search, commit to making yourself findable among the millions. Add a keyword search section at the top of your resume. You can do this by selecting descriptive words from several ads that represent your ideal job and categorizing your keywords by skill sections before your professional experience.

And secondly, start cutting and pasting your resume into the body of the email. These are two easy steps you can take to make yourself findable and visible to employers and headhunters!