Top 100 Resume Keywords

What are the words recruiters use most often to find the candidates they’re searching for? The following are the top 100 terms used by recruiters to find candidates on TheLadders between April 1 and Oct. 1.

1. Sales
2. CPA
3. Tax
4. Business Development
5. Marketing
6. Controller
7. Healthcare
8. Human Resources
9. Insurance
10. Software
11. Manufacturing
12. Finance
13. Retail
14. CFO
15. Medical Device
16. Pharmaceutical
17. Sales Manager
18. Software Sales
19. Financial Advisor
20. Pharmacist
21. Medical
22. Supply Chain
23. SAP
24. Accounting
25. Medical Sales
26. Account Executive
27. Audit
28. Tax Manager
29. Food
30. Engineer
31. Recruiter
32. Product Manager
33. Construction
34. Manager
35. Project Manager
36. Oracle
37. HVAC
38. Java
39. Operations
40. Director
41. Inside Sales
42. Hospital
43. Attorney
44. Call Center
45. SEC
46. Packaging
47. Pharmacy
48. Physician
49. Outsourcing
50. International Tax
51. Logistics
52. Deloitte
53. FAS 109
54. Compliance
55. SAAS
56. Real Estate
57. Electrical Engineer
58. Nurse
59. SEC Reporting
60. Security
61. Technology
62. Storage
63. Energy
64. ERP
65. Aerospace
66. Procurement
67. Private Equity
68. RN
69. Business Intelligence
70. Compensation
71. Cisco
72. C++
73. Engineering
74. Mechanical Engineer
75. Ikon
76. CPG
77. Chemical
78. ADP
79. Bank
80. Banking
81. Mortgage
82. Financial Services
83. IT
84. Business Analyst
85. Advertising
86. Accountant
87. KPMG
88. Product Development
89. Wealth Management
90. Transportation
91. Sales Engineer
92. Internal Audit
93. Benefits
94. BPO
95. Litigation
96. Lean
97. Series 7
98. Telecommunications
99. Government
100. CRM

Source: RecruitLadder, October 2009