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SEO Specialist Resume Examples & ATS Keywords
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Tools and technologies to name
Relevant certifications
ATS checklist for seo specialist resumes
State organic traffic growth with figures and the period.
Name the tools exactly (Search Console, Ahrefs, Semrush).
Include the size of the sites (page count) and the industry.
Add business results: leads, sales, rankings.
Common SEO Specialist resume mistakes
Writing "optimized the site for Google" without the traffic, rankings or conversions gained.
Leaving out the size of the sites managed and their industry.
No mention of tools (Search Console, Ahrefs, Semrush) and the type of audit performed.
Writing "optimized the site" without traffic, rankings or conversions.
Missing the tools and the type of audit.
No mention of how you worked with developers and writers.
Weak vs. strong bullet example
Weak
Optimized the website for search engines.
Strong
Doubled an e-commerce site's organic traffic (from 18,000 to 37,000 monthly sessions) in 8 months through a technical audit, category restructuring and 40 optimized articles.
Weak
Optimized the website for search engines.
Strong
Doubled an e-commerce site's organic traffic (from 18,000 to 37,000 monthly sessions) in 8 months through a technical audit, category restructuring and 40 optimized articles.
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