HR Generalist resume keywords
HR credentials, compliance areas and the HRIS, with the size of the workforce supported. These are the terms recruiters search the ATS for, written the way postings write them.
Licenses and certifications
- SHRM-CP
- PHR
Tools, systems and languages
- Workday HCM
Skills and methods
- Employee Relations
- Onboarding Programs
- Benefits Administration
Domain knowledge
- FMLA
- Human Resources Information Systems
- Performance Management
How to use them
- Use the posting's exact wording. If it says a term one way, write it that way at least once.
- Name the HRIS and modules you ran: "Workday HCM, Recruiting and Absence"
- Give the scale: employees supported, requisitions filled, orders or SKUs managed
- Spell out compliance areas the posting names rather than writing "HR compliance"
- Only list what is true for you. A keyword you can't back up in an interview costs more than it gains.