How to Write a Resume for an HRIS Job
A strong, well-organized resume is essential to your efforts to land a job in Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), also known as Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS, EHRMS), HR Technology or HR modules. Employers look carefully at experience with specific systems and modules, and many hiring managers search online for suitable resumes.
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Instructions
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Create a clean, bold, attractive heading that presents your name and contact information (personal address, voice number and email address).
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State the job title for the specific HRIS position you seek. Type it as a centered, secondary heading set off between 2 solid horizontal lines just below your personal contact information heading. Use the same job title in this headline that your prospective employer uses to advertise the position.
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Develop a list of searchable keywords such as HRIS, HRMS, HR modules, information technology, payroll, time and labor management and benefit administration. Use these terms wherever justified throughout your resume to optimize it so that hiring managers can find it easily when they search online.
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Write a strong "Career Profile" section next with bulleted statements of your current and recent responsibilities that make extensive use of the keywords you have identified.
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Highlight projects that you have managed and specific noteworthy accomplishments in a brief, bulleted "Selected Accomplishments & Projects" section that emphasizes quality of achievement rather than length of list.
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Under your "Professional Experience" heading, list the most recent and relevant positions you have held in reverse chronological order, with a brief statement of your impact and responsibilities in each position.
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Provide a "Technology Summary" that enumerates the systems, modules and software applications with which you have had hands-on experience, leading with the items that you believe to be distinctive and specifically important to your prospective employer.
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Conclude the resume with an "Education" section and be sure to include any relevant postgraduate certifications and coursework.
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Tips & Warnings
Write a strong single-page cover letter, tailored to the specific HRIS position you are seeking, that works hand-in-hand with your resume to personalize your introduction of yourself and call attention to the resume highlights. Proofread it carefully and be absolutely correct about the name and the title of your contact person.
Many hiring managers search online for suitable resumes. Consider posting your resume on sites such as Monster.com, but be sure in advance that you are comfortable with having your resume be available permanently on the Internet (see Resources below). Once you post information, the page can be cached and remain viewable for a long time.
