I ALWAYS advocate talioring the resume to the specific roll.  But this does not mean cutting and pasting from the job description.  It just means that the best resume is a brief resume, and the areas where more detail can be given are those that reflect the skills required by the job description.

 I've been receiving emails for some contracts ... and they are found by a keyword search on my resume:

"Please be aware that our database has searched out your resume based on key word skills"

I Do Not change my resume for each job ... it is a generic 1 Page resume and has kept me busy. I do offer an expanded resume if requested ... but otherwise I apply with a 1 Pager.

I have a Keyword Section at the bottom of my resume that I use with on-line applications and entered into the Applicant Tracking System. It might Never been found without it.

My Keyword Section Is This:

KEYWORD SUMMARY

Adoption, Agile, AS/400, Business Analysis, Business Requirements, Business Systems Analyst, Business Process Outsourcing, Call Center, Client-Facing, Collaborate, Commercial Off-The-Shelf, Communications, Compliance, Computer Technician, Cost-Efficient, Cross Platform, Customer Service, Data Warehouse, Database Administration, Development, Delivery, Deployment, Elicitation, Extraction, Extreme Programming, Transformation and Loading, Facilitation, Functional Requirements, Functional Specifications, GAP analysis, Globally Distributed Teams, Help Desk, High Level Design, Impact Analysis, Implementation, Individual contributor, Instruction, Integration, iSeries, Joint Application Development, Leadership, Liaison, Mentor, Microsoft Office, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Off-Shore, Problem Solving, Process Improvement, Product Life Cycle, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Resource, Requirements, Traceability, Matrix, Root Cause, Scrum, Service Programs, Sign-Off, Six Sigma, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Engineer, Stored Procedures, Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Team member, Technical Requirements, Triggers, Training, Transaction Processing, Translation, troubleshooting, Use Cases, User Acceptance Testing, Virtual, Waterfall

BA, BRD, BPO, BSA, CBAP, CLLE, CLP, COBOL, COTS, CRM, DB2/400, DBA, DBU, DDS, DMAIC, ETL, FRS, FTP, GAP, HIPAA, HLD, ILE, JAD, JRP, OLTP, PLC, PMI, PMP, RAD, RPG, RPG-FREE, FREE Format, RPG-IV, RUP, SDLC, SQL, Subfiles, TRS, UAT, VB, VB.Net, 1st tier, 2nd tier, 3rd tier, XP