Content Writer resume skills. The words recruiters search for.
The 17 skills and tools that come up in content writer job posts, sorted by type, and how to put them in bullets a recruiter believes.
By Nazir Elmurodov, Founder, LaunchCV · Updated
/ The list
Keywords by type. Use only the ones that are true for you.
Hard skills · 13
- Content writing (used in Owen's sample resume)
- SEO writing (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Keyword research (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Content strategy (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Blog posts (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Long-form content (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Copywriting (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Email copywriting (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Editing (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Proofreading (used in Owen's sample resume)
- AP style (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Style guides (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Research (used in Owen's sample resume)
Tools & software · 4
- WordPress (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Semrush (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Google Search Console (used in Owen's sample resume)
- Google Analytics 4 (used in Owen's sample resume)
17 of 17 appear in Owen's sample resume. See where
/ How to use them
Put keywords in bullets, not just in a skills list.
A skills list tells the software you have a skill. A bullet shows a recruiter what you did with it.
Keyword research, Blog posts, Research, WordPress, Semrush
Weak: Skills: Keyword research, Blog posts, Research, WordPress, Semrush
Strong: Write 6–8 blog posts and guides a month on small-business accounting, from keyword research in Semrush to publishing in WordPress
Google Search Console
Weak: Skills: Google Search Console
Strong: Grew organic blog traffic from 40,000 to 150,000 monthly sessions in 2 years by building topic clusters and refreshing 60 older posts, tracked in Google Search Console
AP style, Style guides
Weak: Skills: AP style, Style guides
Strong: Edited contributor articles to AP style and each client's style guides before publishing
Strong bullets come from Owen's sample resume and our content writer bullet examples. Names and figures are illustrative.
/ Use them honestly
Keywords get you found. Proof gets you hired.
Mirror the job post's wording for skills you really have. If a content writer post asks for Content writing and you've used it, say Content writing, in the post's spelling, and show where.
Mirror the job post's wording
If a content writer post says "SEO writing", write "SEO writing", not a near-synonym — as long as it's accurate. Recruiters search for the post's exact term.
Only claim what you can back up
Expect to be asked about every term you list. If you couldn't spend two minutes on Content writing — what you did and what changed — leave it out.
Show it in a bullet
A skills list says you know Blog posts. A bullet like the one under Content Writer in the example above shows what you did with it.
No stuffing, no hidden text
Repeating a word or hiding keywords in white text doesn't make you a better match. A person reads the resume in the end.
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/ Questions
Content Writer keywords, answered.
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How many keywords should a content writer resume have?
There's no magic number. Owen's sample resume uses all 17 terms on this page, because each one fit that job. Cover what your post asks for that you can back up, each where it fits; repeating a keyword doesn't help.
Should I copy keywords exactly from the job post?
Use the post's wording for skills you really have. If a content writer post says "Content writing", write "Content writing" rather than a synonym, so a recruiter searching for that term finds you. Don't add skills you don't have just because the post lists them.
Where should keywords go on my resume?
In your summary, a short skills section and, above all, the bullets under each job, where you show what you did with the skill. In Owen's sample, Content writing, Keyword research and Long-form content are in the summary and Blog posts shows up in a bullet under Content Writer. Plain text in the body of the page is easiest for applicant tracking systems to read.
Which tools should I list on a content writer resume?
The ones you've used and the post mentions. Common ones in content writer posts include WordPress, Semrush, Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4. Name the tool in the bullet where you used it, not only in the skills list.
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