Sample Keyword List

Keywords are the words and phrases used by someone to search for you. A recruiter spends an average of 8 seconds looking at your LinkedIn profile before determining if you are the right fit for the role. The recruiter searches profiles based on keywords, titles, and geography. Buyers today are also searching LinkedIn for new business partners. Let’s put your LinkedIn profile at the top of the list, whether you are a job seeker or sales person.  These are just a few example keywords > remember to consider which keywords are best for YOU that best describe your skills and capabilities.

Finance Keywords

1. Analysis
2. Asset
3. Shareholder Relations
4. Cash Flow
5. Compliance
6. Equity
7. Budget
8. Financial
9. Forecasting
10. Investment
11. Procurement
12. Tax
13. Models
14. Performance
15. Portfolio
16. Capital
17. Mergers & Acquisitions
18. Contract Negotiations
19. Pricing
20. Valuation

Operations Keywords

1. Asset Management
2. Business Reengineering
3. Capacity Planning
4. Budget
5. Change Management
6. Claims Management
7. Collective Bargaining
8. SAP
9. Contract Negotiations
10. Cost Avoidance
11. Customer Service
12. Distribution Management
13. Facility Management
14. Health & Safety
15. Internal Quality Audits
16. Inventory Control
17. Materials Planning
18. Mergers & Acquisitions
19. Operating Budget
20. Performance Improvement

Process and Engineering Keywords

1. Bill of Materials
2. Capital Management
3. Commissioning
4. Continuous Improvement
5. Engineering Documentation
6. Environmental Permitting
7. Failure Analysis
8. Feasibility Analysis
9. Materials Management
10. Plant Engineering
11. Process Capability Analysis
12. Process Costing
13. Process Flow Mapping
14. Process Improvement
15. Process Standardization
16. Product Reliability
17. Productivity Improvement
18. Resource Management
19. Statistical Analysis
20. Systems Integration

Sales Keywords

1. New Client Acquisition
2. Sales Forecast
3. Cold Calls
4. Salesforce
5. Closing
6. CMS
7. Communication
8. CRM
9. Develop
10. Closing Ratio
11. Social Selling
12. Selling
13. Sales
14. Leads
15. Quota
16. Forecasting
17. Relationships
18. Sales Pipeline
19. Team
20. Verbal

Marketing Keywords

1. Advertising Strategy
2. B2B / B2C / B2G
3. Brand Acquisition
4. Brand Management
5. SEO
6. Campaign Management
7. Competitive Analysis
8. Contract Management
9. Digital Marketing
10. Customer Acquisition
11. Google Analytics
12. Internet Marketing
13. Key Performance Indicator
14. Market Segmentation
15. Market Share Ratings
16. Merchandising
17. Product Management
18. Reputation Management
19. Social Media Marketing
20. Strategic Marketing

 Law Keywords

1. Adjudication
2. Affidavits
3. Family Law
4. Real Estate Law
5. Corporate Law
6. Depositions
7. Dispute Resolution
8. Due Diligence
9. Evidence Collection
10. Fraud
11. Intellectual Property
12. Interrogation
13. Justice System
14. Legal Counsel
15. Legal Research
16. Litigation
17. Probate
18. Risk Management
19. Settlement Negotiations
20. Share Holder Relations 

Telecommunications Keywords

1. Access Network
2. Analog
3. Backbone
4. Bandwidth
5. Channel
6. Commodity
7. Interactive Cable
8. Convergence
9. Cloud
10. Central Office
11. Broadband
12. Fiber/Fiber Optic Cable
13. Infrastructure
14. Mobile Broadband
15. Network
16. VIVID
17. 3G and 4G
18. LAN/WAN
19. Predictive Analysis
20. Retention Rate

Human Resources Keywords

1. Benefits and Compensation
2. Conflict Resolution
3. Contract Negotiation
4. Employer Branding
5. Executive Development
6. HR Policy Development and Execution
7. Human Resource Systems / Technology
8. Payroll Administration
9. Performance Management
10. Job Analysis / Development
11. Organizational Development
12. Occupational Health and Safety
13. Talent Acquisition
14. Recruitment and Selection
15. Risk Management
16. Peoplesoft
17. Succession Planning
18. Talent Development / Retention
19. Training and Development
20. Workers’ Compensation Administration