Where do keywords belong on a developer resume?
In your skills section and woven into project and experience bullets where they reflect real work. A skills section alone is fine, but keywords backed by projects are far more credible and help you stand out.
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Core React (React, JSX, hooks, React Router, Redux), JavaScript (ES6, TypeScript, async/await), the frontend ecosystem (Tailwind, Vite, Jest), backend adjacent if relevant (Node, Express, MongoDB), and tools (Git, CI/CD, AWS). Mirror the job description where true.
Mirror the job description where true, include keywords in your skills section, and weave them into your project and experience bullets where they reflect real work. Stuffing keywords without proof is obvious and hurts you.
No. Only include keywords for skills you actually have, because you may be asked about any of them in an interview. Inventing keywords to pass screening backfires when you cannot answer, and it breaks trust.
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