There are easy ways to add tremendous power to your resume, but they will not do you any good if you’re planning to toss your resume into an automated recruiting portal.

Keyword-scanning software will not pick up on the power and heft in your resume. The only thing keyword-scanning software can do is to search for keywords in your resume!

The most powerful resume in the world won’t make an impression when it’s uploaded to a corporate careers site. That is not the best way for you to get your next job. If you want to get a job that deserves you, you have to abandon online job applications and recruiting sites and reach your own hiring manager directly.

When you do that, you will put your physical resume (in hard copy form) in the hands of the person who most needs to see it — your hiring manager. That’s the person who will be your boss in your next job.

You’ll send your Human-Voiced Resume directly to your hiring manager’s desk in an envelope, stapled to a new-millennium upgrade on a cover letter called a Pain Letter.

When your future boss reads your resume on paper, he or she is going to process what s/he’s reading very differently than an algorithm will. Your boss needs help. Every manager does! Your hiring manager will be able to feel your power and personality in your resume. No applicant tracking system can do that.

Here are 10 ways to add power and personality to your resume before you apply for one more job. Your Human-Voiced Resume will bring your power and personality across on the page much more powerfully than a boring traditional resume can do.

1. Write a Human-Voiced Resume Summary that tells the reader (your hiring manager) who you are and what you do professionally.

2. Avoid business jargon like “Results-oriented professional with a bottom-line orientation” in your resume.

3. Use the word “I” in your resume.

4. Tell short stories (called Dragon-Slaying Stories) in your resume to illustrate how you’ve used your talents, rather than just talking about them.

5. As you describe each of your past positions, tell the reader enough about each of your past employers and each of your past roles for the reader to “see” you in action.

6. Tell the reader how you got to each job and why you left each job, right in your resume. That way, your story will jump out.

7. Unless you are in sales, limit the number of figures, digits and numerals you include in your resume. For years we’ve been told to quantify our accomplishments and throw tons of numbers into our resumes, but too many numbers will put your reader to sleep and suck the life out of your story!

8. Keep your Human-Voiced Resume to one or two pages in length. We don’t have to read about every job you’ve ever held. You can tell us about the most recent 10 or 15 years of your work experience — they are impressive enough!

9. Make sure that your resume highlights the particular talents, training, and accomplishments that you want to showcase to the managers who can hire you into your next job. Frame your background based on the jobs you especially want, not any job at all.

10. Finally, use a conversational tone throughout your resume. That will add a tremendous amount of power and personality to your resume — which is, after all, your principal branding document!