Project manager roles screen heavily on methodology and tool names. These are the keywords that show up in real PM postings, grouped by category, with lines you can adapt.
Methodology names are literal ATS matches. If you ran Scrum ceremonies, write "Scrum" — not "agile-ish ways of working".
These are the words in the job description. Attach a size or a number to each: budget in dollars, team in people, projects delivered on time in percentages.
Tool names are cheap ATS wins because they are exact text matches. Put the ones the posting names in your skills section.
PM keywords need numbers more than any other role: budget, headcount, on-time rate, risk count. ATS matches the words; the numbers make the human keep reading.
No, but if the job posting lists PMP as required or preferred, the ATS will look for the exact letters. If you are certified, put it in the header line and certifications section.
Use three numbers: budget (or value), team size, and on-time delivery rate. Even "led a $300k project with a 4-person team, delivered on schedule" gives the screener scale.
Yes, as a bare buzzword. Write what you actually did: "ran daily standups", "facilitated sprint planning for a 9-person team", "owned the Kanban board". Specific beats generic.
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