They never actually read past the keywords they find on my resume to find out what my skills and strengths might be.

I haven't read your resume, but this sounds to me as though rewriting it might help. If you think that certain keywords are getting in your way, don't use them. Instead of "Maintained bug tracking tool for QA department", for example, say "Coded extensions to web-based database used by developers at three sites." Focus your resume on the job you want, not the jobs you've had.

Hope this helps.