Listing Your Skills Your skills represent the tools you bring to a prospective employer. They signify your core competencies, key strengths and unique abilities. It is your combination of skills and ability to use them that represent your qualifications for a given position. List your skills whenever possible in your resume, as they are also used as keywords. Focus on ... Read More »
Educational Background The Education section of your resume consists of your academic credentials and all applicable education — formal schooling, on-the-job training, and continuing education. Depending on your personal situation, this may include your high school, college, post-graduate degrees and ongoing coursework. Additionally, unless listed in a separate section of your resume, you will want to include any additional training ... Read More »
Demonstrating Your Experience Your Experience section should clearly demonstrate to a prospective employer that you possess the skills, abilities, knowledge, experience and personal characteristics that will enable you to excel in the position you are applying for. You should address the employer’s concern, “If hired, how can you immediately benefit the organization.” For most job seekers, the Experience section is ... Read More »
Describing Your Capabilities Take advantage of a Capabilities section on your resume to draw attention to your abilities, which would otherwise be difficult for the reader to assume. Listing your Capabilities is especially valuable if you are changing careers or have limited experience within your career field as a means to convince employers that you have the ability to perform ... Read More »
Stating Your Accomplishments Accomplishments demonstrate that you have the ability to produce positive results and achieve success. They give potential employers the confidence to know that you will be successful in the position. Review your entire career and develop a complete list of your most significant career achievements. An accomplishment can be any task you performed that benefited a previous ... Read More »
Career Summary Your opening statement must immediately convince the reader to keep reading. The Summary statement gathers the best elements of your resume – your abilities, skills, experience, accomplishments, and personal characteristics – and condenses them into a brief description of the best reasons for hiring you. Your Summary is your initial sales pitch to a prospective employer, appears at ... Read More »
Stating Your Objective Catch the reader’s attention by stating how you can benefit the company. An Objective statement is one or two sentences that clearly identifies the job title or career field you are seeking and describes the industry or type of company you would prefer. A well-written Objective statement demonstrates why you are qualified for the position and explains ... Read More »
Personal Information Your personal contact information is the most important component of your resume. Personal information consists of all the necessary information a prospective employer would need to contact you. Make sure to include your name, address, and telephone number (including area code), at a minimum and preferably an e-mail address. List your personal information as you would like it ... Read More »
Targeting a Specific Job As an alternative to an Objective section of your resume, use a Job Target section that will call attention to the position you are seeking. A job target also provides a headline of the position you are qualified for without taking up much space on your resume. Insider Tip: If there are several positions you are ... Read More »
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