Not exact matches
If, at five years or more of experience, your resume
contains only
job duties and responsibilities, then your resume is lacking the ability to market your skills and
accomplishments.
A professional resume should
contain a brief overview of your experience (Summary of Qualifications), a key word section (Areas of Strength),
job responsibilities and
accomplishments (Professional Experience), and professional degrees and industry training (Education).
Let the other guys submit resumes that
contain bland
job descriptions.By focusing on
accomplishments on your resume (as well as your LinkedIn profile and cover letter), you will distinguish yourself from most candidates — and get the
job interview!
If you are not a fresh college graduate and haven't applied for
jobs in a while, you will realize that your resume may
contain fluff; some not so relevant details that you may need to remove from your resume and only leave the relevant
accomplishments that add value to your resume.
He had a lengthy resume filled with many
accomplishments and detailing complex
job experiences but it
contained military terminology difficult to decipher and was too long.
Resumes that don't
contain dates of employment, a list of skills, quantifying
accomplishments and a profile that doesn't match the
job requirements.
As long as this summary of qualifications
contain only the most relevant info like your college degree and other post-graduate achievements, your core skills and abilities, your achievements and
accomplishments in your previous
jobs, this summary will compel the recruiter to further read your resume and eventually invite you for an interview.
The majority of resumes that I receive for review still
contain descriptions of «typical»
job duties, not
accomplishments.
Each Pre-Written Resume
contains the major components of an effective resume — a Professional Summary Section, a
Job - Specific Keywords (Areas of Expertise) Section, a
Job Responsibilities (
Job Functions) Section, and a Related
Accomplishments Section.
These sets of skills (usually three)
contain relevant
accomplishments and are placed near the beginning of the resume, rather than being listed within past
jobs in the body of the resume.
Should you ever have to produce a highly
job - specific resume, you will already have all work experience and
accomplishments contained in your CV, and you'll be able to easily extract the content you need for the resume.
Consequently, because employers don't have
jobs — they have needs, the resumes that get the interviews are focused, marketing tools that
contain accomplishment statements that excite the reader and make them want to meet you.
The beauty of a CV is that, since it
contains a running record all of your work experience and
accomplishments, a CV can be submitted for any
job regardless of title.
As the resume
contains such specific skill, education and experience information; the cover letter is a good opportunity for the
job seeker to hone in on their people skills, and specific
accomplishments within prior organizations.
The resume didn't
contain a single
accomplishment — absolutely nothing showing the
job seeker was successful at any point in her career.
In today's very competitive
job market, most savvy applicants are going to have a pretty good resume that emphasizes
accomplishments and
contains the right qualifications and experience.
And the bullet points following each
job title
contain impressive
accomplishments, not just basic responsibilities.
Employment history
containing teaching experience, including company name, address,
job accomplishments