Resumes

What is a resume?

Dictionary meaning

A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications often submitted with an employment application.

Your resume is a selling tool and should easily communicate your skills and experience so that an employer can see, at a glance what you could bring to the company.

Why is a resume so important?

When applying for a new job you will almost always be expected to submit a resume. Weather this be submitted online or via the mail first impressions count.

A poor resume wont lead to an interview. This is why it is so important that an employer can quickly determine, just be skimming your resume, that you end up in the 'consider pile and not the 'reject pile'.

A resume will also serve as a quick reference listing facts and dates which can assist you during an interview.

Equally as important is a cover letter. Never submit a resume without one.

Resume action words

Accelerated Accomplished Achieved Adapted Administered Advised Arranged Assembled Balanced Blazed Channeled Collected Communicated Compiled Completed Conceived Conducted Controlled Contracted Coordinated Counseled Created Cut Delegated Demonstrated Designed Determined Developed Directed Dispatched Distributed

Documented Earned Edited Effected Eliminated Enabled Energized Established Evaluated Expanded Facilitated Gained Gathered Generated Graduated Handled Hired Increased Influenced Implemented Improved Initiated Innovated Inspected Installed Instructed Interpreted Interviewed Introduced Invented Issued

Launched Led Maintained Managed Mastered Met with Modernized Motivated Negotiated Operated Optimized Orchestrated Organized Oversaw Participated Performed Pinpointed Planned Prepared Presented Produced Programmed Proved Provided Published Purchased Recommended Recorded Recruited Reduced Referred

Reinforced Represented Researched Revamped Reviewed Revised Revitalized Saved Scheduled Screened Served Setup Simplified Sold Solved Standardized Steered Structured Suggested Supervised Supported Surpassed Taught Tested Trained Translated Tripled Typed Underwrote Updated

top