Key Points to Guide You

I own a business called Shimmering Resumes that offers resume services and career guidance. I hope you'll also check out http://www.shimmeringresumes.com. I believe this blog will explore a great deal of territory that my business cannot do on a daily basis. However, an executive whose resume I consulted on a few weeks ago, suggested I offer some basic guidance here for those who are struggling with a resume. I'm happy to do so.
To have impact, your resume must vividly state your accomplishments, not just restate your job description. Here are a few tips:

• Stress achievements that increased revenues or saved money or time.

• Underscore your most vital tasks, even if they weren't your main ones.

• Think in terms of larger meaning. State a problem, your solution, and the results.

• If you enhanced processes or products, show how your contributions improved the company.

• Quantify. “Supervised 50-person department” is better than “Supervised a large department.”

• Don’t offer negative information.

• Drop phrases like “responsible for.”

• Check job performance reviews for comments on your value.

Use these points as a checklist for your current resume, or as a guide for developing a new one. I think you'll get better results.