Resume Writing Tips - The Best Way To Explain Your Job Experience
In this article on resume writing we are going to take a look at the work experience part of a CV and provide key tips to make it effective, keeping your job target in mind.
The work expertise part of your resume ought to have the following, for every job held: Job title Name of the company City/Country Dates of employment Company description (primarily if the company is not a well known brand) Short explanation of your job responsibilites Your important achievements/accomplishments
It is best to keep away from any useless information, such as company mailing address, contact particulars, names of supervisors and so forth (Yes, I have come across these).
The most important thing to bear in mind is to focus enough on your achievements. There will be many people who’ve held comparable positions and so they all would have related job duties. So a wordy list of your job duties is not going to set you apart. What’s going to enable you to standout is details about how effectively you performed your duties, or in other words - what were your accomplishments. A a guideline, I’d suggest 3-5 bullet points (or a paragraph of 3-6 lines) to describe your job responsibilities and 3-5 bullet points providing particulars of your achievements.
A good way to write about your achievements is through Action-Benefit statements. Action-Benefit statements use your accomplishments and experience to show the positive influence you’ll be able to have on a company’s bottom line and to show how well you match the job requirements.
An Action-Benefit assertion consists of: Action: Particular steps that you took when confronted with a scenario, problem or opportunity that enabled you to realise a positive outcome
Benefit: The positive end result or benefit to the organisation, like an increase in income, a reduction in expenses, automated procedures or systems, or improved morale
Begin your statements with Action Verbs (Managed, Spearheaded, Directed, Implemented, Executed, etc.) and attempt to quantify them whereever possible. Here is an illustration of an action-benefit statement - Conceptualised and executed a new sales coaching programme which resulted in a 37% improvement in new customers.
Amit Puri has over ten years of career advisory & management expertise. He heads Sandbox Advisors a career, job search, recruitment & HR consulting firm in Singapore.Visit their (Career & Job Search Insights) for news &pointers on resume templates, job interview training, job search, outplacement support & more.
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