Making The Most Of Your Resume The Qualifications Summary
he Professional Touch –
Qualifications Summaries 2. Be concise and to the point,
addressing what expertise you can
A Qualifications Summary is your bring to the job to benefit the
first and best chance to make a prospective employer.
favorable impression on a hiring
manager. It is a marketing tool 3. Address pertinent
that sells your unique skills to qualifications in the job
the targeted company. Many posting.
individuals overlook or devalue
the qualifications summary of 4. List your most stellar and
their resume, but done correctly recent quantified accomplishment
it can have a major positive that pertains to your current job
impact on hiring managers. As the search.
managing editor for
ResumeEdge.com, I see too many 5. Provide additional data that
individuals who either do not enhances your candidacy,
include the qualifications including:
summary or simply do not give it
the level of attention it needs. A. Linguistic capabilities in
Begin your resume with a foreign languages
qualifications summary - you'll
be glad you did. B. Certifications
To be effective, a Qualifications C. Licensure
Summary must
D. Willingness to travel or to
1. Provide a snapshot of you as relocate for the new position
the ideal candidate for the
position. 6. State specific skills, such as
computer proficiencies (if and strengthened by quantified
applicable) results: “Salvaged $6 million VIP
account with Pepsi-Cola, Inc.
7. List your past employers if through superior communication
they are well known, i.e. Boeing, and client relations skills.”
Wall Street Journal, Macy’s,
AT&T, etc. 3. Objectives that are vague and
self-serving:
8. Work Permits or Green Card
data for foreign nationals. “Currently seeking position in
which to grow with dynamic
What to Avoid in Qualifications organization.”
Summaries
“Want to use creativity and
1. Use of personal pronouns such skills learned in college.”
as I, my, me, we, us, etc.
Resumes are business documents 4. Any data that is superfluous
that should employ a conservative or does not enhance candidacy for
tone. targeted position or career,
including:
2. Soft skills – i.e. being
personable or trustworthy – A. Outdated computer skills for
unless they are backed up by an IT professional.
specific data.
B. A listing of word-processing
Soft skills presented in a weak skills for an executive who would
fashion: “Personable individual most likely have an
with proven “people” skills.” administrative assistant to do
clerical work.
Soft skills that are effective
C. Academic data (i.e. GPAs, anything new or relevant.
Dean’s List, Scholarships) for a
seasoned Professional or an Before writing your
Executive. Qualifications Summary determine:
5. Number of years of employment 1. What makes you unique in your
in the field, unless the job given field – i.e.
posting specifically requires a accomplishments, achievements,
set number of years of post graduate degrees,
experience. certifications, licensure.
To avoid age discrimination or 2. What you have to offer the
the perception of being over targeted company in terms of past
qualified for a particular experience.
position, it’s always best to
state “comprehensive” or 3. How you meet their
“significant” experience, rather qualifications.
than the exact number of years.
Now that you have the details of
6. Laundry lists of skills that a well written qualifications
are assumed for the position – summary, don't underestimate its
i.e. a CPA is presumed to know importance. Begin your resume
AP/AR, bookkeeping, general with a strong qualifications
ledger, reconciliations, taxes, summary and you'll start getting
and the like. Providing this data interviews and land that dream
is not telling the hiring manager job!
About the Author:
Darlene Zambruski is the Managing Editor of http://ResumeEdge.com and Professional Resume Writer. http://ResumeEdge.com provides Resume Writing Services and Career Guidance.
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