No matter how far along you are in your career, listing your work experience is the hardest and most time-consuming part of any resume. The key is to think about your career goals and organise your work based on those goals.
Your professional experience should show not only what you did at your previous jobs, but also how qualified you are in a way that makes employers want to know more. We are, of course, talking about results, which are anything that can be seen, touched, or measured and has an effect on the bottom line. Tell your boss that you finished the project on time and on budget, that you beat the deadline, that you got X number of new customers, or that your sales went up by a double-digit percentage. Employers can make sense of numbers because they think about them every day. You want to show your potential employer that you can think like them and that you take results seriously in your daily work.
Start each description of a job you've had with a "power word" like "managed," "developed," "communicated," etc. Do some research and only use the strong words and phrases that are right for your business. Make sure that the statements you list first under your job responsibilities quantify your achievements Don't be afraid to list sales numbers, customer acquisition rates, budget and timeline successes, or any other numbers that help put your responsibilities in the context of the business or field you work in. Be specific. You can only really quantify what you say if you use numbers. Saying that you got 10 percent more customers is a very different thing from saying that you got 10 new customers. As we've already talked about, this is the most important part of putting job descriptions on your resume. Not only does your boss want to know what you did, but also how well you did it. Also, these statements should match the career goal you wrote at the top of your resume. If you want to get a job in project management, you should tell the employer that you managed a team of 20 people and what the results were as a whole. This will show how qualified you are for the job. It's important to quantify your job description statements on your resume, but be careful not to quantify all of them. Just pick one or two that are most important to your job and focus on goals. This shows your boss that you think about how to go above and beyond your goals. All of the rest of your job descriptions should back up the first one or two things on your list.
As a last test, try to see things from your boss's point of view. Check the job description and make sure that the information on your resume matches the qualifications needed for the job. Tell your potential employer that you have what they want, and you'll make a good impression.
