Resume Objective Statement
Todays job market is more competitive then ever. Your hope of better job is dependent on that little resume you made back in high school. A resource that has gained significant importance over the past couple of years is recruiting through job search sites like Vault.com or Monster.com. Recruiters sift through thousands of resumes trying to fit their needs. The large recruiter sites, will require you to upload your
resume into their database for your job application. The online job application leaves very little room for personal interaction with a phone call, email etc. As such, portraying who you are in your resume takes on even greater paramount. Bar none, the most effective way to achieve this is with well structured, professional, objective statement at the start of your resume. It is you, marketing yourself in a couple sentences as eloquently as you possibly can. A true feel good statement.
The resume objective statement should only be 1-2 sentences or a couple short bullets. If you have a professional title, start with this followed by some key points about you. The goal is to let the recruiter get a feel for who you are. The easiest way to understand this is with examples:
Professional financial planner
- Achieved Double-Digit Return for All Clients through
Well-Balanced Financial Portfolios
- Successful financial planning professional with over 15 years of personal and retirement planning experience.
- Managed a small financial planning firm, achieving double-digit financial returns for all clients by developing personalized investment portfolios.
- Leader in development and professional growth of four other financial planners in the firm through effective and motivating mentoring strategies.
This is the very fist impression you leave with the recruiters. See the importance?
Here are three quick points to keep in mind to try and include in your resume objective statement
- Try and incorporate your skills as they apply to the position
- Your professional plans
- What is that you will have that no other applicant will have.
Now that you know what to write in your summary, here is what not to include. Like any other part of your resume never put personal data in. All of the usuals: race, age, marital status, religious beliefs, etc. should be left out of your resume. They are descriptive but completely irrelevant for the job. The hardest part is finding the balance between specific details and being too generic. The
biggest mistake is writing a sentence like: "I work well with others and am very detail oriented" Guess what? So is everyone else. The recruiter needs to see that you are unique and different from the droves of other applicants. It just needs to be something unique that will stand out while maintaining complete professionalism.
Here is yet another example that can be used for students:
An aspiring business student with practical office experience in a local marketing firm
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