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If not, choose the ResumeRight™  service so that your resume is outstanding and effective.  Your resume needs to not reflect who you are, but how you fit for the position, or positions, for which you are applying.  With ResumeRight™ we will look at your strengths, your job search and tailor a resume, or resumes, for your ultimate success at being found, and considered, from recruiters, to online searches to resume scan systems.

A ResumeRight™ resume is:

• Formatted to highlight your greatest strengths
• Scan-ready for corporate scanning systems
• A highly marketable tool that will market you to your target audience(s)
• Can be tailored to closely fit any job description
• Structured to accentuate your accomplishments and skills

CareerCrafter™ can work closely with you to create the most powerful resume possible to handle some of the job seeker's greatest challenges:

• Gaps in employment
• Career changes
• Frequent job changes
• re-entry into the job market after years of non-paid work

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As our tutorial will show, a resume is a well-crafted document.  It is not merely a listing of your work history, but an explanation of how you can contribute to a company by explaining key contributions you have made in your current and most recent jobs.  A resume must reflect successes and accomplishments in an active and meaningful way [please see below for a short example of 'action words'].

There are 3 basic types of resume formats: Chronological, Functional and Combination/Hybrid.  Each has its on strengths and purpose.  The resume format you choose should depend on your specific career goals, circumstances and work history.

The Chronological resume most resembles the traditional Curriculum Vitae [or CV] in that it helps the reader understand how you have progressed in your career.   It is the most traditional format and lists your work history in reverse-chronological order.  The chronological resume format is good to use when your career shows strong job progression and when you have done the same type of work for a long period of time.  It is also a favorite format of recruiters, Human Resource and Executive Search professionals.  

A Functional resume format allows you to highlight your skills and accomplishments in categories, (such as “Project Management” or “Customer Service”) rather than highlighting your work history.  Your skill sets and accomplishments are listed first on a functional resume, followed by a brief work history section.

A Combination or Hybrid resume is a newer resume format, which combines the best of both the chronological and functional resumes.  Skill categories are listed at the top (or the first part) of the resume, along with accomplishments and proof of job success.  After the listing of skill categories and key accomplishments, work history is listed in reverse-chronological order including job duties, responsibilities and dates of employment.

 As you consider your resume, or resume writing service, note that there are six basic elements to each resume.  The elements are:

• Contact Information
• Summary [or Profile]
• Professional Experience [Work History]
• Accomplishments [sub-set of Experience]
• Education
• Professional Affiliations, Training and Certifications, Leadership and Civic Involvement

Contact Information provides your name, address, email and phone number.  You can list your cell phone number in place of your home number or list both.  If you are moving, you might add an explanatory note in the address area as to which address can be used and when.

The Summary should have two or three well-written sentences explaining your relevant experience with bullet points beneath it to highlight key skills relevant to the job for which you are applying.  Note, you should modify this section for each and every job for which you apply.  It is very important that this section of your resume meet the prospective employer's requirements.  Because your resume will probably be scanned for keywords, list proper names of computer software.  Example: list “MS Word and Excel” rather than “various word processing and  spreadsheet software programs….”

When listing Work History or Professional Experience, list each company and job title you have held for the last 10 -15 years.  List the location (city and state) for each job.  Add to each listing two to four sentences explaining job responsibilities.  Beneath each explanation, add your relevant Accomplishments in bullet form.  For Accomplishments, be sure to list the action you took and the end result.  Repeat this process for each job you have held.

In the Education section, list degrees, credit hours and certifications by field of study.  Be sure to include the name of the educational institution and its location [city and state].  Do not include dates when degrees, certifications, etc. were awarded, unless they were recent.  If you just graduated from college or will graduate within the next few months, list your Education section at the top of your resume.  If you received your degrees some time ago, list them at the bottom of your resume.

In the last section, or sections, of the resume, list Professional Affiliations, Training and Certifications, Leadership and Civic Involvement.  Not everyone has Professional Affiliations, Training, Certifications, Leadership, etc.  Whether to use each/all of these headings will depend on the type of experience you have in each area. 

As stated before, a resume is a crafted document.  The more that is invested in a resume, the better your chances of success in obtaining the interview(s) you want.  At [CareerCrafter™] our goal is to help you be successful in your job search.  We hope this information is useful to you, but realize that you may want more information or assistance.  Please do not hesitate to contact us at 1-800-704-3891 for a free consultation as to how we can help you.

Remember, your resume should be a powerful document, reflecting action and accomplishment.  Note the same section of Action Words below.  These words, and many more like them, will help give the reader a better understanding of your abilities and accomplishments.

Example Action Words

Accelerate, Accomplish, Accomplished, Accurately, Achieve, Achieved, Acquired, Act, Acted as, Activated, Actively, Adapt, Adapted, Addressed, Adjust, Administer, Administered, Advanced, Advertise, Commanded by, Communicate, Communicated, Compared, Compiled, Determine, Determined, Develop, Developed, Devise, Devised, Exceeded, Exchange, Execute, Exercise, Expand, Expanded, Mapped, Market, Marketed, Maximized, Meditate, Meditated, Planned, Predicted, Prepared, Present, Presented, Styled, Succeed, Summarize, Summarized, Supersede, Supervised, Survey, Validated, Visualized, Widen, Withdraw, Won, Write and Wrote  [more available in other CareerCrafter™ materials]