A Few Simple Steps Can Add Power to Your Resume Objective
How To Write Your Resume Objective
Your resume objective is the first thing employers will read, make sure it's captivating! Your resume will be first scanned for only a few seconds. Your resume objective must capture them and sell them a value. If you need help, please inquire about hiring our resume writer.
Too many resume objectives are written with the job seeker's desire in mind. For example: A sales position where my creativity and skill can be utilized with room for growth!
The above statement does nothing for your employer. This is all about you! Advertise what they need! Answer their question, “what can you do for me?” Besides, how many objectives do you think sound like the above? In a pile of hundreds of resumes, all stating the same thing, how will your resume stand out? Your resume objective should not be YOUR objective, but should be your employer's objective. Your goal is to make a match! Lure them in towards reading the rest of your resume by demonstrating right away that you are the person they need in order to see results!
Update10/2011
Add Power With A Targeted Objective
Target the specific job they have open:Name the position you are seeking exactly as advertised.
Stay on one title:One job title per resume, two is acceptable if they are fairly similar. Titles are keywords!
Use a Profile instead of a Resume Objective: A profile statement is better for candidates with plenty experience and achievements. A Profile will allow you to highlight more of your qualifications.
It’s not about what you desire;It’s about the company’s need. Eliminate personal pronouns like My, I, Me, Mine, etc. Take a look at the following examples:
Good -- OBJECTIVE: A position as a résumé writer to help jobseekers find the right job, with the right pay, and within
affordable rates. Notice mention of benefits the employer (you) desires to achieve by hiring a writer
Bad -- OBJECTIVE: A position as a résumé writer that will allow me to use my creativity and will challenge me with
room for growth...(This is entirely the writer's desire) and help the job seeker (too late!).
If you desire that the company know that you are the best person out there, then convince them that you are qualified. It is really not in their benefit that you are seeking a position that will allow you to utilize your blah, blah, blah! They want to find the person that will do for them what they need: Assist the manager, increase profit, help customers, organize office, or lead a team so that their company becomes more successful. Hiring managers are not paid to fulfill your needs, but to fulfill the company’s. Make sure the rest of your resume supports your objective statement. Treat yourself to a powerful resume!
Free resume critique with a free price quote if services are needed! Please email your resume to evaluations@creatingprints.com. You will be contacted by email only.
Certified Resume Writer (Expert) - Rosa Elizabeth Vargas
" I earned all three certifications and am currently working on a fourth one, the Certified Resume Expert by Career Directors' International. I am this involved in order to offer you, the jobseeker, a way to judge if you are hiring a professional. And I promise you that you are, if you hire me!
In such an unregulated industry, with so many writers, how can you decipher? Well, I think you should begin with someone who is certified, which is a true testament that the writer has trained, passed examinations and upholds pro standards.
Sure, you can hire cheaper help online, but will it yield the results you seek? Give me a call, let's talk and see where we go from there. I would like to hear your story, your target career, and discuss what we can do to help you.
Tel: 303-600-8603. Email: rvargas@creatingprints.com. I am on MT time.
Thanks for stopping by" ~ Rosa E. Vargas (triple certified resume writer).
Personal message from the Certified Master Resume Writer:
"Clients who cannot afford to invest in my resume writing assistance always ask me to give them quick and easy tips that can make a real difference. I wrote them down, really thought about how I can simplify it, and now here they are! I understand not everyone can hire my help and not everyone has time to read a long-winded resume writing book. Also, there are times when your resume needs to be really good by tomorrow! This is my answer to that problem. If you are in a hurry and just want to be sure you have done the best you can on your own quickly, get this guide. More importantly, you want to make sure your resume survives online scanning so your efforts are not tossed in the garbage! Get this guide. "
