WRITE A RESUME WITH POWER

PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD

The job of the employer is to pour through, sometimes, hundreds of resumes each and every day. They have a well-trained eye for scanning and for identifying the candidates that interest them most. All the same, they must read through all kinds of really boring information.

Some resumes read like a long list of data that is anything like remarkable. Your resume, however, will not. Your resume will be formatted to give your prospective employer your most meaningful and interesting information first and then all of the pertinent, less exciting information, after.

Your resume packs a punch to begin with and then you boldly assert your best qualities and talents. Now, you will back up your assertions by proving you know your stuff. You will now show how qualified you are for the job based on your work experience.

WRITING YOUR RESUME WITH POWER

Use These Resume Power Words with Confidence

A

accomplished advertised arranged
achieved advised assembled
acquired analyzed assisted
adapted appraised audited
adjusted approved augmented
administered arbitrated authored

B

budgeted built


C

calculated conceived coordinated
catalogued conceptualized copyrighted
charted conducted corrected
closed (a deal) consolidated corresponded
coached constructed counseled
compared consulted created
compiled contacted cultivated
completed controlled
composed convinced

D

debugged detected discovered
decreased determined dispatched
delegated developed distributed
delivered devised documented
designated diagnosed
designed directed

E

edited enhanced examined
elicited enlarged exceeded
eliminated established executed
empowered estimated expanded
engineered evaluated explained

F

fired flagged formulated
founded

G

gathered generated guided

H

headed hired


I

identified initiated interpreted
ignited innovated interviewed
implemented inspected invented
improved installed inventoried
increased instituted
influenced instructed

J

justified

L

lectured lobbied logged
led

M

maintained mediated motivated
managed modified
manufactured monitored

N

negotiated

O

obtained ordered overhauled
operated organized

P

patented prepared programmed
performed presented promoted
persuaded presided proposed
placed processed provided
planned produced purchased
posted proficient

Q

quantified qualified

R

recognized reorganized researched
recommended repaired restored
reconciled replaced reviewed
reduced reported revised
referred represented
regulated rescued

S

scheduled sold suggested
screened solved supervised
selected steered supplied
served streamlined systematized
simplified studied

T

taught tracked transcribed
tested trained translated
traced

U

updated utilized

V

vended

W

won wrote

As a practice exercise, take your old resume, and at random, look for places to insert good power words. Watch how quickly your old resume will be transformed!

Make good use of adjectives when writing your resume.

Remember, an Adjective Describes. When writing your resume you want to be able to describe all that is important to you and your accomplishments.

Write with description and your resume will be more interesting!


KudoSurf Me!

Adrienne Manson
www.skill-center.highpowersites.com