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Now, build your resume around these skills.
This is called a functional resume because these skills represent a function that you have performed in past and will be performing again.
So, center your resume on above 3 main skill headings and include RELEVANT information under each heading that you have pulled from your TOTAL COMBINED work history.
Call me at 812-375-6190, if you have any questions about functional resume. I will be happy to answer your questions. Or e-mail me at resumes@reliable-net.net. (Finding transferable skills and transferring them for new job is what I do best).
3. Listing only your duties and responsibilities
Nobody cares what you do on job. I mean, if you are a Receptionist or a Sales Broker, you have same duties every Receptionist or Sales Broker has, right?
But before you sock me in head for being rude, let me tell you this.
Even though companies don’t care about WHAT you do on a daily basis they do care about RESULTS of what you do?
What results, you ask?
Like: saving money for company, earning money, otherwise called bottom-line results.
So, do you have results like that? Of course, you do!
Just answer these questions:
How did you contribute to company’s bottom line?
How did you do your job better and / or more efficiently than someone else might have done it?
Consider following 2 “job descriptions.” You tell me which one sounds better:
“Kept files, maintained up to date records.”
Or
“Saved company $10,000 / year by developing and implementing a new and efficient filing system for all sales transactions.”
See what I mean?
Rita Fisher, a Certified Professional Resume Writer, has received publicity for her work with job seekers on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in McCall's magazine and in many other media sources. Her professional resume writing work has been featured in "Gallery of Best Resumes" a book by Jist Publishing. You can reach her at http://www.CareerChangeResumes.com.