posted
Oh how I hate resume writing, but it's time for me to redo mine, which I haven't done in years.
Is it still anathema to use the first person in your resume? Must I continue to write subjectless sentences to summarize my accomplishments?
Posts: 3149 | Registered: Jul 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
I've always thought the subjectless approach was mainly for brevity and skimmability. Consider your name at the top of the resume as the stand-in subject for every sentence on the page. I'm no resume expert, though.
ADDED: The subjectless sentence is also a mainstay of bulleted lists. Adding the subject to each item would de-emphasize the action verb leading the sentence, and that verb is the most important part of the sentence.
Even outside of a list, you want to emphasize the verbs, not the "I" you'd have to tack on to the front.
Posts: 5957 | Registered: Oct 2001
| IP: Logged |
posted
AFR has it. Forget the pronouns. Just use bullets. The poor guy in HR has to read about a hundred at a time. He wants to see bullets.
Posts: 1167 | Registered: Oct 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
Bullets, action words, and specific skills. Remember you're dealing with an HR person, and not an english professor. Imagine you're a menu at a restaurant.
Posts: 11017 | Registered: Apr 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
I definitely recommend lists of specific skills, and also responsibilities. Job titles are almost meaningless because they can be different things at different companies. List the responsibilities you've had and/or accomplishments you've made at the positions. Especially if it involved supervising others or working independently, HR folks love to see you have leadership experience and that you don't need much hand-holding.
Posts: 14428 | Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: *Read comments and appreciates them *Will stick to bulleted lists *Will emphasize action verbs and specific skills
No, no, no; verb tenses MUST be parallel and bullets must be brief but buzz-word prone
posted
OK, this from the old HR guy. Forget the buzz words. For standard work experience, list job titles. If your job is very unique, then briefly list duties. SR, you sound like you have been teaching the resume writing class that they offer seperating military officers. I throw them away, unless there is a duty assignment that I am interested in. If I were to total all of the "Saved $X in implementation of new system" lines I have seen in military resumes, it could account for two or three years of the entire military appropriations.
Posts: 1167 | Registered: Oct 2005
| IP: Logged |
Printer-friendly view of this topic
