| I have been a professional resume writer for | | | | this to you resume in a bulleted format. |
| several years now. In my experience, men have | | | | Here is an example of what a skills summary |
| the most problems articulating ideas on paper. | | | | could look like: |
| So, if you need to write your resume, read this | | | | * Knowledgeable of proper grounding procedures. |
| article before you try to get your wife or sister | | | | * Reconciliation of customer payments and |
| to do it for you. It's not hard, and I have broken | | | | equipment. |
| it down into simple steps for you to follow. | | | | * Ability to safely operate and maintain company |
| Define your job target. | | | | issued vehicle. |
| This is the most important step. If you just want | | | | * Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds and climb |
| "any job," this is not a real goal. | | | | up to 100 feet. |
| Look through the job postings at monster or | | | | - The hardest part is over (you can have a beer |
| careerbuilder to get ideas. When you see a job | | | | now). |
| you would like to apply for, print it out. This will be | | | | Add your experience section. |
| your point of reference for writing your resume. | | | | This is pretty easy. List all of your applicable |
| Write your headline. | | | | experience over the last 5-10 years. |
| If you printed out an ad for a Line Installer at a | | | | You do not need to write every job you have |
| cable company, your headline will be "Line Installer." | | | | ever had. If you were a retail sales clerk at the |
| If you are experienced in this field, your headline | | | | Nike Outlets part-time, for only 3 months, you |
| could be "Experienced Line Installer." Pretty simple | | | | probably want to leave that off. |
| stuff. | | | | If you were previously a line installer, you should |
| Next, write your skills summary. | | | | list this experience because it is relevant. |
| You don't want to dive right into your experience | | | | Remember, this is not a job application, so there |
| section. | | | | is no need to disclose every detail. |
| Why? | | | | HOWEVER, you must not lie, stretch the truth, |
| Because employers want to know in a few | | | | fluff your job responsibilities, or inflate your job |
| seconds what you can do. They could give a crap | | | | titles. Companies are hiring background screening |
| less if you write a silly objective that says | | | | companies to check on you. Don't get caught |
| something like, "looking to utilize my experience to | | | | giving a line of crap. |
| further my career - me, me, me, blah, blah, blah". | | | | Fill in the education section and close the deal. |
| They want to know how YOU can help THEM. | | | | If you are over the age of 19, you probably don't |
| Put your ego aside, it's not about you this time. | | | | need to talk about when you played High School |
| So how do you write a skills summary? | | | | football, or mention anything about high school for |
| First, we have to identify your applicable skills. | | | | that matter. Focus on education and training |
| 1. Get a piece of paper and write down all of your | | | | received after high school. |
| skills. | | | | If you have not completed a degree, you may |
| 2. Now, refer back to that job ad I had you print | | | | have a special driver's license, or if you may have |
| out. There should be some matches (if there are | | | | completed a line installer's safety course, add this |
| not, you may be looking into the wrong career). | | | | information to this section. |
| 3. Find the matches and those are your applicable | | | | If you are working on a degree, mention how |
| skills. | | | | many credit hours you have completed and when |
| For this Line Installer job, one of your skills might | | | | you expect to complete the degree. |
| be "maintaining proper grounding procedures." Add | | | | |