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