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Resume is not designed to get you a job. A resume can’t make you qualified for positions outside your area of expertise. When we compare between entry level or mid level resume executive resume’s tend to be longer (two or even three pages is the norm) or even a bit more detailed, and emphasize strategic contribution. The resume along with other documents should present a sharp, focused, cohesive picture of whom you are and why you are valuable.

1 Summary – a better option rather than an objective. Starting your resume with a summary instead of an objective is always a better option. The summary should talk about your strongest selling points which would make a reader to get interested in your resume. Make it a point to clearly express the sort of profile you are interested in through this summary of yours. Moreover, it should also speak about your career contributions.

2 Display your work history chronologically. Your resume won’t do any good to you if your career history in your resume is not arranged chronologically. It becomes easy for all executives to go through a reverse chronological format after a powerful introductory summary. Also don’t forget to include details like job titles, employers and date of employment, even if you want to display some recent work experience. Else your chances of getting eliminated become pretty high.

3 Resume should highlight the things you have done to improve the profitability, productivity, customer satisfaction or things that contributed to other business objectives. You should focus on the strategic contribution rather than the administrative task. Always keep in mind that the employer who is reading your resume is much more intelligent. They can make assumption based on the job title and general descriptions.

4(a) Your accomplishments will have even more impact if you present them in context or in relation to a specific challenge. Instead of writing that you have increased the revenue by 23 percent you should write that you reversed a five year declining revenue trend by focusing business development efforts in niche market. You achieved the profitability for the first time since 2002. You should make the reader to skim through the resume to pick the important information. Use of enhancement, bullets and indications make your information easy to absorb. It’s important to keep in mind that you don’t make any spelling, punctuation or grammatical error.

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