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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Resume: more than just responsibilities

In today’s competitive job market, it’s important that your resume be the very best representation of your skills, experiences, and capabilities. Creating an accomplishment-focused resume will give specific evidence to the reader that you go above and beyond typical job responsibilities.

By shifting the focus of your resume from generic bullet points to concrete and individualized accomplishments, the reader will be given a much better sense of who you are and what you have to offer.

Most employers and hiring managers have a general idea of what the main responsibilities of various job titles entail. Instead of using up valuable space on your resume with information that the reader most likely already knows, try creating accomplishments or key contributions sub-sections under each position.

An accomplishment-focused resume will help you stand out against the other applicants. Demonstrate that it mattered that you held this position and not some other random person.

Check out resume-accomplishment packet: http://www.gmc.edu/students/careerservices/documents/Resumeaccomplishments_001.pdf

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