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When you are creating your resume, each of your previous jobs likely have a long list of duties
and skills.
In the past you may have been told to list all of those qualities and skills, but hiring managers
often have hundreds of resumes they need to get through (sometimes thousands), and so when
resumes all list the common skills that almost everyone has, it all starts to blur with the hiring
manager.
When your resume shows relevant skills and qualities in a clear and concise manner, you can
fast track your resume to the short list.
Good Communication Skills: Are you a good listener and verbally articulate? Can you
express yourself in a way that vendors, colleagues, and customers will see as a team effort.
Time Management Skills: Can you prioritize tasks and take on several different projects
at once?
Problem-Solving Skills: Are you able to creatively problem solving? Are you
resourceful?
Ability to Accept Criticism and Learn From It: Can you handle criticism? Are you okay
with being coached and growing as a professional?
Flexibility and Adaptability: Are you able to quickly adapt to new situations? Do you
embrace change? Are you adaptable to new challenges?
Account Managers
Passion for the Industry and Position: Do you have the type of passion that drives
sales personal?
Ability to Multi-Task: Are you able to manage a number of tasks and projects at one
time?
Teachers
Prominent Featured Credentials: Use a strategy that will highlight your academic
credentials on your resume.
Key Accomplishments: Document your successes in your resume. For example, lets
say you were teaching at a school where the lowest reading scores existed and you brought the
students to the second percentile in the district. Include this on your resume.
4. Leadership Skills
Everyone has some level of leadership skills, which can be demonstrated with the right
descriptive phrase.
I supervised and motivated my team of 10 employees, or I hired, and evaluated, the
performance of the sales personal in the electronics department.
See also personal qualities of a leader
5. Flexibility (adaptability)
Employers look for individuals that are adaptable and flexible taking change into stride. Your
reference might look something like this.
Adapted quickly to restructuring of electronics department and the relocation to computer
department.
6. Professionalism
Every company wants to know their employees will act in a professional manner. You can
demonstrate this characteristic better during the interview process but you can also incorporate it
into your resume. For example, I received the annual award for excelling in professionalism and
customer excellence.
Further reading
A career summary is basically a summary of your positive points and aspects, and
other attributes that you have, that would be beneficial to the employer.
This gives the prospective employer a chance to glance through your profile in a
single stroke and gauge how relevant your job skills are to the position that they are
looking to fill.
Inventory of Value:
While you might have an idea of what you are bringing to the table for the company
as an employee, the company may not have the right idea as to whether you are a
perfect fit for the company or not.
Therefore, it is imperative that you make an inventory of the advantages and abilities
that you are bringing into the company. This inventory can most certainly be included
in your career summary. This will give the interviewer a chance to make a better
decision as to whether you are perfect for the job and whether you have any
qualifications that are superior to those of other candidates whom they have in mind
for the job.
The Headline:
The headline in the resume career summary is equal to the subject line in a letter.
Many a time, the interviewer is too busy to go through the entire paragraph of text.
Such a situation calls for a headline in the career resume summary that gives the
interviewer the right idea of your career summary in a single sentence.
Action Words and Focus:
Another important aspect of the resume career summary is the call to action and
action words that are a necessity in any document related to your profile.
The resume career summary fulfills the dual purpose of giving the interviewer an
idea of your career summary as well as providing him or her with an idea of your
goal and vision in your professional life.
The qualification section is a short, yet eye-catching paragraph at the very beginning
of a resume in which you outline your qualifications for a specific job or field.
The summary of qualifications in your resume is the best way to describe your
qualifications, if you have years of experience in your field. Think of this section as a
showcase.
Rather than scattering your key capacities throughout the resume body, in this
paragraph you actually bring your best competencies to the table, convincing
potential hiring managers to further read your resume.
Therefore, each sentence should briefly showcase your skills, experience and
achievements in the most creative way possible.
This article provides examples of qualifications for a resume and gives tips on writing
the qualification summary section.
Here is an example:
Your qualification summary can be titled in the resume in various ways. Some
recommended titles for this section may be:
Professional Qualifications
Key Features
Professional Profile
Summary of Qualifications
Career Summary
Accomplishments
Highlights
Background
The first sentence in the qualification paragraph usually states the years of
experience/expertise in a field. The next sentences are career highlights including
greatest/most impressive achievements and skills acquired over years of work.
An effective way to present your qualifications is to use action verbs at the beginning
of sentences. Action verbs make it easy for the reader to evaluate matches between
your skills and the job requirements.
Here are examples:
Accomplished, Achieved, Improved, Affected, Constructed, Delivered, Changed,
Adapted, Adjusted, Advanced, Coached, Assigned, Awarded, Contacted, Exceeded,
Executed, Completed, Decreased, Increased, Reduced, Enhanced, Enlarged,
Established, Influenced, Initiated, Innovated, Inspired, Proved, Reached, Succeeded,
Motivated, Originated.
Further reading Action Verbs for Resumes.
This article is the 4th in the series of 4 articles.
You may be interested to see more qualification samples written in the article:
Resume headlines, Resume Career Summary and Resume Titles.
Developed the product troubleshooting procedure for XYZ company with strong
attention to detail.
Reduced costs from $x to $y by employing [ABC] management process.
Led the development of [product, service] during a period of [x] years.
Developed and implemented the concept for [ABC] team of scientists/doctorates.
School Teacher with strong dedication to childrens development and to their
educational needs.
Encouraged creativity and higher-order thinking to increase childrens performance.
Utilized modern teaching methods such as e-learning and team learning.
Managed projects with a pre-allocated annual budget of 8-10 million and achieved
project goals.
Summary of Qualifications Sample Skill Sets for Resumes
You may consider listing your skill sets at the end of the qualifications section, such
as:
Strong verbal and personal communication skills.
Decision making, critical thinking.
Self-motivated, initiative, maintains a high level of energy.
Accuracy and Attention to details.
Tolerant and flexible, adjusts to different situations.
Organization and prioritization skills.
Problem analysis, use of judgment and ability to solve problems efficiently.