Work experience is what most recruiters are primarily interested in on your resume. How to describe your work history in a way that will interest employers.
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Describe your work experience in your resume as specifically but concisely as possible. Give each new company a separate line with the period of work, the name of the organization, its brief description, your position, responsibilities and achievements.
If you have been promoted during the course of your employment with any company, you have 2 ways:
- put only the most recent job title and its corresponding responsibilities and accomplishments on your resume;
- enter a new field, duplicating the name of the organization and its description.
Period of employment
Indicate the period of employment to the nearest month: this will allow the hiring manager to quickly understand how long you have worked in a particular position.
Company name
Write the name of the organization in full – do not rely on the fact that its abbreviated name is familiar to everyone. Write about the location (specify the city, in some cases – the country), sphere of activity, number of personnel, etc.
Job title
The position should be clearly indicated – “sales manager”, “chief accountant”, “dental nurse”. From the name of the position should be clear, what exactly you were doing in previous jobs, too general formulations (for example: “specialist”, “manager”, “employee”) will prevent the recruiter to find your resume.
Description of responsibilities
Too detailed description of the functional weighs down the resume, so we will describe the duties based on the purpose. To do this, let’s carefully read the vacancy you are interested in and think: what exactly from your previous experience is especially important to get the desired position? If you are applying for a managerial position, pay special attention to your organizational experience and results achieved. For a chief accountant, it’s important to talk about successfully completed audits on your resume, etc.
“Payroll in 1C”; ‘Experience in BI-systems’ – if in your work you used special tools, technologies, software, be sure to name them.
Special attention should be paid to specific achievements in previous jobs. Let’s name figures, real results: “The growth of the company’s sales level by 40% in 2022”; ‘The output of the online store in the top 10 search results’. Avoid phrases like “extensive experience”; “increased efficiency of the department”; “established contacts with the media”, etc.
Professional skills
Companies-employers have the opportunity to find in the database of resumes by professional skills. Our system selects resumes of applicants whose skills match a certain vacancy and sends them to employers. That’s why we take special care when filling in this field of the resume.
The best way to do this is to use our skills library: start filling it in and the system will offer you suitable options in a drop-down list. If you have special competencies that are not on our list, add them yourself.
Down with abbreviations and inaccuracies
Avoid abbreviations and inaccuracies. The name of the educational institution, place of work, list of duties, achievements – all this is written in detail.
Good luck with your resume and job search!