Rock Your Résumé with One Easy Edit

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These days we are relying on technology to apply for jobs and even interview. To stand out in the marketplace, whether using a job-posting site, a professional recruiter, or even LinkedIn, a good old-school résumé can come to the rescue.

You may not need to totally rewrite your résumé, but as you look to refresh and update yours, please consider this essential wording advice.

Use strong action verbs to describe what you achieved and accomplished rather than simply to list your job responsibilities. Remember, specifics sell.

Before: Responsible for calling on accounts and growing business in a three-state territory

After: Increased a $3.5 million territory to a $11 million territory, surpassing our five-year sales goal

Strong action verbs suitable for résumés include these examples:
Oversaw
Organized
Increased
Surpassed
Grew
Led
Supervised
Bolstered
Created
Developed
Recruited
Restructured
Refocused

To update your resume, contact Mandi@MandiStanley.com. We offer two résumé packages:
Rock Your Résumé REFRESH
Rock Your Résumé REWRITE