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Building Value statements On Your Resume: Examples

BEFORE: SALES MANAGER

 

  • Oversaw sales team’s performance for Southern Ontario.

Problem – underperforming team due to lack of product knowledge

Action – coordinated research and development team to deliver bi-weekly Lunch & Learn presentations to educate sales representatives  on product features.

Result – increased quarterly sales by 250 units. Gained 2% market share by end of the year.

AFTER: SALES MANAGER: Southern Ontario

  • Revitalized underperforming sales force through bi-weekly product-knowledge seminars, boosting quarterly sales by 250 units and gaining 2% market share by end of fiscal.

The Pitfalls of Lying on Your Resume

Helen Perruzza, receives tons of resumes from hopeful job applicants everyday. She is a senior personnel consultant with First Choice Personnel, an employment agency in Toronto. Early in spring 2000, a young woman sublimated a resume for a Customer Service position with one of First Choice’s clients. Her resume was outstanding and paralleled the job position. Perruzza invited her in for an interview. read more click here

Dispelling the Myth: Common Resume Mistakes

As a Certified Professional Resume Writer and President of Resume Solutions, I provide workshops and seminars on what makes a successful resume: what it entails, and how to create a great document that immediately generates interest from a potential employer. Always considering what a good resume should be, it suddenly occurred to me that most job seekers also need to know what a good resume IS NOT! Consider the following list of common resume writing errors.

On Jan 26th – Surcorp Resume Solutions Featured as Career Services Experts on CityNews at Six

January 25, 2011 (Toronto, ON) – Leading career services firm, Surcorp Resume Solutions and award-winning President and CEO, Surranna Sandy will be featured as subject matter experts on CityNews at 6pm on Wednesday, January 26, 2011. The segment explores effective resume writing and job searching strategies for job-seekers in a tight economy.

High Impact Resume: Winning Writing Strategies

In today’s job market, the resume – a document that provides an overview of your experience, education and skill set – is the number one item requested by potential employers.

Research has shown that job seekers without a top-quality resume face long and difficult job searches, while those with polished, professionally written resumes multiply their chances of obtaining desired positions. In today’s highly competitive job market, human resources managers and recruiting professionals are inundated with hundreds of resumes for a single position. Resume Solutions research has determined that on average, an employer spends 10-30 seconds reviewing a resume before determining whether it warrants further consideration. In such a competitive landscape, it is critical that job seekers make an immediate positive impression as a viable candidate by submitting a high impact resume that cuts through the noise and shows your value to each employer.