Premier Resumes for the Sarasota-Area Market
jmarcus@premier-sarasota-resumes.com | 941.726.6285 | 1736 Hawthorne St, Sarasota, FL 34239

RESUME BUILDER

Since most Sarasotans want to remain in our community despite its limited job market, I’ll devote great care in writing an impactful, professional resume for you. The document will showcase your capability and assure the best presentation possible. You’ll gain a leg up on your competition and land the interviews you’re seeking.

There are potentially 15 different parts of your background that can be discussed, each in a separate section of your resume. For the vast majority of my clients, however, the summary, experience, and education sections usually suffice. These are regarded as the primary sections. The others are considered to be secondary.

Here’s a complete list of the sections. I’ll go over each one with you to ensure that we account for everything that’s important in your background. As you read over these sections, you might want to refer to this professional resume example.

Primary Sections

Secondary Sections – only a few of these pertain to any one client

  • Community & Volunteer Positions (excellent for first-time job seekers and those who are changing careers)
  • Honors & Awards (the most compelling will be included in the summary)
  • Inventions & Patents (also belong in the summary for clients with a scientific or engineering background)
  • Publications (appropriate in the summary as well)
  • Memberships in Professional Organizations
  • Clubs (particularly important when pertaining to the position being sought. All other memberships, especially political and religious organizations, will be omitted)
  • Hobbies & Interests (also important when they relate to the job being sought)
  • Foreign Languages
  • Military Experience (critical for clients with service experience who are entering the work force for the first time)
  • Board of Director Memberships (excellent for demonstrating leadership qualities and professional expertise)
  • Computer Skills
  • Personal Information

To save space, if necessary, I’ll group the secondary sections into “Additional Information” as it appears in the professional resume example.

Although not actually a section, your resume will also feature an important entry—a headline—that will appear right after your contact information. Its purpose is to position you in the eyes of readers so that they’ll immediately understand what your specialty is and what to look for in your background.

Here’s what you can count on if you decide to ask me to develop a professional resume for you.

SUMMARY

This section is the most important part of your resume. It will immediately grab a reader’s attention and convey your capability through presenting the most exciting factors in your background, followed by a brief discussion of your strengths. This will assure that your resume will not only be read, but in its entirety.

It’s a fact that when most people first read a resume, they don’t carefully go through the document word for word. They give it a five-to-ten second initial glance to decide if the applicant’s submission should be considered. Your resume will always pass this test.

EXPERIENCE

Your resume will be tailored to target the position you’re seeking while omitting unrelated information. The less you say, the greater the impact of what you do say.

To showcase your skill in your field, the focus will be your accomplishments, but your key responsibilities will be discussed as well. I’ll be asking you if you ever made any important changes in your work that improved your performance, the department, or even the organization as a whole. To ensure that nothing has been overlooked, review the almost 220 action verbs listed at the end of this Resume Builder. Consider each one while thinking about your activities at each of your employers.

I almost always use the chronological resume format. However, if there’s any factor in your background that could be considered objectionable and eliminate you for the position, I’ll exclude this liability, or, at the very least, minimize it, and then present your experience in the functional resume format. Often, this approach is best for clients who want to change careers or who are returning to the work force after an extended absence. Here, the chronological resume would be a liability.

EDUCATION

This section is quite straightforward. In addition to college experience, it could include licenses and certifications as well as any further education you plan on getting; workshops, seminars and lectures you attended; your extracurricular activities; and any honors and awards that don’t appear in your summary. Your G.P.A. will be stated if it’s 3.50 or higher.

Important points about your completed professional resume:

  • The content will be superb and the statements about your activities will be crisp, impactful, and resonate with readers.

  • Your resume will be organized and laid out so that it’s inviting to read.

  • Clichés won’t be used to describe your strengths. Examples include “charismatic,” “dynamic,” “self-motivated”, “results-oriented,” “people-oriented,” “an out-of-the-box thinker” or that you have a “take-charge personality.” Readers are bored with seeing these descriptors. They also lack originality and are now considered to be fluff.

  • Your wording, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling will be perfect.

  • Underlining and italics won’t be used since some computer scanners aren’t able to read words that appear this way.

Action Verbs

Accelerated

Accounted for

Achieved

Acted

Adapted

Addressed

Administered

Advertised

Adopted

Advanced

Advised

Aligned

Analyzed

Anticipated

Arbitrated

Appraised

Approved

Arranged

Ascertained

Assembled

Assessed

Assigned

Attained

Audited

Augmented

Automated

Awarded

Budgeted

Built

Calculated

Cared for

Charted

Checked

Classified

Coached

Collected

Communicated

Compiled

Completed

Composed

Conceived of

Conceptualized

Conducted

Consolidated

Constructed

Consulted

Contracted

Contributed to

Controlled

Convinced

Coordinated

Counseled

Created

Debated

Decided

Decorated

Decreased

Defined

Delegated

Demonstrated

Designed

Detected

Determined

Developed

Devised

Diagnosed

Directed

Discovered

Disproved

Diverted

Drafted

Drew

Drove

Edited

Effected

Eliminated

Enforced

Enhanced

Enlarged

Enlisted

Established

Estimated

Evaluated

Examined

Exhibited

Expanded

Expedited

Experimented

Explained

Fabricated

Facilitated

Financed

Fixed

Formulated

Founded

Gathered

Generated

Guided

Handled

Headed

Hypnotized

Identified

Illustrated

Implemented

Improved

Increased

Influenced

Informed

Initiated

Innovated

Improved

Increased

Influenced

Informed

Initiated

Innovated

Inspired

Installed

Instituted

Instructed

Integrated

Interpreted

Invented

Investigated

Judged

Launched

Lectured

Led

Leveraged

Maintained

Managed

Manufactured

Marketed

Mediated

Molded

Monitored

Motivated

Navigated

Negotiated

Observed

Operated

Ordered

Organized

Originated

Oversaw

Participated in

Perceived

Performed

Persuaded

Pioneered

Planned

Predicted

Prepare

Prescribed

Presented

Prioritized

Processed

Produced

Projected

Promoted

Proposed

Proved

Provided

Publicized

Published

Purchased

Realigned

Reconciled

Recorded

Reduced

Reengineered

Rehabilitated

Reinforced

Reorganized

Repaired

Reported

Researched

Resolved

Restructured

Revamped

Reviewed

Revised

Saved

Scheduled

Separated

Served

Serviced

Set up

Shaped

Sketched

Sold

Solved

Sorted

Spearheaded

Spoke

Started

Streamlined

Strengthened

Summarized

Supervised

Supported

Surveyed

Synchronized

Synergized

Synthesized

Systematized

Taught

Tabulated

Tested

Trained

Transcribed

Transmitted

Triggered

Troubleshot

Unified

United

Upgraded

Won

Wrote

To learn more about my services and the resume-writing process,
call me at (941) 726-6285
or e-mail your resume to jmarcus@premier-sarasota-resumes.com
or mail hard copy to me at 1736 Hawthorne St., Sarasota, FL 34239