02-09-2009, 03:15 PM
Folks, I do this professionally, and my recommendations are:
1. Leave off the objective--all it can do is eliminate you from a job where the reader thinks your objective doesn't fit the job.
2. Unless you're still in school, list your work first, in reverse chronological order, then list your education. Anything else looks like you're trying to hide something (other than in a very few fields, maybe some of the creative fields.
3. If you have a truly hot special qualification, bring it up in the context of how it enabled you to do something really wonderful for the employer. ("Won crucial Quidditch match, using skills acquired in Ph.D. level studies at Hogwarts")
4. Aside from having the education first, Grateful11 has it right---talk about the RESULTS you created for your employer.
5. You're telling a story--show how you advanced and became the perfect candidate for the position you're applying for--consider it to be narrative arc.
1. Leave off the objective--all it can do is eliminate you from a job where the reader thinks your objective doesn't fit the job.
2. Unless you're still in school, list your work first, in reverse chronological order, then list your education. Anything else looks like you're trying to hide something (other than in a very few fields, maybe some of the creative fields.
3. If you have a truly hot special qualification, bring it up in the context of how it enabled you to do something really wonderful for the employer. ("Won crucial Quidditch match, using skills acquired in Ph.D. level studies at Hogwarts")
4. Aside from having the education first, Grateful11 has it right---talk about the RESULTS you created for your employer.
5. You're telling a story--show how you advanced and became the perfect candidate for the position you're applying for--consider it to be narrative arc.