A resume is as good as an advertisement for oneself. Therefore ensure that you market yourself well. It is your resume, so make it as professional as you can. A manager's resume must present information quickly, clearly, and in a way that makes your experience relevant to the position in consideration. That means condensing your information to its most powerful form. |
Manager's Resume Template
Contact Information :
- Full name
- Campus and permanent addresses
- Telephone numbers
- Email address
Objective :
In your manager's resume, create a brief headline that encapsulates your career goal and one or two of your top qualifications. For example: 'A leadership sales position with a world class and high-integrity food products company'.
Summary : Include a career Summary section in your manager's resume and highlight your most important strenghts. To create your summary, review job postings to get a good feel for what hiring managers find desirable. Specify a list of your matching credentials and incorporate these into the summary. For example: 'A versatile and skilled sales/marketing professional with leadership qualities and excellent hands-on experience in developing and improving sales for wholesale and retail operations. An assertive manager with outstanding interpersonal communications, negotiation and people management skills'.
About Education and Experience : List your highest degree first.
- Name of institution, city and state
- Degree, major and year awarded
- GPA (optional)
Include your education along with any kind of training, seminars, courses, certifications or any other experience that shows your professional development. If you are pursuing any courses or training specify it in your resume.
Skills : Mention all your job related skills to make your resume outstanding. Use action-words, verbs, adverbs and adjectives in your descriptions and terms specific to your job. You can also add your computer and language skills.
Experience : List the most recent experience first. Emphasize on your achievements and contributions in your resume as a manager or any other leader. For example:
- Staffed and trained an assistant manager and 18 servents and kitchen employees in full service dinning.
- Reduced labor and cost of goods sold by 20%.
- Carried out a demographic study that pin pointed the restaurant's market.
- Developed and oversaw a catering program.
- Analyzed and upgraded kitchen equipment.
Include an Area of Expertise section to showcase your core competencies.
- Strategic Planning
- Retail Distribution
- P & L Management
- Budget Planning
- Merchandise Displays
- Sales and Marketing
- Inventory Control
- Procurement
- Warehousing
- Systems Management
- Incentive Structures
- Performance Standards
- Safety and Compliance
- Team Leadership and Mentoring
Activities : Campus and community activities, Memberships in professional organizations etc.
Personal : Certifications, security clearances, patents, special awards, citizenship etc.
Add keywords : Add the keywords pertinent to your job profile. For example: Retail manager, store manager, retail store manager, retail sales, sales representative, cashier, assistant manager, merchandiser, buyer etc.
Job Skills related Keywords:
P & L management, purchasing, procurement, retail operations management, technology (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Windows NT/98/95, word processing, spreadsheets, database management, ), degrees (such as BA or MBA) and personal qualities (such as highly motivated).
