Your resume must present your 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. |
Marketing Resume Template
Contact Information :
- Full name
- Campus and permanent addresses
- Telephone numbers
- Email address
Objective : Short and specific statement that includes position, industry and/or relevant skills.
Summary : Include a summary for your resume. For example: Experienced consultant with five years of experience in information technology. Strong project management skills with extensive knowledge in statistical processes.
- Name of institution, city and state
- Degree, major and year awarded
- GPA (optional)
Skills : Mention your computer skills, languages etc.
Experience : List the recent first. Emphasize on achievements and contributions made to the company.
Activities : Campus and community activities, Memberships in professional organizations etc.
Personal : Certifications, security clearances, patents, special awards, citizenship etc.
Take Care of the following :
- Avoid using I, Me and My in your resume. For example: The statement 'I overshot my sales target by 20% and I was given a special increment by the marketing director' can be better written as 'Overshot the sales target by 20% and was given a special increment by the marketing director'.
- Connect your skills to your job history.
- Do not list personal information such as how you spend your leisure time.
- Mention your skills that are pertinent to the job you are applying for.
Your resume should answer the following questions:
- What special expertise did you bring to your current job?
- Have you attached any special praise or certificates of achievement presented to you or your department?
- What were the problems or challenges that you or the organisation faced?
- What did you do to overcome those problems?
Action verbs : Use action verbs to describe job duties. For example:
accelerate, advise analyze, approve, arrange, assemble, assist, build, collect, complete, conceive, conduct, control, coordinate, create, delegate, deliver, demonstrate, design, detect, develop, direct, discover, distribute, edit, eliminate, establish, evaluate, examine, expand, expedite, formulate, generate, implement, improve, increase, influence, install, instruct, lead, maintain, manage, motivate, obtain, operate, order, organize, originate, oversee, participate, perform, pinpoint, plan, prepare, present, process, produce, program, promote, propose, protest, prove, provide, purchase, receive, recommend, record, reduce, reinforce, reorganize, represent, research, revamp, review, revise, schedule, select, sell, setup, solve, streamline, structure, study, supervise, support, teach, test, train, write etc.
