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    Anonymous AuthorBy Anonymous AuthorApril 23, 2019Updated:April 23, 2019No Comments6 Mins Read
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    A Brief History

    A letter written about 1481–1482 by famed fifteenth-century Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci to a potential employer, Ludovico Sforza, is credited as being the first résumé.

    When writing a resume in the twenty-first century, or looking for paid resumes you need to include a professional summary. The reason is because it is the first thing people, the managers or potential employers will see. But, if you miswrite it, rest assured it may be the last thing they see. Recruiters, prospective employers, and hiring managers are often busy. There are numerous job applications they have to read through daily. And as many people know it, it is a difficult and boring job. Also, your resume can get lost in the heap with ease; however, if you try to make their lives simple and more comfortable, it will not.

    So how do you do it? Unlike essays, course works, custom essays, scholarship essays you have to do it short, interesting to read and with no mistakes.  How do you ensure that the managers will go through your resume and be interested in it? The answer is hooking them right in. And to do so, you need a professional summary which provides the most fundamental information from the start. But, when writing resumes, many people do not write professional summaries. Hence, this disinterests the managers in reading the whole document. Contrariwise, if you include a professional summary in your resume, not only will your paper stand out from the rest but also spark an interest in the hiring managers. This article is prepared by WriteMyEssayForMe to discuss further how to write a professional summary.

    Digging Deeper

    What is a professional summary for a job?

    Example of a curriculum vitae (CV).  A CV, a written overview of a person’s experience and other qualifications for a job opportunity, is akin to a résumé in North America.

    What is a professional summary? This summary is a list with a length of about five bullet point which as the name suggests provides a summary of your skills, experiences, and accomplishments as they relate to a job opening. It acts as a teaser for the rest of the resume. Many people refer to a professional summary in different ways. Some call it a resume statement, resume summary, or qualifications summary.

    The purpose of a professional summary is primarily to make your significant skills and experiences noticeable to the potential employers and push them to read the rest of your resume. Hiring managers do not spend much time on a particular resume. And when they decide to read one to the end, they spend some time on it. Thus, this means that you have around ten seconds to capture their attention. You need to ensure that your document does not get discarded. And to do so, you need to put an ideal professional summary at the top page of your resume. This summary will grab their attention from the start.

    Differences from a profile or its objectives

    A candidate is interviewed at a job interview.  Photograph by Alan Cleaver from Whitehaven, United Kingdom.

    Many people encounter difficulties in distinguishing a resume profile from its objectives. Thus, what is the difference? As mentioned before, a resume profile summarizes your skills, experiences, and accomplishments in pertinence to a job opening. A resume objective, on the other hand, provides a list of your goals and objectives but not your qualifications. Additionally, a resume objective does not help recruiters and employers see if you are the qualified candidate to help solve their firm’s problems.

    So, when writing a resume, go for a resume objective only if you are a student, a new graduate, or if you are in between changing careers. It will be beneficial if you have no relevant experiences to talk about at the moment.

    Tips on how to write a professional summary

    People waiting to be interviewed at an employment agency.  Photograph by Marjory Collins (1912–1985).

    As aforementioned, a professional summary is a teaser for the rest of your resume. Hence, you will need to constitute the better and appealing parts of your resume. So, how do you go about it?

    • Write the professional summary last; after writing the resume. It will be easy to do so if you finish working on other parts of your resume.
    • Describe your professional title at the first point. Also, remember to include years of experience.
    • Select around four most impressive sections of your resume and rewrite them in bullet point form. Tease your recruiter in reading more.
    • Maximize the impact of your resume summary by using relevant keywords and quantifying your accomplishments.
    • Link every bullet point to the necessities introduced in the job offer.

    Examples on how to make a better professional summary

    An interview at a job fair.  Photograph by bpsusf.

    Numerous resume writing services have professional writers who can help craft the perfect professional summary. You can ask for resume summary statement examples from them to see how it is done. They have many samples which you can borrow and teach yourself how to write one. You do not have to struggle to produce the best professional summary when you can inquire for professional summary examples from a reliable resume writing service.

    Hiring managers have a challenging and tiresome task of going through resumes daily to find the potential candidate for their organizations. And while reading a resume, they can either go till the end or not. Thus when you are applying for a job, ensure the employer or recruiter develops an interest in reading the rest of your document. Include a professional summary in your resume. Consider the tips above to craft the perfect resume which will stand out from others. Or, you can inquire for summary resume examples from a professional resume writer. This approach is one of the professional and efficient ways to learn how to write a resume.

    Question for students: Have you written your resume yet?  If so, do you have any tips for your classmates?  Please let us know in the comments section below this article.

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    Your readership is much appreciated!

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    DeCarlo, Laura.  Resumes For Dummies.  For Dummies, 2019.

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    The featured image in this article, a photograph by Petar Milošević of writing a letter with fountain pen, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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