Comments on: Resume Tip: Show it to prove it

By: Scot

Scot — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:43:17 +0000

@Todd — if you had any internships during college, then use accomplishments from that time. Volunteer work is another fruitful area. Even if you are a member of a club in a leadership position or not, you can use what you accomplished in the club.

When the “business” accomplishments are weak, you can still “show” how you work well in teams. How to do the soft skill stuff.

Remember, there are only three answers to any interview question: I can do the job, I’m motivated to do the job, and I’ll fit in with the manager and team. So what you want to show from the college experience is how you can do those three things. Or two of those three things if you don’t have the job skill experience results just yet.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:05:00 +0000

I see this sort of advice all the time, and it’s awesome, but what about for us recent grads who really haven’t made any accomplishments at all? I can talk about high GPAs and scholarships and such, but very little else.

By: Rick Saia

Rick Saia — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:05:31 +0000

Nice topic Scot!

Writing a resume is like writing an essay: Don’t just “tell” the reader your point of view, “show” it with facts. In the case of the resume, tangible accomplishments in the bullet lists that detail your work experience should support any and all assertions that you write in your Professional Summary or Summary of Qualifications.

So, in some respects, you need to work some of the details in your resume *backward* from your experience and into your summary so that the reader can review it *forward* from the summary on down into your experience.