Guidelines to build my CV

by manish
(mumbai, india )

I have 4 + years experience in software marketing, along with handling branches and regional team members.

Please give me some guidelines to prepare my resume focusing on key strengths.

Reply by Peter Fisher

Focusing on key strengths is exactly the right approach for a great resume or CV and because I don't know what your key strengths are, here is what you need to do.

You must start and analyze your skills by listing your top ten achievements or career events that you are most proud of. You should do this in the way I've just shown you by looking at your achievements and then consider your transferable kills which are your richest source of information providing concrete and tangible evidence of what you have done so far.

To describe them, use an active verb at the beginning of the phrase, and you’ll hear how much more powerful it sounds.

This page tells you more about how to analyse your skills so I recommend you read it now.

Once you have done that you can start to work on your key strengths statements which are a summary of your most powerful skills and attributes.

You should also check the key qualities and personal attributes every organization wants to see in it's candidates.

This will help you to understand the 9 Key Qualities and Personal Attributes every organization looks for and how you can display your Key Qualities as work strengths.

Now, to create a great Resume you need not only a way with words, you also need lots of flair and masses of experience. There is an example you should read on this page: Sales Resume which should give you some good ideas.

In your case, manish, you need to think about your marketing analysis, market segmentation and customer reach and client acquisition. As you have been running branches and managing team members, think about your organizational and people management skills.

In the competitive, internet-driven world of job searches, your resume represents you to potential employers. It serves as your tool to attract attention, get the interview and/or get a job.

A great resume will make you stand out from other candidates by showcasing your aptitudes.

Think of your Sales/ Marketing Resume as your sales pitch – you need to sell yourself in the best possible way. Invest some time and research into developing your resume. You will want to make sure that your resume is error free – double check your grammar and spelling, make sure that all company and school names and cities are spelled properly.

Any Resume containing errors, no matter how minimal, will give your potential employer an impression that you do not have attention to detail, that you don’t take time to double check your work, and that you are a poor communicator.

You can easily tap into my expert Resume writing experience and get a great Resume without straining to do it yourself, by using my Resume Writing Services.