Chapter 4: Plan Your Resume

CAREER ACTION WORKSHEET

4-3 Your Qualifications 

PART A: Create an initial list of your strengths that could be included in the
Qualifications section. Select strengths that you believe would set you apart from other
applicants and/or uniquely define you.
List 10 to 15 areas in which you have expertise and then summarize each area concisely
in three to five words.

Strength, Capability, or Expertise Area Concise Three- to Five-Word Description

Example: For an administrator—Looking at Logical Visualizer of Data
large amounts of data and organizing it so it
is easy to read
Ex. For a sales professional—Talking to Empathetic, Persuasive Marketer
people in a way that makes them feel
comfortable to tell me their real problems

Analyze, troubleshoot, and evaluate

1. Computer Network Support Specialists
existing network systems.

Analyze science, engineering, business,

2. Computer Systems Analysts
and other data processing problems

Plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor

3. Information Security Analysts security measures for the protection of
computer networks and information.

Provide technical assistance to computer

users. Answer questions or resolve
4. Computer User Support Specialists
computer problems for clients in person,
via telephone, or electronically.

Design and implement computer and

5. Computer Network Architects
information networks,

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Develop and oversee the implementation

6. Information Security Engineers of information security procedures and
policies.
Design and develop solutions to complex
applications problems, system
7. Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
administration issues, or network
concerns.
Design or configure wired, wireless, and
8. Telecommunications Engineering
satellite communications systems for
Specialists
voice, video, and data services.

Plan, initiate, and manage information

9. Information Technology Project
technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide
Managers
the work of technical staff.
Evaluate network system security by
conducting simulated internal and
10. Penetration Testers
external cyber attacks using adversary
tools and techniques.
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove
11. Telecommunications Equipment switching, distribution, routing, and
Installers & Repairers dialing equipment used in central offices
or head ends.

12.

13.

14.

15.

PART B: Revise the outline of the resume you created in Career Action Worksheet 4-2
to include your qualifications.

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