Crafting your content

Module-4 | Writing Standout Resumes

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 What We're Learning in this Module

Step 2 Step 4
Highlighting your relevant Dealing with employment
skills, achievements, and gaps or other potential
experience obstacles

Step 1 Step 3
Writing a strong and Choosing effective action
compelling summary verbs and keywords
statement:

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 Step 1: Writing a strong and compelling
summary statement:

● Professional experience.
● Key skills:
● Achievements:
● Unique selling proposition:
● Career goals:
● Industry-specific keywords:
● Keep it concise:

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 Few examples are:
● Marketing professional with 5+ years of experience creating successful digital campaigns for
global brands. Skilled in market research, content creation, and data analysis.

● Experienced software engineer with expertise in full-stack web development. Strong

knowledge of programming languages including Java, Python, and JavaScript. Proven track
record of delivering high-quality, efficient code.

● Results-driven sales manager with 8+ years of experience in B2B sales. Skilled in relationship
building, lead generation, and negotiation. Consistently exceeded sales targets by an average
of 25%.

● Highly motivated HR professional with 7+ years of experience in talent acquisition and

management. Expertise in recruitment strategies, employee engagement, and HR
compliance. Proven track record of building high-performing teams.

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 Step 2: Highlighting your relevant skills,
achievements, and experience

● Tailor your resume to the job:

● Use bullet points:
● Use action verbs:
● Quantify your achievements:
● Focus on results:
● Showcase relevant experience:
● Use a skills section:

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 Step 3: Choosing effective action verbs and
keywords
Category 1: Category 2: Gave Category 3: Category 4: Made Category 5: Category 6: Other
Achievement Opinion Words: Made Words: Better Words: Managed Words: Words:
Words:
Boosted Participated in
Acquired
Accomplished Advised Authored Conserved Chaired Planned
Assisted
Achieved Analyzed Built Created Decreased Co-managed Prepared
Conduct
Awarded Consulted Defined Enhanced Coached Led Presented
Contributed
Completed Evaluated Designed Expanded Managed Raised
Defined
Earned Examined Developed Improved Mentored Received
Delivered
Exceeded Identified Engineered Increased Orchestrated Represented
Distinguished
Outperformed Published Established Maximized Organized Seasoned
Forecasted
Promoted Quantified Founded Modernized Oversaw Selected
Gained
Recipient of Ranked Implemented Redesigned President of Supported
Gathered
Won Recommended Innovated Reduced Produced Targeted Taught
Generated
Researched Introduced Reengineered Recruited Tested Traded
Instructed
Suggested Launched Reorganized Supervised Trained
Marketed
Pioneered Restructured Validated
Monitored
Programmed Saved Simplified Valued
Negotiated
Streamlined Wrote
Operated
Strengthened
Organized
Transformed
Upgraded
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 Step 3: Choosing effective action verbs
and keywords
● Do your best not to use the same impactful words
on your resume too much. Mix them up please.

● www.thesaurus.com

● Use Correct Tense: Use the past tense if the words

on this page in almost all cases (with the exception
of resume items that reflect what you are doing in
your current job/education).

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 Step 4: Dealing with employment gaps or
other potential obstacles
● Be honest:
● Highlight transferable skills:
● Explain employment gaps:
● Include relevant experience:
● Use a functional resume:
● Be confident:
● Include education and training:

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