How to Write a Resume for an E-Commerce Job
E-Commerce is no longer the wave of the future. For the past few years, e-commerce has become the standard way of conducting business for many companies, and a popular job option for those who want to marry sales and technology. If you want to join this field, however, you need to make sure you have the modern skills employers are looking for.
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Write an E-Commerce Resume
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Mention any private experience with e-commerce. Having bought and sold for other online companies, even as a customer, is important if it meant extensive time and research was involved.
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Highlight your experience and knowledge of the Internet. Make sure you are familiar with different hosting sites, Internet bases and computer management. You may be required to handle paperwork in an e-commerce job, so make sure that you mention your ability to create spreadsheets and use Microsoft Excel and other office management programs.
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Write about education and experience related to understanding current trends, market needs and wants and statistics analysis. Understanding strategy, communication and advertising is also important in the field and should be included in the resume of somebody looking for an e-commerce job.
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Highlight retail experience, even if it wasn't done exclusively online. Working with the public or with vendors is a learning experience and moving that from real life to the Internet is easier than starting from scratch with no selling background. This is especially important if you have no educational background in sales and economics and need to find a way to justify your change of careers.
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Join JustE-CommerceJobs.com to find out about current trends and what employers are looking for in the industry (see Resources below). You can choose to post your resume online, search for jobs there, or simply use the website to compare resumes and get an idea of what keywords are relevant.
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Tips & Warnings
Write about your experiences in buying or selling for online companies. If you are a power seller (over 1,000 feedbacks) on eBay, for example, this may be a great thing to mention in your resume. However, only include personal cases such as this if the results are impressive. Otherwise, you risk coming across as an amateur.
