How to Write Resume Job Qualifications

When writing your resume, you might find it difficult to include your job qualifications. What should you include? What should you leave out? It is easy to write resume job qualifications if you follow a few simple guidelines.

Things You'll Need

• Your resume

Instructions

1. Place a Qualifications Summary section near the top of your resume, under your Objective statement. This is a great way to immediately grab the employer's attention and display your strongest qualifications.

2. List each qualification as a bulleted item. This allows potential employers to easily scan your qualifications.

3. Include no more than five or six bullets. Longer lists become cumbersome and too much to scan/read. If you have more items, select the five or six that are the strongest or relate the most to the job you are seeking.

4. Use strong adjectives to describe yourself and your skills. Try not to repeat any one adjective multiple times. The more strong, descriptive words you can use, the better. Use adjectives like dependable, reliable, motivational, skilled, prompt, and strong.

5. Support your listed qualification with evidence when listing your Employment History. For example, if you list a qualification of "Skilled in motivating Customer Service representatives to connect with customers," you might include "Improved customer satisfaction scores by 20%" under the appropriate job listed in your Employment History section.

Tips & Warnings

• Search the internet for free resume examples or consult a resume writing book to get more wording suggestions for job qualifications.

Resources

• Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer