Resume Objective Statement: The Five Steps to Impress and Persuade Employers
If you watch the evening TV weather forecasts, you will notice that newscasters typically first report what the weather was for the day before they predict the future. This gives their forecast some validity because subconsciously we see that the meteorologist can accurately report the past so we give them credit for being able to predict the future.
You can use this same method of persuasion in your resume objective statement to establish credibility and get an employer to visualize you doing great things for them. Your resume objective statement can be a major factor for employers reviewing your qualifications. Although just a sentence or a few short sentences, the resume objective statement should be able to present your qualifying skills and contributions for the job and create a picture of you doing the same for a potential employer.
There are philosophies that suggest the resume objective is irrelevant. This is only when the message is self centered. A well penned resume objective is a great opportunity for any candidate. Writing an objective for your resume means setting a career goal that’s aligned with the employer’s goals. By being specific about your skills and accomplishments and relating those to potential contributions to the company you shift your message from “what I want” to “what I have done and can do for you.”
Resume Objective Statement Step One
Create the resume objective statement worksheet.
1. Check out the company mission statement and write that at the top of your page.
2. Take a look at the target job description and make a list of your most relevant skills that the employer is seeking.
3. Create a few WOW phrases for each skill about things you have done.
Examples of accomplishment phrases:
- highest recruitment success rate
- won numerous sales awards
- designed and implemented new production facilities
- expanded customer base by 27% in one year
- conceive several add on services that resulted in increased per customer revenues
- awarded teacher of the month four times
Resume Objective Statement Step Two
Predict the future!
Turn your past accomplishments into future statements. Write a few phrases about the future for each one of your skills based on the accomplishment phrases. You can inject vocabulary from the company mission statement where applicable. Some general examples of future phrases based on the above accomplishment samples are:
- find the right people with the best skills
- significantly increase revenue for the coming years
- upgrade facilities for better production
- expand business to reach more consumers
- generate new ideas for products and services
- apply excellence to reach higher standards of education
Resume Objective Statement Step Three
Make a link between the past and future.
Match your accomplishment phrases with your future phrases and insert the job title and resume objective words such as “seeking” “looking for” “on a quest for” and so on. Examples of the results of combining past and future phrases:
Recruiter with the highest recruitment success rate seeks position to help a company find the right people with the best skills.
As a producer who has won numerous sales awards, seeking new insurance sales rep position with an opportunity to be a top producer in the coming years.
As an engineer who designed and implemented new production facilities, seeking position where I can upgrade facilities for higher profit production.
Sales person with strong selling skills utilized to expanded customer base by 27% in one year now seeking sales position with opportunity to attract and convert more customers.
While working in research and development, conceived new products that increased revenue 16% and now searching for an opportunity to generate new ideas for products and services for progressive company.
Educator awarded teacher of the month four times on a quest to apply excellence to reach higher standards of education.
Each resume objective statement above has incorporated the accomplishment phrase with the future phrase almost verbatim. With a little practice you can do the same with your skills and accomplishments and create a resume objective that impresses employers with your relevant skills and persuades them with a link between those skills and their future. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a new graduate with this method you can create a resume objective statement that gets attention and a phone call.
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