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7.
Sell the Benefits of Your Skills
Most
resumes provide a list of duties that each applicant has been responsible
for--without explaining the benefit of those skills to employers.
For example, a secretary's resume might state she can type 80 wpm
and is extremely accurate. This statement lacks an explanation of
how her typing speed and accuracy benefit an employer's bottom line.
The real benefit is that the employee can produce more work and ultimately
save the employer money. A better statement for this person's resume
would be:
• Selling The Benefits of Skills
• Achieved top production volume by maintaining high degree
of accuracy
with typing speed at 80 wpm.
• Cut labor expense over $6,000 annually by eliminating
the need for part-
time wordprocessing staff.
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