here's how to write and optimize and extremely effective professional summary at the top of your resume man I'm naturally such a quick talker like I can talk so quickly but I'm trying to slow down for YouTube because I'm so used to making tick tocks where I have to like fit so much into 60 seconds so research shows that having these professional summaries at the top of your resume are actually extremely effective if they're well written recruiters love them like automatically going into the S pile if it's written correctly and you know me I have a
template for you guys this is a template that I use nice and simple and it works for everybody no matter if you're a student or you're a CEO this template is going to work for you so first let's talk about the wrong way to write a summary just so you're aware of common mistakes that people make so the first mistake that a lot of people make is that it's too jargony here's an example strategic business professionals seeking experience in the financial industry through synergistic Partnerships and client-led initiatives what what does that mean what does it
mean it's too jargony if you wouldn't say it out loud naturally to somebody it's too jargony here's another example recent grad looking to gain more experience in the film industry okay that's what school's for we want somebody who can work and add value to our company never ever say that you are looking for experience people don't want to hire people who are looking for experience they want to hire people who are going to add and bring value to their company and then another mistake I'm looking for a remote shop that will allow me to stay
at home with my kids so generally you just want to avoid any pronouns on your resume you want to avoid I pretty much all the time and then again make it company focused don't make it about you I know it may feel unnatural because you're like well I'm looking for a job for me but the company wants to read how is this person going to bring value to us that's all they care about at the end of the day they don't care about helping you it's an exchange they say well we're gonna pay you money
and you're going to do work for us that's kind of how the system works step one is to pick an action verb that is really relevant in your industry if you need inspiration just look at the job description they are going to have plenty in there so words like passionate highly motivated seasoned ambitious dedicated proactive diligent caring use common sense caring equals Nanny diligent equals researcher detail-oriented equals copywriter collaborative equals filmmaker use something that is commonplace in your industry part two of this equation is to State your job title or whatever you do so examples
producer project manager software engineer Nanny electrician designer and if you're new to the industry maybe you're a recent grad or you're just getting back into it after a break just say whatever your industry is and then professional so like marketing professional child care professional software professional you get the picture step three simply State your years of experience people love numbers they love to read numbers put as many numbers on your resume as you possibly can so caring professional nanny with four plus years of experience and then if you're racing crowd again you have a lot
of experience just say with a background in blank and then if you're trying to transition into a new career really focus on your transferable skills here so you can say something like proactive and highly motivated professional seeking an office manager role exceptional organizational and communication skills well versed in Microsoft Google Suites scheduling and time management and step four the final step this is the creme de La Creme I don't know if that was an accurate use of that term Specialties include and then you just keyword vomit all over it so basically take the job description
eat it and then just regurgitate keyword vomit right here be enthusiastic and use keywords let's read some examples manage budgets lead teams collaborated with vendors scheduled meetings so let's look at some examples proactive and solution oriented office manager with 10 plus years of experience keeping Corporate Offices running smoothly Specialties include managing daily operations multitasking time management welcoming and onboarding Aaron running scheduling Etc ambitious producer with four plus years of experience in agency and studio production Specialties include managing talent and crew securing locations managing budgets coordinating creatives and vendors and maintaining smooth production workflow and then
say you're like trying to transition into a new career and you're like I'm not quite qualified I don't have tons of experience try something like this so let's say this is a restaurant manager trying to transition into a corporate job dedicated in Poise manager with three plus years of experience ensuring client satisfaction Specialties include developing budgets tracking business expenses organizing back offices maintaining brand guidelines meeting deadlines leading teams Etc so with that we are done go forth write your professional summaries this is the easiest way to tailor your resume by the way if you're too
lazy to tailor the whole thing at least just tailor that professional summary even name drop the company let's say ambitious producer with four plus years of experience in agency in studio production enthusiastically submitting my application at 8 24. whatever like use that little thing that's the the main thing they're going to read it's that little summary and just knock it out of the park I know you can do it if you need help too there's all these AI things chat GPT like canva has an AI thing now and copy.ai so you can always use those
and then just look up other resumes if you found this video useful subscribe for more subscribe but I'm from Texas and if you found this video useful um you know subscribe like the whole thing for more career advice a little bit about me my name is Aaron mcgoff I am not a career coach or anything like that I'm actually a documentary filmmaker but I am on a mission to democratize access to Career advice I just think so ridiculous that people can be perfectly qualified for a role and just because they didn't know how to make
a resume or speak properly in a job interview they just get overlooked so I'm kind of trying to like bridge the gap offer people the career advice that is naturally taught by certain people's parents or communities but most people don't really get so if you want to see more of my content follow me on Tick Tock at Arab on Instagram at advice with Aaron and then you can also subscribe to my newsletter I send out one email every month so thank you for watching have a great rest of your day and I'll see you next
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