Resume Skills - Personal Brand Statement

A personal branding statement is basically the 'elevator pitch' of your resume. It's a quick blurb that sits at the top and consists of 1-3 sentences where you try to sell yourself. It can be a tough part of your resume to write, and how you decide to write it is entirely up to you, but I have included a couple of basic examples to get you going:

- I'm an enthusiastic and motivated marketing graduate. I have five years experience in the industry, with complete focus on the customer experience.

- As an executive sales manager, I develop long-lasting customer relationships to increase sales and referrals.

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Resume Skills

Over the next week I will be posting a guide to writing your resume, one section at a time. Below is a general outline of what should be included on your resume, a guide to each section will be posted daily, with a culmination of the information posted on the last day with a sample resume.


Contact Details

Personal Brand Statement

Education

Work Experience

Key Skills

Referees

Complete sample resume - Coming Soon


Miscellaneous tips:

• Keep the formatting and font simple. Extravagant fonts look unprofessional and can take away from your overall message.
• Don't include a picture unless requested in the job ad
• Keep it to 1-2 pages, especially if you have just left school, in which case you most likely wouldn't have enough experience to fill up more pages.
• Keep dot points short and sharp - you have a cover letter for a reason.

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