What are the characteristics of a good job objective?
• A good job objective must be specific enough to be meaningful yet general enough to apply to a variety of jobs. • What purpose does a summary statement serve? • It summarizes your major qualifications. By reading the career objective and a summary statement about your achievements, interviewers know what you want and why an employer will want to hire you. • Including a summary statement can set your resume apart from competitors who did not realize that employers would like to see this section. • Information in the resume may support the summary statement presented in the opening section. • Information gained from self, career, and job analysis will aid you in dividing this section into appropriate divisions. • Should you include information about high school? Explain? • Should omit high school activities because the information is old news. • Include GPA only if it strengthens your qualifications. • When should you list jobs with the most job-related experience first? • The job may
