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How to Write a Great Resume: Step #2 - Professional Profile

11/1/2020

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Decorative header image of a young woman holding a resume.
A professional profile is to your resume as a thesis is your English paper or speech.
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If written with high-impact in mind and without grammatical errors, a resume profile can get the document through application scanners and provide a recruiter a quick summary of the key highlights in a resume. The difference between a good profile and a great profile could be the difference between a recruiter reading your resume (great profile) or immediately passing on it and moving to the next candidate (bad or good profile)!
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In this blog, we continue our resume writing journey (see our first post on the header) by providing a before and after look at our profile summaries.

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How to Write a Resume - Step #1: The Header

10/14/2020

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How to write a resume header

Students are constantly asking us how to write a high-quality, impactful resume. Therefore, we're providing a how-to series that offers a step-by-step, top-to-bottom approach to writing a resume. As you read each post, complete a review and improvement of your document following our advice. At the end of the series, we'll reveal our improved resumes to you.

The Header

​Your header is the title of your resume, and the first piece of information a recruiter will see. It provides a quick reference to your contact information and it is the first impression. Therefore, it is important to keep it neat and informative.
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We are two students setting out on a journey to polish up our resumes.  Here are two samples of what our original headers looked like when we started this project.

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