Objectives in a Resume: Yes or No?
Featured Article & Resume Writer: Georgia Adamson, CPRW
Georgia's Article: "Objectives in a Resume: Yes or No?"
Arguments abound, even among career professionals, about whether or not you should put an objective on your resume. Here are some pros and cons to consider about objectives:
1. You need to know where you want the resume to take you, and you need to make sure it's crystal-clear to the prospective employer. I can't emphasize this enough: Employers will not play a guessing-game to figure out what kind of work you want to do!
2. If you're a management-level person, I recommend using a profile section, which has a heading such as "SALES EXECUTIVE," followed by a concise summary of your strongest, most relevant points-generally, not more than five or six lines.
3. Using the cover letter to communicate your desired position instead of making it easily visible in the resume could be a mistake. Your cover letter may not always stay with the resume it gets separated somehow, the person reading the resume won't see it and will have no clue what position you're aiming for. [read more]
Food for Thought: Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. —Muriel Spark
New-Hire Compensation Jumps, Employers Report Plans for Increased Hiring in October Compensation for newly hired employees may be on the increase, according to the October report of the Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE), which reveals new-hire compensation jumped in September. In addition, over half of manufacturers and service-sector employers plan to expand hiring in October, indicating that the job market continues to remain strong. LINE is a collaborative effort between the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
Manufacturing
HR professionals indicate that the pool of skilled employees is extremely tight, even more so than a year ago. The need to fill current vacancies continues to be a challenge; in addition, 57 percent of HR professionals say they have plans to hire for new positions in October. These ongoing challenges appear to be contributing to employers' needs to increase new-hire compensation. The index rose to 13.9 percent, which is currently at its highest level since February 2004.
Service Fifty-one percent of service-sector employers reported plans to increase hiring in October. In addition, while HR professionals are expressing difficulty recruiting qualified candidates, they are at the same time finding themselves with a growing number of vacant positions they are actively trying to fill. In September, this combination resulted in a five percent jump in the number of employers reporting increases to new-hire compensation.
LINE is an economic indicator that identifies early economic trends and changes in the national job market by surveying human resource (HR) executives at manufacturing and service-sector firms. The indicator reports on four employment measures: job expectations, job vacancies, new-hire compensation and recruitment difficulty. To view the full report, visit www.shrm.org/LINE.
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Georgia's Article: "Objectives in a Resume: Yes or No?"
Arguments abound, even among career professionals, about whether or not you should put an objective on your resume. Here are some pros and cons to consider about objectives:
1. You need to know where you want the resume to take you, and you need to make sure it's crystal-clear to the prospective employer. I can't emphasize this enough: Employers will not play a guessing-game to figure out what kind of work you want to do!
2. If you're a management-level person, I recommend using a profile section, which has a heading such as "SALES EXECUTIVE," followed by a concise summary of your strongest, most relevant points-generally, not more than five or six lines.
3. Using the cover letter to communicate your desired position instead of making it easily visible in the resume could be a mistake. Your cover letter may not always stay with the resume it gets separated somehow, the person reading the resume won't see it and will have no clue what position you're aiming for. [read more]
Food for Thought: Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. —Muriel Spark
New-Hire Compensation Jumps, Employers Report Plans for Increased Hiring in October Compensation for newly hired employees may be on the increase, according to the October report of the Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE), which reveals new-hire compensation jumped in September. In addition, over half of manufacturers and service-sector employers plan to expand hiring in October, indicating that the job market continues to remain strong. LINE is a collaborative effort between the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
Manufacturing
HR professionals indicate that the pool of skilled employees is extremely tight, even more so than a year ago. The need to fill current vacancies continues to be a challenge; in addition, 57 percent of HR professionals say they have plans to hire for new positions in October. These ongoing challenges appear to be contributing to employers' needs to increase new-hire compensation. The index rose to 13.9 percent, which is currently at its highest level since February 2004.
Service Fifty-one percent of service-sector employers reported plans to increase hiring in October. In addition, while HR professionals are expressing difficulty recruiting qualified candidates, they are at the same time finding themselves with a growing number of vacant positions they are actively trying to fill. In September, this combination resulted in a five percent jump in the number of employers reporting increases to new-hire compensation.
LINE is an economic indicator that identifies early economic trends and changes in the national job market by surveying human resource (HR) executives at manufacturing and service-sector firms. The indicator reports on four employment measures: job expectations, job vacancies, new-hire compensation and recruitment difficulty. To view the full report, visit www.shrm.org/LINE.
CertifiedResumeWriters.com gives you immediate access to valuable resume and cover letter articles, profile and highlights of certified resume writers, listings of resume writing services as well as specialized recruiting and job search firms, and can connect with industry specific professional associations to help build your professional network. Visit us today!
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