Objectives in a Resume: Yes or No?

Featured Article & Resume Writer: Georgia Adamson, CPRW

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...]

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