most important things to include on a resume
The Most Important Thing on Your Resume: The Executive Summary. This is the second in a series of posts by former recruiters and co-founders of Oystir, a new free service helping STEM PhDs find non-academic jobs. In our last post, we laid out the basics of how to write a winning resume.
While all of these are key to a great resume, the single most important thing you can list is what you can do for an employer. Thatâs right. Thatâs what hiring managers and recruiters want to see. And they demand that it be up front in the opening summary.
Skills are an often overlooked section to include in your resume. A skills summary can replace the qualification summary toward the top of your resume, breaking down individual skills into easy to read bullet points or nicely formatted lists for your employer to scan.