CV and Resume Phrases – Professional Summary or Profile
  • Results-driven, logical and methodical approach to achieving tasks and objectives
  • Determined and decisive - uses initiative to develop effective solutions to problems
  • Reliable and dependable - high personal standards and attention to detail
  • Methodical and rigorous approach to achieving tasks and objectives
  • Entrepreneurial and pro-active - strong drive and keen business mind
  • Identifies and develops opportunities; innovates and makes things happen
  • Good strategic appreciation and vision; able to build and implement sophisticated plans
  • Determined and decisive; uses initiative to meet and resolve challenges
  • Strives for quality and applies process and discipline towards optimising performance
  • Extremely reliable and dependable - analytical and questioning, strives for quality
  • Methodical approach to planning and organising - good time-manager
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - good communicator, leadership, high integrity
  • Strong planning, organising and monitoring abilities - an efficient time-manager
  • Self-driven and self-reliant - sets aims and targets and leads by example
  • Good interpersonal skills - works well with others, motivates and encourages
  • High integrity, diligent and conscientious - reliable and dependable
  • Self-aware - always seeking to learn and grow
  • Seeks new responsibilities irrespective of reward and recognition
  • Detailed and precise; fastidious and thorough • decisive and results-driven; creative problem-solver
  • Good starter - enthusiastic in finding openings and opportunities
  • Creative and entrepreneurial net-worker - effective project coordinator
  • Reliable and dependable in meeting objectives - hard-working
  • Emotionally mature; calming and positive temperament; tolerant and understanding
  • Searches for and finds solutions to challenges - exceptionally positive attitude
  • Great team-worker - adaptable and flexible
  • Well organised; good planner; good time-manager
  • Seeks new responsibilities and uses initiative; self-sufficient
  • Solid approach to achieving tasks and objectives; determined and decisive
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - good communicator, high integrity
  • Energetic and physically very fit; quick to respond to opportunities and problems
  • Active and dynamic approach to work and getting things done
  • Financially astute - conversant with accounting systems and principles
  • Tactical, strategic and proactive - anticipates and takes initiative
  • Systematic and logical - develops and uses effective processes
  • Good listener - caring and compassionate
  • Critical thinker - strong analytical skills; accurate and probing
  • Good creative and methodical - probing and resourceful
  • Facilitative project manager; develops and enables group buy-in
  • Persistent and tenacious sales developer; comfortable with demanding targets
  • Resilient and thorough - detached and unemotional
  • Completer-finisher; checks and follows up - immaculate record-keeper
  • Team-player - loyal and determined
  • Technically competent/qualified [state discipline or area, to whatever standard or level]
  • Task-orientated - commercially experienced and aware
  • Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
  • Sound planning and organizational capabilities
  • Results oriented - focused on productive and high-yield activities
  • Tolerant and understanding - especially good with young children/elderly people/needy people/disadvantaged people, etc
  • Emotionally mature - calming and positive temperament - compassionate and caring
  • Sensitive and patient interpersonal and communication skills
  • High integrity and honesty; ethical and socially aware
  • Energetic and positive outlook, which often inspires others
  • Calm, reliable and dependable in meeting objectives - logical and numerate

CV and Resume quantification / context / scale indicators to enhance and support responsibilities

  • Responsible for X number of staff
  • Geographical territory
  • Number of accounts
  • Annual turnover or revenue/company size
  • Annual cost budgets
  • Plant or asset value
  • Size of location or site
  • Number of departments
  • Number of locations
  • International/domestic coverage
  • Number of distributors or customers
  • Value of business
  • Number of products
  • Value of highest rated products and services
  • Number or scale of developments
  • Timing, scheduling and or project duration
  • Throughput or output
  • Speed of operation or turn-around
  • Travel or coverage
  • Cycle time or 'churn' or turnover (replacement) rate or percentage
  • Industry sector or segment or niche (e.g., 'Automotive, consumer servicing and repairs')
  • Business-to-business (B2B) or consumer (some people recognise this as B2C)
  • Type of organisation - private company, public company, institutional, not-for-profit, etc
  • Other organisational descriptions
  • Organisation culture, structure, management style (be positive - not blaming or critical)
  • Area or region
  • Type of department or division
  • Precise work or job function
  • Products or services descriptions
  • Expertise and quality standards and levels
  • Market position and share
  • Competitive positioning if any
  • Trends/outlook - increasing, reducing, declining, mature, developing, etc
  • Distribution model
  • Maturity of business or sector
  • Other factors, pressures, growth, local/world economy etc

Non-work experiences that can be added to CV’s and Resumes to support skills and under-pin job responsibilities

  • Voluntary work
  • Fund-raising
  • Grants and funding applications
  • Committee membership of societies and clubs
  • Organising things - at school, college, university, local community
  • Campaigning for a cause
  • Running a part-time business or own business
  • Teaching and helping people
  • Caring for people
  • Creating things - art, writing, photography, sculpture, etc
  • Languages
  • Sports and fitness
  • Organising events and outings
  • Entertaining and performing

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