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13Writing
a
P rofessional
S ummary
A
g ood
P rofessional
S ummary
s hould
b e
b rief
a nd
s pecific.
S tudies
s how
t hat
t hick
b locks
of
t ext
d o
n ot
g et
r ead
b y
b usy
h iring
m anagers
o r
r ecruiters
s o
k eep
i t
s hort!
I t
s hould
o nly
contain
t he
t op
a ttributes
t hat
y ou
p ossess
a nd
t hey
s hould
b e
d emonstrated
c learly
–
avoid
v ague
o r
u nsupported
l anguage
l ike
“ detail
o riented”,
“ dedicated”,
“ high
e nergy”,
“strong
w ork
e thic”,
e tc.
Your
P rofessional
S ummary
s hould
h ave
u p
t o
t hree
p arts
t o
i t:
1. Title.
B egin
b y
g iving
y ourself
a
d escriptive
t itle
t hat
t ells
a
p otential
e mployer
w ho
you
a re
a t
a
g lance.
O ften
t his
i nformation
w ill
b e
c onnected
t o
y our
m ajor
a nd/or
your
s tatus:
“ Graduating
M arketing
p rofessional…”;
“ Civil
E ngineering
s tudent….”
2. Differentiate.
W hat
s ets
y ou
a part
f rom
o ther
s tudents?
D o
y ou
h ave
i nternship
experience?
A cademic
a chievement?
R esearch
w ork?
V olunteer
h ours?
L ead
w ith
your
m ost
m arketable
t rait,
b ut
s tay
a way
f rom
‘ soft’
c laims
l ike
“ detail
o riented”
o r
“good
c ommunication
s kills”,
e tc.
u nless
y ou
c an
d emonstrate
t hose
s kills
t hrough
solid
e xperience
( eg,
“ …excellent
c ommunication
s kills
h oned
t hrough
4
y ears
o f
customer
s ervice
e xperience
a nd
r ecognized
t hrough
E mployee
o f
t he
Y ear
A ward.”)
3. List
p ertinent
s kills/experience.
I f
y ou
h ave
s kills
t hat
a re
d irectly
r elated
t o
t he
position
y ou
a re
a pplying
f or,
a
b ulleted
l ist
i s
a
g reat
w ay
t o
e nd
a
P rofessional
Summary.
Example
1
Graduating
M arketing
p rofessional
w ith
i nternship
e xperience
a t
P epsiCo
a nd
5
y ears
o f
customer
s ervice
w ork.
S ignificant
a cademic
a chievement
i ncluding
a
3 .41
G PA,
a nd
T exas
Scholars
m erit
s cholarship
r ecipient.
S kills
a nd
e xperience
i ncludes:
• Conducting
n eeds
a ssessments
• Market
r esearch
• Creation
o f
m essaging,
c ampaigns
a nd
a sset
m aps
• 360
d egree
s trategy
d evelopment
Example
2
Chemical
E ngineering
s tudent
a t
T exas
A &M
U niversity
–
K ingsville
h as
a mple
e xperience
tackling
r eal
p roblems
i n
t he
l ab.
L eadership
e xperience
a nd
c ommunication
s kills
h oned
through
e xperience
i ncluding
i ncreasing
m embership
b y
2 0%
a s
P resident
o f
t he
A merican
Institute
o f
C hemical
E ngineers
( AIChE)
a nd
r aising
o ver
$ 1,200
i n
o ne
s emester.
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