Help on How to Write a Career or Objective Statement Avoid using adjectives to describe your work style such as, "Dependable and conscientious..." or "Detail oriented and quality conscious accounting clerk..." Help the potential employer define of "what is in it for them", such as, "seeking to utilize 10+ years experience in the industry..." or "...proven sales record... One sentence is good, but making sense is better! If warranted, two sentences or in some cases a short paragraph will help mprove an career objective statement. If you know the job title for which you are applying, you can use it, but my advice is that is best left for the cover letter. There is nothing to be gained in trying to define a new position for yourself. If you have read the job description in an advertisement, try to mirror one or two of the words listed. For instance, if the job indicated a desire for a self-starter, then experiment with using the same term or one with the same meaning. Grammar and spelling count! It is expected that CVs will have short sentence fragments, abbreviations, and little punctuation, but your career objective statement should be written without any errors. Avoid being too general. Help yourself by doing a some company research and uncover what they are be looking for than to write an over-generalized career objective. Ambition is nice, and statements such as "looking to progress up to ..." may impress, as it show that you will be retained as a valuable member of staff. Experiment with writing an objective without the use of the word, "I". "I", is more appropriately used in a cover letter. Using "I" and "my" too frequently may lose a recruiter whose context and focus is on how to can help the company. Do not promise more than you can deliver,! this will only undermine your credibility later when it is discovered that you have misrepresented yourself.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:55:27 +0000
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