Community Labour Adjustment Services

The following was compiled from information provided by the Unemployed Help Centre

Things to remember when creating your resume

Design your resume to fit YOU. It's a personal portrait of your working personality
Create a positve Impression. Highlight your qualifications, but save the details for the interview
Be clear and concise. A dictionary or thesaurus can be helpful in selecting descriptive, business-like terms
Describe your duties and responsibilities. Stress the positive. Don't just list your skills, illustrate how you used them. (reduced waste in department, increased sales by 15%)
Include only positive data about yourself. Any questions an employer may have can be answered in the interview
Keep your resume up to date. Always re-type or print your resume, don't pencil in changes
Keep your resume short, one or two pages
Your resume should be typed and perfect. Watch for typing, spelling and grammatical errors. Make high quality copies
Use Action Verbs to describe your duties. Saying "I was assigned to the invoicing department" tells the employer where you worked, but not what you did. "Processed the bulk of the companies invoices" is more descriptive
List positive and pertinent information first. Seeing what skills you have that apply to the job you are applying for may keep the employer's interest in your application
Tailor your resume for the job you are applying for. Stress skills and qualities most pertinent to this job
Pay attention to appearance, layout and spacing. Aim for some white space and not large paragraphs
Avoid gimmicks, cute sayings and outlandish formats
Do not sign or date your resume
Avoid using acronyms as the employer may not be familiar with them
Hobbies and Interests are necessary only if they apply to the job
Volunteer experience is an asset, but only if still active or within the last three years
Workplace training is helpful when indentifying qualifications and relevent skills
Don't include your references with you resume. Say "References available upon request. This gives a reason for the employer to contact you
A resume is the first step. Never underestimate the importance of direct contact and following up
Always accompany a mailed resume with a cover letter

Words and Phrases to help enhance your resume

Top 10 Transferable Skills
Action Verbs
Positive / Action Words
Qualities / Personal Skills

If you have one or more of these skills, be sure to INCLUDE THEM ON YOUR RESUME!

Analytical / Problem Solving Skills
Flexibility / Versatility Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Oral / Written Communication Skills
Organizational / Planning Skills
Time Management Skills
Enthusiastic / Motivated
Leadership Qualities
Self Starter / Takes Initiative
Team Player

A
Accelerated	Accomplished	Accounted	Achieved	Acquired
Acted	Adapted	Addressed	Adjusted	Administered
Audited	Authored	Authorized	Awarded
B
Balanced	Bargained	Began	Briefed	Brought
Budgeted
C
Calculated	Campaigned	Cared	Carried Out	Catalogued
Catered	Chaired	Charted	Clarified	Classified
Coached	Collaborated	Collected	Communicated	Compared
Compelled	Compiled	Completed	Composed	Computed
Conceived	Concentrated	Conceptualized	Conciliated	Conducted
Confronted	Conserved	Consolidated	Constructed	Consulted
Contacted	Contracted	Controlled	Conversed	Conveyed
Cooperated	Coordinated	Corrected	Counseled	Created
Critiqued	Curtailed	Cut
D
Dealt	Debated	Decided	Defined	Delegated
Delivered	Demonstrated	Designed	Detailed	Detected
Determined	Developed	Devised	Diagnosed	Directed
Disciplined	Discovered	Dispensed	Displayed	Dissected
Disseminated	Distributed	Diverted	Drafted	Dramatized
Drew up	Drove
E
Earned	Economized	Edited	Educated	Eliminated
Employed	Empowered	Enabled	Encouraged	Endured
Enforced	Engineered	Enlarged	Enlightened	Enlisted
Ensured	Entertained	Equipped	Established	Estimated
Evaluated	Examined	Exchanged	Executed	Exhibited
Expended	Expedited	Experimented	Explained	Explored
Expressed	Extracted
F
Facilitated	Familiarized	Fashioned	Financed	Fixed
Followed Through	Forecasted	Formulated	Found	Founded
Funded
G
Gathered	Gave	Generated	Governed	Graphed
Grouped	Guided
H
Handled	Harmonized	Headed	Helped	Hired
Hypothesized
I
Identified	Illustrated	Imitated	Implemented	Improved
Improvised	Increased	Indexed	Influenced	Informed
Innovated	Inspected	Inspired	Installed	Instituted
Instructed	Integrated	Interacted	Interpreted	Intervened
Interviewed	Intervened	Interviewed	Introduced	Invented
Inventoried	Investigated
J
Judged
K
Kept Informed
L
Launched	Learned	Leased	Lectured	Led
Liaised	Listed	Listened	Lobbied	Located
Logged
M
Made	Mainlined	Managed	Manipulated	Mapped
Marketed	Mastered	Measured	Mediated	Memorized
Mentored	Merchandised	Merged	Met	Mobilized
Modeled	Moderated	Modified	Monitored	Motivated
Moved
N
Navigated	Negotiated	Nursed	Nurtured
O
Observed	Obtained	Offered	Operated	Ordered
Organized	Originated	Oversaw
P
Participated	Perceived	Perfected	Performed	Persevered
Persuaded	Photographed	Piloted	Planned	Played
Predicted	Prepared	Prescribed	Presented	Preserved
Presided	Prevented	Printed	Prioritized	Problem Solved
Processed	Produced	>Programmed	Projected	Promoted
Prompted	Proof-read	Proposed	Protected	Proved
Provided For	Provided	Publicized	Published	Purchased
R
Raised	Raised funds	Ran	Read	Reasoned
Received	Recommended	Reconciled	Recorded	Recruited
Rectified	Redesigned	Reduced	Referred	Rehabilitated
Reinforced	Related	Remunerated	Renewed	Rented
>Reorganized	Repaired	Reported	Represented	Reproduced
Researched	Reshaped	Resolved	Responded	Restored
Retrieved	Revamped	Reviewed	Revised	Revitalized
Risked
S
Scanned	Scheduled	Screened	Searched	Selected
Separated	Served	Set up	Set Standards	Set
Shaped	Shared	Showed	Simplified	Sketched
Sold	Solicited	Solved	Sorted	Sought
Specialized	Specified	Spoke	Staffed	Staged
Standardized	Started	Stimulated	Straightened	Streamed
Streamlined	Strengthened	Stressed	Stretched	Studied
Submitted	Substantiated	Succeeded	Suggested	Summarized
Supervised	Supplied	Supported	Surveyed	Symbolized
Synchronized	Synthesized	Systematized
T
Tabulated	Talked	Taught	Team-Built	Terminated
Tested	Told	Took	Traced	Tracked
Trained	Transcribed	Transferred	Translated	Transmitted
Traveled	Treated	Trimmed	Tripled	Trouble-Shot
Tutored	Typed
U
Uncovered	Understood	Undertook	Unified	Updated
Upgraded	Used	Utilized
V
Vacated	Validated
W
Withdrew	Won	Worked	Wrote

Competent	Successful	Capable	Resourceful
Qualified	Versatile	Proficient	Efficient
Knowledgeable	Consistent	Experienced	Productive
Effective	Stable	Well Educated	Wide Background
Equipped	Accomplished	Profitable	Positive
Complete	Investigated	Designed	Developed
Maintained	Built	Established	Communicated
Processed	Participated	Sold	Engineered
Implemented	Controlled	Guided	Administered
Managed	Supervised	Initiated	Created
Organized	Trained	Worked	Led
Coordinated	Analyzed	Improved	Repaired
Employed	Expanded	Achieved	Specialized

Qualities

Hard Working	Energetic	Healthy	Enthusiastic
Quick Learner	Well Organized	Patient	Amiable
Compassionate	Punctual	Dedicated	Thick-skinned
Sensitive	Neat and Tidy	Creative	Articulate
Perfectionist	Get along well with others	Conscientious	Thorough
Original	Open to new ideas	Analytical	People-oriented
Innovative	Deliberate	Work well alone	Enjoy Pressure
Persevering	Enjoy Challenges	Flexible	Resourceful
Cope well with pressure	Sharp-witted	Consistent	Calm
Firm	Discreet

Personal Skills

Administering Programs	Advising People	Analyzing Data
Appraising Services	Arranging Social Functions	Assembling Apparatus
Auditing Financial Reports	Budgeting Expenses	Calculating Numerical Data
Checking for Accuracy	Classifying Records	Coaching Individuals
Collecting Money	Compiling Statistics	Confronting Other People
Constructing Buildings	Coordinating Events	Corresponding with Others
Counseling People	Creating New Ideas	Deciding uses of Money
Delegating Responsibility	Designing Data System	Dispensing Information
Displaying Artistic Ideas	Distributing Ideas	Distributing Products
Dramatizing Ideas or Problems	Editing Publications	Enduring Long Hours
Entertaining People	Estimating Physical Space	Evaluating Programs
Exhibiting Plans	Finding Information	Handling Complaints
Handling Detailed Work	Inspecting Physical Objects	Interpreting Languages
Interviewing People	Inventing New Ideas	Investigating Problems
Listening to Others	Locating Missing Information	Managing an Organization
Measuring Boundaries	Mediating Between People	Meeting the Public
Monitoring Progress of Others	Motivating Others	Negotiating Contracts
Operating Equipment	Organizing People and Tasks	Planning Agendas
Planning Organizational Needs	Predicting Future Trends	Preparing Materials
Printing by Hand	Problem Solving	Promoting Events
Protecting Property	Raising Funds	Reading Volumes of Material
Repairing Mechanical Devices	Reviewing Programs	Running Meetings
Selling Products	Setting up Demonstrations	Sketching Charts or Diagrams
Speaking in Public	Supervising Others	Teaching Classes
Updating Files	Writing Clear Reports