Sample Accounting ResumeCritique
of a sample accounting resume: Dear
Paul, Given
your impressive background and your targeting a CFO position, I chose
an "executive" style format for your resume. The executive-style format
employs the Times New Roman font and is organized for conciseness and
clarity, while also retaining an airy, uncluttered look. The resultant
document is easy to read and quite elegant in appearance. I began the resume by centering & bolding your name, then increased its size for emphasis. Next, I separated your contact information, with your phone number flush left and your email flush right, so a hiring manager could easily locate this data. Free Online Resume Builder Tool: Use this tool to build a high quality resume in about ten minutes. In the body of the resume, I began with the tag "Chief Financial Officer." A hiring manager instantly and clearly sees your target. Beneath that, I included your skill areas of "Management Development, Strategic Planning, Financing, and Investments." In
the brief paragraph that follows, I emphasized your success in
operations management to achieve the organizational mission. I also
emphasized your communication skills, your technical proficiency, and
your membership with the AICPA. In the bulleted section, I used noun
phrases taken from the body of your resume to further present your
capabilities.
Sample accounting resume critique (continued) Next,
I listed your Certifications & Licensure. I feel these are critical
in your job search and quite impressive. In
the following section, I listed your Professional Experience. I began
each bullet point with the strongest action verb possible, while also
rewriting the text for maximum impact. For
example, you wrote: "Directly
involved in setting up financing for turnkey manufacturing and
implementing new ways to track and improve profitability." I
rewrote this to read: "Secured
financing for turnkey manufacturing; implemented new methods to track
and improve profitability." In
another example, you wrote: "Conducted
extensive audits at subcontract locations for both schedule and
contract performance. Critical member of negotiating team on new
contract due diligence activities." I
rewrote this into two bullets to read: "Performed
comprehensive schedule & contract performance audits at all
subcontract locations." "Functioned
as point person for new contract due diligence activities as part of
the negotiating team." You'll notice that I separated your teaching experience at Georgetown University from the Professional Experience section. There are two reasons for this. One, a resume should be in reverse chronological order -- because of this, it would have been necessary to place the teaching experience directly beneath the Electronics Edge, Inc., job with that breaking the flow of your CFO / Director positions. Secondly,
it's your only teaching position, therefore, it fits better in a
section by itself. It doesn't break the flow of your other financial /
management experience, and it stands outs because of this placement. I
ended your resume with the education section, rather than beginning
with it as you had. Being a seasoned professional (and not a new
graduate), a hiring manager is more interested in your performance than
your educational achievements. This is especially true as your Master's
was awarded in 1987. The only information I left out were the references to graduating at the top 10% of your class, putting yourself through school, and your A.A.S. degree. Because you're a seasoned professional, it's unnecessary to add the top 10% data or that you put yourself through school. A hiring manager can easily see your dedication and experience in the first paragraph of this resume. Additionally, in the industry, only Bachelor or Master's degrees are listed. As a rule, hiring managers aren't interested in every school you attended, just that you did get that Bachelor's. All
decisions to modify or exclude data were in keeping with the guidelines
and standards set forth by the Professional Association of Resume
Writers (PARW). Free Online Resume Builder Tool: Use this tool to build a high quality resume in about ten minutes.
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