Career Summary Statement
The Career Summary Statement sets the tone and organises the information for the reader in advance. The summary draws from the body of the resume key words, industry-specific terms and core skills – all of which provide a brief, powerful statement of your professional brand, value and credentials.
This statement is like your 30 sec commercial.
The Career Summary opens with a brief statement that describes your functional expertise, and the industry in which you have the most experience, or in which you are most interested. From there, you will want to identify your top marketable skills; the four or five skills and strengths that will have the most appeal in the marketplace. For a graphic designer, those may be: “with eight years of experience in textile designing, illustration and desktop publishing.” In your next sentence or phrase, you may sell yourself further. For example, “Creative, innovative and a strong background in computer graphics applications”.
Sample Summaries
Inside sales professional with 10 years of experience in telemarketing and customer service in the publishing industry. Detail-oriented with strong skills in supervision, communication and problem solving.
Human Resource professional with expertise in the design, implementation and administration of Human Resource programs, processes and initiatives. Special skills in compensation design and administration, recruitment and employee relations. Extensive experience consulting on HR systems initiatives and
collaborating with business partners.
Senior healthcare professional with broad experience in the management and operations of major patient care services. Special expertise in:
• Profitability maximisation of clinical departments
• Capital and operating budget preparation
• Patient care quality assurance
• Technology assessment
Summary
And that’s it! The more of these kind of statements you can put for each job in your resume’s work history, the more you’ll demonstrate to the hiring manager that you’re just the kind of person they should call for an interview!
Tip: These are not easy to write, especially if you’re not a writer by nature. Just keep looking for ways to make each statement as concise and powerful as possible, and keep practicing!
"I highly recommend"
A wonderful experience with a tremendous level of service and commitment which has resulted in our successful recruitment of a critical senior hire for our business. I would recommend Recruit Collective for any HR project going forward.
"Their friendly team is super reliable"
I was recently presented with role by IHR and am extremely pleased with the result! I was supported every step of the way and they have continued to check in and support me even after I was hired 
"Jade is fantastic at her job"
I was recently placed in a role by Jade and I could not be more appreciative of her for everything she did to help throughout the process. She was patient, informative, kept me up to-date throughout the whole process and really took the time to make sure that I was a good fit prior to putting my resume forward. I absolutely love my new role and it is exactly what I believed it to be so thank you very much Jade and the team, keep up the good work! 
"Very Supportive"
Renee, Thanks for all your support through the recruiting process. It’s been a pleasure working with you and your team. I really appreciated all the extra time you spent working through what I was looking for in a role. All the best. Nigel 
"Quality team"
I highly recommend Renee and the team at Recruit Collective. They were amazing with the whole recruitment process of finding us the right finance graduate for our business. Thanks again for all your help! 
