What to write in profile summary
How to write a Profile Summary? - CV 101
hi I'm back and today I'm going to talk
about profile summary in my last video I
discussed what a fresher should include
in his or her resume if you've not
watched that video then I'll link it
below go ahead watch it prepare your
resume a and then after this video to
watch what should you include in your
profile summary profile summary is the
thing that I write at the end so even as
a resume director profile summary is not
something that I include or I write at
the start of the resume after I complete
the entire resuming and I get a complete
idea of what this person is what his or
her personality is how the career has
grown so far where are they taking that
career when I get all these things in
context that is when I write the profile
summary and that is what I want you to
do after you complete your resume then
you start writing your profile summary a
profile summary is not you complete
resume it is a crisp two three liner
about your resume a profile summary is
not your career objective although it
may include where you want to take your
career it is not your career objective
it is not some brief qualifications it
is not a complete list of a core
competencies or the value offered once
we have all these things out of the way
now let us understand what exactly is a
profile summary and what should be there
in the profile summary profile summary
is at the top of the resume after your
name and contact information so before a
recruiter looks through your resume he
or she comes to your profile summary and
it gives them an idea of what this
particular person or personality and
skills
is it basically is something that starts
the formation of an impression on the
recruiters might it starts forming an
impression on the recruiters mind that
is an impression before an impression
you must include to profile somebody for
that one reason now what should your
profile somebody have it should have how
many years of experience you have don't
make the recruiter count the number of
years experience you have you are going
to tell them make your resume be reading
as easy as possible for the recruiter so
you will include the number of years of
experience that you have what can you do
for the recruiter that means what can
you do for that particular organization
that you are applying for two to three
skill set with example added with 2 to 3
skills with examples if possible if all
your skills do not have examples it's ok
it's it's absolutely all right but one
example probably a quantity as suppose
their sales target you achieved you help
your company and gain profit of certain
percentage or you've modified a process
and made it more efficient any these
subtle things which could not be
included in your resume or which are not
apparent from you're assuming that goes
in a profile summary or any of the
highlights of your resume that you want
to again bring to the notice of the
recruiter that goes into your profile
summary it will include your qualities
one or two qualities of yours are
probably we have great work ethic for
which you have been
sheeted buyer seniors or you are very
efficient in your work or you're good at
time management or you're good at
organizing you're great at resource
management anything which has not been
highlighted in your resume but you want
to bring to the notice of the recruiter
because that is what forms your work
personality should be included in your
profile summary so a typical profile
summary for a fresher should be no more
than two lines maximum three because the
fresher does not have the content to
write so for the sake of writing don't
write make it short crisp easy to read
for a fresher the profile summary should
be no more than two to three lines for
an experienced person five six not more
than that not more than a paragraph
don't mean so long that the recruiter
gets tired and then just skips that part
and goes on to the next bit of your
resume
don't do that so two to three lines for
fresher five to six lights for an
experienced person it's not a hard and
fast rule if your profile summary is
short although you're an experienced
person it's okay if I mean there's no
hard and fast rule every soomi is
written in third person so obviously a
profile summary is also written in third
person now again it is not a hard and
fast rule but almost always a resumes
written in third person if you're
assuming the format is being written in
the first person perspective then write
to profile summary also in the first
person otherwise third person is good
enough now I'll give an example of a
profile summary that I wrote for fresher
who still has MBA in finance then he was
kind of the topper of this college and
he took part in various activities extra
curricular and co-curricular so lot of
these qualities that I am
should have come through in his resuming
and service profile summary red team
leader as well as team player who has
aced his academics as well as in his
curricular activities he is looking to
make a mark in the field of Finance
let me give you another example of a
marketing professional who has one year
of experience in the field of marketing
and his profile summary reads like they
are self-starter with a versatile
skillset who has experience or failure
in sales and customer service he has
received client appreciation multiple
times and has forged long-term
partnerships with this organization and
the client that's it that is a profile
summary for a candidate with the yours
experience at the field of marketing the
next one I'm going to read it out to you
it is of a manager level person with 14
years of experience in his field and his
profile summary reads like this
innovative and result-oriented manager
the reason why I have used both these
terms is because I further in his resume
it will be justified through the
highlights that on one not just one but
two occasions he has shown his in Oita
streak and his results-oriented streak
innovative and result oriented manager
with over 14 years of experience in
combining high quality service delivery
and lean operating methods now I'm not
getting into the specific because I want
to keep this profile summary as
generated as possible so that you people
watching out there no matter the fields
that you are in you can still use this
for your profile summary if it is
applicable for you don't use it just
because it sounds good
okay so I'm going to carry forward
it reads extensive experience in
successfully building partnerships and
lysing with internal and offshore
cross-functional teams to deliver
results on time and within budget
there is one whole line
and that's it see it's just a to line up
but sentences are long but that's it
just these two long sentences third
person with 14 years of experience and
sometimes these kind of short crisp
profile summaries make a more powerful
impact than the long ones where you have
file summary the summary of
qualifications and the career objectives
and one entire page goes with
summarizing your resume me and the
recruiter will never come to your resume
is the actual crux or the content that
meet of your resume a which will help
the recruit to make the decision of
whether or not to call you for an
interview so that's it for today and
I'll see you in the next video bye
