Highlights of Qualifications

Are your “Highlights of Qualifications” reflecting your most relevant skills or are they “fluff” on your resume?

Highlights of Qualifications or Skills Summary, is an extremely important section on your resume; however most job seekers are not utilizing this opportunity to sell their best skills to an employer and place themselves ahead of the competition.

Highlights of Qualifications or Skills Summary is located near the top of the resume usually below the job objective. Unfortunately, many job seekers use this section to place generic skills which take up space and do not promote their skills adequately for the job in which they are applying. It only takes a few minutes but this section of the resume should change to reflect the position in which you are applying. When deciding what to incorporate in to the Highlights or Qualifications or Skills Summary section, ask yourself: “Am I targeting the position in which I am applying?” “Is my resume standing out from the competition?” “Will employers notice my resume?”

If you are not sure if your resume is selling your skills effectively, come into VCCS Employment Services and we can show you how to best effectively sell your skills.