Here's something important that you need to have on your resume. It is a combination of all the buzzword verbs along with a good summation on how your efforts are effective. What does this mean? Anyone can put buzzwords on a resume; whether they're the actual truth or not is another story. But then after the buzzwords, the measure of effectiveness gives a prospective employer some insight on what your values are. Many, many people miss this opportunity to share themselves on a resume. What do I mean?

Here's an example. Writing "my efforts produced a 40% cost savings" shows, clearly, that you understand that one of the goals for a successful business is to cut costs. Now, Mr. (or Ms?) Senior Developer, get outside your own head for just a second. It might be quite incredible to believe, but some people don't at all understand the fact I just shared (about cutting costs). They have NO CLUE. So giving such a measure on your resume tells the prospective employer, "HEY! I GET IT!" Many other resumes that the manager reads will lack this information, which means (a) others don't understand that measuring is critical or (b) they understand that measuring is critical, but fail to see a reason why the manager should know, right up front, that they understand.

Doing this will put your resume leaps and bounds ahead.

Here's something important that you need to have on your resume that prevents your resume from sounding boring and repetitive. It is a combination of all the buzzword verbs along with a good summation on how your efforts are effective. What does this mean? Anyone can put buzzwords on a resume; whether they're the actual truth or not is another story. But then after the buzzwords, the measure of effectiveness gives a prospective employer some insight on what your values are. Many, many people miss this opportunity to share themselves on a resume. What do I mean?

Here's an example. Writing "my efforts produced a 40% cost savings" shows, clearly, that you understand that one of the goals for a successful business is to cut costs. Now, Mr. (or Ms?) Senior Developer, get outside your own head for just a second. It might be quite incredible to believe, but some people don't at all understand the fact I just shared (about cutting costs). They have NO CLUE. So giving such a measure on your resume tells the prospective employer, "HEY! I GET IT!" Many other resumes that the manager reads will lack this information, which means (a) others don't understand that measuring is critical or (b) they understand that measuring is critical, but fail to see a reason why the manager should know, right up front, that they understand.

Doing this will put your resume leaps and bounds ahead by focusing on results while not being repetitive.