Being an executive assistant is definitely a rewarding career, but in order for you to experience the rewards you must put in an executive assistant resume in order to land a job in the first place. Often times many people who are competing for administrative jobs will find themselves facing an uphill battle. The reason for this is because they do not keep in touch with certain things that will make their resume get looked upon favorably. But this will not be you, follow these three things and your administrative resume will always be looked upon favorably.
Hyphens and dashes
When you decide to use hyphens or dashes on your executive assistant resume, they must be placed strategically and they must also be consistent. You do not want to get into the habit of using them sparingly otherwise it will throw your entire resume off. If you use them in one area such as describing dates and times, make sure you always do this throughout the resume. What I mean by this is to not use a hyphen in one area and then use a dash in another area. It is only going to confuse or even irritate the person looking over the resume.
Proper alignment of dates and positions
The most effective way to ensure your executive assistant resume or clerical resume gets looked through would be to structure all of the dates and past positions you had like a column. When you do this a possible employer will be able to quickly scan down to see what type of skills you bring to the table. This will make for a quick and easy read as well as a quick decision. Do not think of a quick decision as being a bad thing, many times this will make your resume get looked upon favorably. Those administrative resumes that don't follow this guideline will suffer as a result.
- Gail Esparan