Executive Resume Sample for an International Business Executive
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Sample Resume Critique
Dear Anthony ~
As requested, I used Design #4 for your resume. The "Executive" format
utilizes the Times New Roman font resulting in an elegant document
that befits a Professional of your stature.
I began your resume with the tag "International Business Executive," then
listed your skill set of ASP & e-Business, B2B, B2C, and CRM." Following
this is a brief qualifications summary that summarizes and emphasizes
your unique capabilities. Here, I described you as "visionary" and
noted your record of turning around troubled companies.
I then wrote of your founding Perez Systems and its subsequent
sale to AT&T, your tenure as a Senior Executive with MAA, and
your directing worldwide operations for Tristan, Inc. By mentioning
these companies and your role in their success, a hiring manager
will quickly appreciate your business acumen.
I then wrote that you are a licensed pilot (in international business,
I believe this is a definite plus), and then ended this section
with your linguistic capabilities and bulleted noun phrases that
clearly show your expertise.
In the next section, I detailed your Career Accomplishments beneath
subheadings for each employer. Here, I also revised and condensed
text for clarity, conciseness, and maximum impact.
For example, in your submitted information you wrote:
Founder of the WorldEDGE philosophy, which permits MAA's products
to integrate more readily with other best-of-breed solutions. This
programme was developed in the London facility to expand the feature/functionality
of the MAA core product. The UK field engineering team created
a set of APIs which when 'packaged' effectively became adapters
enabling MAA's core product to openly integrate with packages that
permit greater functionality for reduced costs. This philosophy
was presented to the USA in November 2000, and has since been embraced
by the company, it's customers and the market at large.
I condensed and revised that to read:
"Founded WorldEDGE philosophy to integrate company products with
other best-of-breed solutions and expand the functionality of company's
core product thus reducing costs. WorldEDGE has since become the
premier solution in the worldwide market."
In another example, you wrote:
In 1996 the EMEA office represented some 14% of worldwide revenues,
amounting to $19m. Upon joining, in 1997, it was apparent that
field staff utilization was not being effectively forecasted or
managed, with staff frequently being deployed for less than 32%
of the available time. Forecasting and scheduling processes were
implemented to permit better forecast utilisation, and third party
supplier relationships were agreed enabling better staffing of
projects including the use of outsourcing, thus reducing costs.
These processes, tied with new and modified internal processes,
resulted in superb revenue increases year-on-year amounting to
54% of $92m by 2001.
I condensed and revised that to read:
"Reduced costs and increased worldwide revenues from $19 million
in 1996 to $50 million by 2001 through implementation of forecasting
and scheduling processes, third party supplier relationships, and
new internal processes that transformed project staffing and outsourcing."
Hiring managers want to know what you did ("Reduced costs and
increased…"), then how you did it (…"through implementation
of …).
In the next section, I detailed your Professional Experience,
again beginning each bullet point with the strongest action verb
possible, while also revising and condensing text for clarity,
conciseness, and maximum impact. I ended your resume with your
Education.
You'll notice I left out your computer knowledge. Given your senior
executive status, I felt this data could be excluded. All
decisions to modify or exclude data were in keeping with the guidelines
and standards set forth by the Professional Association of Resume
Writers (PARW).
With your new resume, you now have a powerful tool that's well
organized and filled with pertinent data, while also being aesthetically
pleasing.
It was a pleasure serving you, Anthony. Best of luck in all your
future endeavors.
ResumeEdge Writer
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)
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