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Considering you only have a matter of seconds to catch an employer's attention with your resume and for them to decide if they want to interview you or not, you're going to want to immediately highlight what makes you stand out. A good way to do this is to create a resume summary that highlights your job relevant skills, experience and talent. This way an employer can quickly see what makes you stand out from other job applicants and why it would be very beneficial for them to interview you. So, how do you create a resume summary that helps you stand out? Start by making sure that the very first sentence of your summary is the most impactful sentence out of the entire paragraph. You want that first sentence to blow an employer away by your skills as well as show them that you have everything that they are looking for in their next employee. You want to try to include the following information in the first and second sentences of your summary paragraph.  Add a job specific or in...

Have you ever wondered what makes you stand out or have you had a hard time trying to figure out what unique qualities that you can add to your resume? One mistake people make is thinking that they don't have any skills, experience or other qualities that make them stand out.  By digging deep to reflect on everything that you've done and asking yourself the right questions, you'll find many ways that you have stood out inside and outside the workplace that would be perfect to add to your resume. Here are some questions that you can ask yourself to uncover qualities that make you stand out to use in your resume. Make sure to create action and result job accomplishments that show what you did and the positive result or impact of your actions. Do I have any skills that are hard to find or that make me irreplaceable? Were there any times that I went above and beyond what was expected of me and what did I accomplish? Do others consider me to be the go-to person for something or...