Administrative Resume

Many people get confused when they try to write a resume objective. Instead of writing out an objective that will help them get the job they write out a career objective that does not make them look good.

All a resume objective is a simple paragraph that states what you are trying to do with the resume. If you are trying to get an administrative job in the Cleveland area that is what your resume should state. Your resume should not contain your career objectives or lifetime goals.

There is no reason to tell a perspective employer that your goal is to get your MBA and move to Los Angeles. There is no reason to list your dream job or your career goal.

What to Include in an Administrative Resume Objective

Instead an effective administrative resume objective should contain:

• The name of the position or positions that you are seeking.

• The geographic location where you want to work.

• The name of the employer that you want to work for.

A good example of it would look like this:

Objective: Assistant managers position in retail operations at a Fortune 500 Company in Cleveland.

Your resume objective should be short simple and get right to the point. Something to remember is that people will be less likely to read big blocks of print or information on a resume. They will be more likely to read a sentence that is short, simple and to the point.

What Not to Include in an Administrative Resume Objective

It makes no sense to list certain things in an administrative resume objective. Indeed listing too much makes it look as if you are making quite a few demands of a perspective employer. That is a surefire way not to get a job and not to get called in for a job interview.

Some things you should not list in an administrative objective include:

• Salary requirements. These make it look like you care about nothing about money. They also tell a perspective employer what you are willing to make and leave no room for salary negotiations later on.

• Benefit demands. Demanding specific benefits gives an employer a reason not to hire you. Such demands also limit what you can negotiate for later on.

• Descriptions of a specific job or position you want. This limits your ability to negotiate for a position or requirements.

• Skills, education, experience and other data that is listed elsewhere on your resume. There’s no reason to repeat the same information.

• Descriptions of your accomplishments or past successes. This makes you sound arrogant and look silly.

• Any specific job requirements that you have. This gives a perspective employer reasons not to hire you.

• Personal appeals to a perspective employer this makes you look silly.

• First person nouns such as I, or me. These make you look uneducated and unprofessional.

• Grammatical and spelling errors. These also make you look ignorant and amateur.

Try to keep the objective section of an administrative resume short, simple and easier to read. The shorter the objective is the more likely somebody will look at it.

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