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How to Make the Work Experience Section of Your Executive Resume Stand Out
Work experience, professional experience, work history, professional highlights…whatever you call this section of your resume, it is probably going to be one of the longer and more comprehensive sections. When you’re writing an executive resume, you have reached the point in your career where you have quite a bit to say about your career. Job titles, companies worked for, and your basic professional skills and accomplishments make it easy to fill two, or even three pages, of a resume for an executive-level position. Never mind adding in education sections, a branding statement, etc., etc.
But you know what? That doesn’t make you much different from any other applicant to an executive or C-suite level position. So you need to really think through what information you are putting in the work experience section of your executive resume and how you are presenting it. To make yourself stand out from your competition and impress your potential employer, here are a few tips you can implement when writing your executive resume.