Do You Have a Powerful Headline for Your Resumes and Online Profiles?

Headlines sell. They convince hiring managers and recruiters that reading your resume is worth their time. ~ Jaywren.

Stick to the names of people, places, things, or ideas. Add action words: increased, doubled, succeeded. Skip opinion words: excellent, outstanding, experienced.

Examples Of Powerful Headlines

Here are powerful resume headlines that can help you stand out:

• Dynamic Marketing Professional with 10 Years of Experience in Digital Strategy
• Innovative Software Engineer with Expertise in AI and Machine Learning Results-Driven Sales Manager with Proven Success in B2B and B2C Markets
• Skilled Project Manager Specializing in Agile Methodologies Creative Graphic Designer with a Passion for Visual Storytelling
• Experienced Financial Analyst with Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Customer Service Specialist Dedicated to Enhancing Client Satisfaction HR
• Professional with Expertise in Talent Acquisition and Employee
• Development Seasoned Public Relations Expert with a Track Record of Media Success
• Tech-Savvy IT Support Specialist Known for Delivering Exceptional Service

Feel free to adjust these headlines to better fit your unique skills and experiences! If you have any specific roles or industries in mind, I can help tailor the headlines even further.

Powerful headlines serve several purposes.

• Catch a person’s attention in a way that the person reads your content.
• Create a memorable impression in the reader’s mind.
• Show a match between your experience and the job you are seeking.
• Provide extra keywords that you pull your resume up in Internet and database searches.
• Help you target a specific job.
• A tipping point in a hiring manager’s decision to read your resume.

Shorten Your Resume to Make It More Powerful

In some cases, instead of a headline, job seekers write a summary of experience or statements of objectives at the beginning of a resume. The wording of a resume title or headline is shorter and more directly different than a paragraph to state an objective or summary. In general, I discourage people from stating a summary of any type. Overloading the opening of a resume with a summary of experience or a summary of objectives can bog readers down before they get to the vital information in a resume.

The Benefits of Powerful Resume Headlines

By carefully wording your resume titles, your resume will come up in database searches and will catch the eye of recruiters as they review resume files.

For example, a job description might have the title “Consumer Products Brand Manager.”  Just copy and paste that title in your resume title.

Sentence Fragment

A powerful professional headline is not a sentence. The headline is a list of keywords. For example, instead of writing “I am a best-selling author,” simply state “2-time bestselling author.”

You can use a statement of your skills and qualifications like the way you would in a resume. However, to restate the point, as in resumes, your statement is not a sentence. For example, just your title might create a powerful headline. “Chief Executive Officer of [Name of Company]. ”

Memorable, Consistent, and Unique

For example, the LinkedIn headline I chose is a catchphrase. It seems like you might be looking for help with grammar in the text you provided. Could you please clarify what specific aspects of grammar you want assistance with? Whether it is correcting errors, improving sentence structure, or anything else, I am here to help characteristic of my business. I have used this phrase for over thirty years as a recruiter.

The phrase was an effective icebreaker. Over time, I found that new recruits had heard of me, not only for my reputation as a recruiter, but because of the headline I consistently associated with my name.

Keywords:

A headline is more powerful when you list professional keywords characteristic of your experience. For example, a list of keyword hard skills helps the hiring manager to see you are qualified for a job:

Mobile Developer, Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and C++
Plumber,

Assignment Specific:

You may want to include keywords that are timely to your current objectives: Job Seeker, Now Hiring, Available Now, Unemployed.

For job seekers, the title you select should reflect the experience that you have which qualifies you for a job. There are a couple of ways to find good resume titles. One is to do Internet searches based on your experience and select the most appropriate titles that appear in the search results. Another way is to take the title of the position from a job description and title you resume with the same wording. This method is effective for targeting a position.