Product manager resume guide

A good, well-written resume is essential for everyone. Whether you are a product manager or a medical assistant or whatsoever; your resume is your weapon. As a product manager, you know the power of proper advertisement. You understand the need for marketing a product, in order to make it attractive for the audience. Likewise, you need to sell your skills and experience to gain a job position too. It won’t happen on its own, and if you have not received a single interview call till yet, then you need to pay attention to your CV. You are missing something which makes your resume sit in the pile of rejected ones, each time.

Creation of Resume:

As a product manager, consider your CV to be an innovation. You are fighting to create something outstanding. Your resume is your single opportunity to showcase your skills and experiences in a unique and magnetizing way. So how can you make the best one? Here is a simple and easy framework that can help you in crafting an incredible product manager resume.

1. Self-reflection:

You need to understand your value so that you can offer it to a company. Reflect upon yourself and create a list of skills and experiences. However, there is a lot more to dig into than just this list. Your skills and experience sections are not the only things that the hiring manager peeks into right away. So you need to be more specific about why you are the best. Self-reflection helps you find something unique about yourself and that one element needs to be written nicely, in your CV summary. What do you have to offer that a lot of other candidates don’t? You obviously put these things in skills section too but this a significant step to create an excellent summary.

2. Research:

The biggest mistake that a lot of candidates make is that they send their CV to multiple companies in a go. This is where they lose the spark in their resume. We cannot stress enough on research. Before you apply for a job, read through the position description. What is the company looking for? What is the company’s reputation in the market at the time being? Does the skill set that they require, correlate with your skills? Do you think you will be able to fulfil their goals? Research thoroughly before sending in your CV. And then optimize your resume according to the company. Once you do that, you will notice that your resume will get way more attractive, for that particular job position than it was earlier. Never underestimate the power of proper research.

3. Make a Draft:

Never make a resume in a rush. You are going to get it all wrong. Once you have your rough sketch of an objective summary and a list of skills and experiences lined up, and you have done your research too; you need to make a draft! Write it all down and then choose your layout and type of resume format that you will follow. Just make a rough draft of how everything will be. Your first attempt is never your final CV.

4. Proofread:

Editing is crucial. Once you have created a draft, you go through it again and again. You will see that there will be several typo issues which you never noticed. Make sure that your CV is clear of all grammatical and spelling errors. This leaves a feeble impression on the hiring manager. Therefore, proofreading can really be helpful and is essential too.

FINAL VERDICT:

Never try to make a resume within an hour or 30 minutes. It is a time taking process, and you need to give it your proper time. Write down everything that comes to your mind and then do your research about the company you are applying to. You need to make sure that their objectives and your skills are correlating. You do not want to land in a job where you are unable to be efficient. Also, be honest throughout the resume. Every tiny detail is checked, and you don’t want to fool the recruiter because it won’t work. Proofread at the end (as many times as you can). And we hope that you will craft a CV that is worth gaining the recruiter’s attention.