{"id":180,"date":"2015-04-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/career-advice\/writing-your-resume-objective\/"},"modified":"2019-09-21T07:55:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T14:55:02","slug":"writing-your-resume-objective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/writing-your-resume-objective\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Your Resume Objective"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’ve probably heard a million times that employers only spend 30 seconds looking at your resume<\/a>. Help get their attention by writing a targeted objective!<\/p>\n

Know as a career objective or professional objective, this section of your resume comes right after your personal contact information. It’s one of the first things an employer sees. So, if you write an objective that shows a clear link between the job and your skills, you’ll help employers<\/a> see you as a viable candidate.<\/p>\n

Your career objective should state your desired position and the employers\u2019 needs. It should include job- and skill-related ‘action words’. It should also include the kind of employer you seek and the skills you want to apply.<\/p>\n

Don’t say what you want to gain from the employer or the position. You want to keep the employer focused on what you can do for them.<\/p>\n

Below, you can read some sample objectives:<\/p>\n