ACCOUNTING RESUME TIPS

The Accounting resume must go ahead and highlight your accounting related experience, skills and education that will help you to outshine the others. As soon as the employer glances at your resume they should be able to form a mental picture of your expertise and experience in the accounting field and with the right skills and abilities.

What you should do before you sit down to pen your accounting resume. Firstly, research about all the alternatives that are available to you where the accounting field is concerned and what interests you. Secondly, organize your ideas into the chronological order in which you would want them to appear in your resume. Thirdly, you could go ahead and look at some sample resumes to get a fair idea and then narrow down on the one that you feel fits you the best. Lastly, avoid using I throughout the resume. Be careful to note that not all sentences begin with I because that will show to your employer that you haven’t used too much variety in your language and you weren’t much of a team player.

See that you use keywords to your best advantage and they are related extensively to the accounting world. Always use action words to describe the skill sets that you will bring along with you. Action verbs are able to add the right amount of punch to your resume.

Let us enumerate a few action verbs that you could use. They are:

Analyze, arrange, assemble, build, collect, complete, control, coordinate, develop, direct, demonstrate, establish and so forth.

See that you begin the sentences in the resume with these kinds of action verbs. They will make your sentences crisper and precise. At the same time they will immediately let the employer know what was your contribution was without mincing any words.

The accounting resume just like the others has to have the right amount of description which covers all of your relevant skills and abilities, the educational qualifications specific to that role, and the experience where you have been able to pick up these skills. What you put in your accounting resume will ultimately determine how many interview calls you get.

The more specific you make the resume the better it is for you. For example if you write,‘ Maintained the books of accounts’ versus a more effective one of ‘ Maintained the books of accounts of the high-end customers for the branch as well as served as their relationship manager. This will give the specific details and at the same time talk about the value-add that you could do.

Try and use vocabulary that covers management terms. These could be words such as optimized, increased productivity, cut costs, ensured effectiveness, marketability, customized and so forth. Hence the choice of your words is equally important.
 
See to it that your wording is always positive. Instead of saying assigned work to the junior reporting to me word it as mentored the juniors who were assigned to me.

Also make a note that you use as many accounting related words as possible. These keywords and skills headings have to be appropriate. Check whether you have these terms in your resume e.g. billing and collections, balance sheets, status reports, supervision of accounts and management of key customer’s accounts.