Recruiter wants to see these words on your resume

Mon, 03/09/2020 - 21:51

Anonymous

Sword was the sharpest weapon invented....before they saw the power of pen.

A notable difference between a good resume and an outstanding one is the usage of impact words. Words have meaning and power. Words can make or break a relationship. Similarly, your choice of words in your resume could open or shut the interview door for you. Therefore, it is recommended to use words that make an impact on the mind of the reader. If you could manage to communicate your contributions well, interview call is almost guaranteed. Most of the recruiters love these words while hiring finance professionals and if you use these words, the recruiter can’t ignore you.

So without further ado, let’s look at some of the words that you can use in your resume.

Impactful word	How to use the word to make an impact
Accomplished	Journal booking with zero error over the last 24 months.
Collaborated	With multiple departments to implement a project that saved 10 hours a month.
Drove	Automation in my current process leading to saving of 1 FTE per annum.
Eliminated	Unnecessary steps in the process to save 1 FTE worth of work.
Engineered	The process to have better control over the quality of data.
Contributed	Several ideas to company management, one of which was implemented that brought $50,000 annual cost savings.
Deployed	Business process automation software across three entities.
Developed	A solution to eliminate sub-ledger to ledger break, this led to an annual saving of 500 hours.
Partnered	With another department to impart training on the importance of controls in the process.
Identified	The root cause for material misstatements and suggested a fix.
Integrated	2 data warehouses that saved $ 5,000 on annual maintenance.
Simplified	RWA reporting process by 4 hours.
Spearheaded	Team of 6 individuals responsible for the accounting of US entities.
Supported	APAC accounting team in the absence of a team member.
Fostered	An environment of innovation and growth by leading from the front.
Trained	5 new joiners in the team.
Handled	Bank compliance for the organization.
Build	Relationship with bank officers that facilitated smooth transactions.
Undertook	A challenging project to complete documentation of the process in 10 days.
Illustrated	Processes of entire finance function with the help of process maps built in MS Visio.
Persuaded	Management team to eliminate a couple of redundant processes.

What do you think of this post? Let me know your opinion, feedback, questions. If you have any other words to add to the list, please free to comment. I may feature it on the list.

By the way, this is not an exhaustive list of words that you can use. There could be more words. However, you don’t have to search for them. I will keep updating this page as I find them. So bookmark this page for your future references. For now, you can use these words and get started.I hope this list gives you an indication of words to use. If you notice, the popular words such as ‘responsible’ or ‘communicator’ are not part of powerful words. This is because these words are overused and are pretty much part of most of the resume. Recruiters are so tired to see these words that nowadays they don’t prefer to read the entire line.