Addressing Executive Qualifications in a Resume
Unlike other resumes you may have prepared, a well-written resume prepared in response to a Resume-based vacancy announcement for an SES position will show readers that you possess the ECQs and give information about your accomplishments.
Follow the instructions in the vacancy announcement carefully when preparing your resume:
- Reflect on the ECQs and think about how your past experiences and education relate to each ECQ.
- Read the vacancy announcement carefully.
- If you previously prepared ECQ statements, do not insert or append the statements to your resume.
- Adhere to any page limitations that may be noted in the vacancy announcement. Its generally best to keep your resume page length at no more than 5 pages.
- Spell out all acronyms.
- Quantify your accomplishments.
Candidates should keep the ECQs in mind as they write their resumes but it is not necessary or even advisable to annotate the resume with Leading Change, Leading People, Results Driven, Business Acumen, or Building Coalitions. However, for purposes of illustration, these five phrases appear throughout the example to show possession of the ECQs.
