Hi,A resume headline offers a job seeker the opportunity to shine. A well-formed headline will get your resume placed on top of the pile not stuffed somewhere in the middle. The easy part of designing a resume is filling in details like employment history & edu. What makes resumes stand out is the design.
There are some examples that will help you with the resume Headline for any field:
1-Background:(a) Job seeker with 15 Years of Customer Service Experience
(b)Let my 10 years of Banking Experience Work for You
(c)Senior Accountant with CPA Certification and 20 Years of Experience
(d)Management Experience and a Desire to Work for the Best
(e)25 Years as a Police Officer Make Me the Right Security Specialist for You
2- Personal Characteristics:(a) Well-Organized and Hard-Working Individual
(b)Not One Sick Day in 10 Years of Employment
(c)The Army Taught Me the Importance of Loyalty
3-Skills: (a)Certified in C+, ASP and LAN Administration
(b)Server with Training in Fine Dining
(c)Accountant Who Knows Peachtree, Quicken and QuickBooks
(d)Sales Manager Fluent in Excel and Microsoft Access.
Having resume title can be good thing or bad thing depending upon what you wish to do in your career and what is your skill level.
If you are quite focused and think you have above than average skills in your self for a particular function and you are willing to sacrifice everything else then go for a specific title - say Java proficient fresh B.Tech Looking for opportunity
Issues with this approach is that if you hit a company which is looking exactly what you have you will get a hit rate of 100% .
However if you are like most of us who are open for any job or not very clear about your career path (dont worry most of us are not very clear about it anyways), having a very specific resume title can be dangerous .. just highlight your skill / achievement ( if you have) and talk of function or just leave it --- Batch topper from XXX univ looking for marketing role
Engg graduate looking for programming opportunities
All round professional fresh graduate looking to start his career. :)
