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How to Write a Strong Professional Summary

Three or four lines that position you for the role you want, instead of describing the job you have.

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What belongs in it

Your professional identity, your level and scope, the domains you know, and the direction you are heading. Specific, checkable, no adjectives doing the work.

What to leave out

"Results-driven team player with a passion for excellence" is invisible to a reader. Remove anything that would be true of any applicant.

Your Experience Deserves to Be Presented Professionally.

Take the next step with career documentation designed to communicate your experience, strengths and professional direction clearly.