Create A Professional IT Project Manager Resume

There's no doubt that the IT Project Manager job market is a competitive one. Busy recruiters and employers want to quickly sort the professional from the unprofessional, especially when some recruiters receive 20 plus resumes for one job. Perhaps you believe you have corrected all the spelling and tightened up all the grammar, but is your resume actually professional?

Give your resume a more professional feel with a few of the strategies below.

Know your numbers

Professionals are aware of the numbers associated with their career. Your resume should answer the following questions:

-What amount of projects have you worked on and what was their combined budgets?

-The total number of systems have you worked on and how critical to business operations were they?

-What number of products have you have helped to develop or maintain and was their budget?

Summarise your answers into powerful sentences on the first page of your resume.

Know your technical stuff

Each industry has its own lingo. The IT industry is no exception. Use lingo that your industry knows and is widely understood such as popular tools, widely used courses and global accreditations. When someone is reading your resume can they quickly and easily answer the following questions:

- Exactly what tools have you used?

- What techniques do you know?

- Which ones have you used?

- What methodologies are you trained in and which ones have you used?

Could you step up if you had to?

When describing each individual job in your career there is an important aspect you must write about. Challenges. Every job is different in that each one by nature has its own set of unique challenges. It's how you overcome challenges in your job that makes you a good choice for an employer. For every job listed in your resume you need to also identify the unique challenges you faced as well as what did you did to conquer them.

Are you management material

Does your resume lead people to believe you're management material? Whether you are going for a manager's job or not, it doesn't matter, the more you can display leadership the better. So how can you show your a leader? Through demonstration of decision making and management of people. Even if you haven't officially managed people, you need to show you interact well with others. Show you have taken the lead in certain scenarios, outline any times you made a decision on your own and display strong communication skills.

You know what you're doing

Your ability to understand business needs is critical in performing well in future jobs. In your IT Project Manager resume ensure that you show that you understand how a solution, project, or product impact the larger business targets. Describe what the benefit was.

List all and any professional experience

Forget the fact you coach the local baseball team, employers are simply interested in professional experience. List all your certifications, accreditations and courses. Just don't make these up however. Employers can check the with professional bodies that run these courses to see if you actually attended and passed. Use these guidelines to make your IT Project Manager resume more professional and really stand out.

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