New Resume Tools to Help You Find What Fits

Choosing what belongs on a resume takes thought. Rocket Resume’s new tool pages give you a place to start with skills, summaries, certifications, and accomplishments from the Rocket Resume builder. Each page helps you explore resume suggestions.

Search a job or several jobs, then filter the list to find suggestions you want to keep. Save any suggestion as you browse. When you’re ready to write, open Build My Resume to use your saved suggestions in the builder for free. They’ll be there, ready to add while you write.

Skills to put on a resume

The Skills to put on a resume tool shows suggested skills for the jobs you search. Read through them with your experience in mind. Which have you used? Which could you explain with an example from your own work?

You can browse by industry and the most searched jobs, too. If a related job fits your background, add it to your search and review its suggestions. Save the skills that describe what you can do. Leave out anything you don’t have experience with, even if it appears for a job you want.

Resume summary examples

A summary asks you to decide what to say about your background. Resume summary examples gives you suggested summaries for the jobs you search, so you have examples to consider as you make that choice.

Read each suggestion for what it says about the person behind the resume. Does it describe your experience? Is it something you want an employer to know about you? Save an example you want to work with, then adapt it in the builder. Check each detail against your background before you add it.

Certifications on a resume

The Certifications on a resume tool lets you review suggested certifications for a job. You can filter the list, browse by industry, or add related jobs to see their suggestions.

Keep the distinction between a suggestion and a credential you hold. A certification appearing in the results doesn’t mean it belongs on your resume. List only certifications you hold that are current. If a suggestion matches one of those certifications, save it. It will be ready to add in the builder when you reach that part of your resume.

Accomplishments for a resume

Start with work you’ve actually done. Accomplishments for a resume offers suggestions for the jobs you search. Look for examples that reflect work you’ve done, and save the ones you want to consider.

Some suggestions contain blanks such as [Number] or [Percentage]. Fill them with real details from your experience. Use real numbers only, and never invent results to make a suggestion fit. Check the finished example, too: it should describe your contribution accurately.

You don’t need to use every suggestion you save. When you’re writing in the builder, choose the ones that fit your experience and what you want to say.