Professional Recognition, Honors & Awards

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Professional Recognition, Honors & Awards

Professional Recognition can be an important aspect in landing a good job. Employers, hiring managers and recruiters want to know about these when they are significant and applicable to the job opening. It is important to include on your resume any appropriate recognitions, registrations, certifications, honors and awards. This is particularly important when the registration, certification, honor or award enhances your match to the requirements of a specific job opportunity. This information should be highlighted under a special heading near the bottom of the resume.

Some appropriate titles for this category could be “Professional Recognition” or “Honors & Awards” or “Professional Recognition, Honors & Awards.” Select the one that is best for your resume and include it at the bottom. Think about what you want to list here. This isn’t an afterthought. Remember, anything you list on your resume can and will be read by your future manager and you want to keep it professional.

Be organized in the presentation of your professional recognitions, honors and awards. List each item separately and concisely in bulleted format. Include the name of the registration, certification, honor and award followed by the name of the organization giving the award and the year the award was received. When necessary for clarification, it is ok to include a short description of the activity leading to the award, honor, certification or registration.

We hope you found these tips useful and that they will get you closer to finding that next career opportunity! Our next part in our 8 part series will be on “Other / Personal Interests.” I encourage you to provide your comments in the “Leave a Reply” box below.

This is the 7th in our 8 part series. Like us at https://www.facebook.com/Fulltimegigs for other recommendations that get your resume seen by the hiring manager.
Previous articles in this series include:

Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 1 of 8: Introduction
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 2 of 8: Resume Styles
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 3 of 8: Identification & Contact Information
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 4 of 8: Objective, Skills & Summary
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 5 of 8: Employment History
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 6 of 8: Education / Training
Resumes That Get Noticed – Part 7 of 8: Professional Recognition, Honors & Awards

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