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Sample Career Objective

If you're looking for a sample career objective, this page will cover some sample career objective examples to get you started.

Career Objective Guidelines
If you'd prefer to start by reading more information on guidelines for writing your career objective, first check out this link for some tips and suggestions that might interest you.

Writing Your Career Objective
If you'd prefer to start by reading more information on writing and structuring your career objective, I'll show you how to write your career objective first with some tips and suggestions that might interest you.

You want your objective to stand out especially if your cover letter and/or resume are only being skimmed and not actually read thoroughly by a hiring manager.

If that's the case, you want a powerful opening that causes them to take notice and forces them to keep reading and see the value of interviewing you.

Samples

Here are some powerful sample career objectives that help you get noticed.

Entry Level

  • Seeking an entry-level position in marketing utilizing my strong analytical and communication skills combined with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing.

  • Recent college graduate with a Diploma in Engineering seeks an entry-level position in civil engineering.

  • Recent university graduate seeking an internship with an online media company who can utilize my developed skills in communications and multimedia design.


    • Experienced

  • With an extensive 12-year background in telecommunications, I am seeking a position in direct marketing with an established telco.

  • Sales Manager offering 5 years of corporate experience in the utilities sector with a track record of producing increased department profitability by an average of 11% annually.

  • With 10 years of extensive management experience in the oil industry, seeking a Senior Petrophysicist position which will allow me to utilize my experiences to mentor and train my team.

  • To secure a business development position leveraging strong customer service and relationship building skills while utilizing over 11 years of business experience including 7 years of overachieving sales quotas.

  • Seasoned manager offering 20 years of progressive experience in functional staff management and consistent staff retention.

    • Functional Career Objective

    You might also consider using a variation of a career objective to help the reader of your resume understand immediately what sort of job you're looking for and to recognize your skillset right away:

    Sales Manager


    Senior sales professional with 10 years of over achieving sales quotas even during economic downturns. Over 4 years of functional staff management experience with consistent staff retention. International MBA combined with ongoing sales training.

    or


    Senior Software Developer


    Award-winning senior software developer experienced in object-oriented programming languages and staff mentoring. Project management experience involving multi-million dollar financial applications for banking and mutual fund trading systems.

    Obviously you can tailor these to suit your own requirements.

    Don't let this very short list of sample career objectives limit you when putting your career objective together. Using a Career Objective is a personal decision but many employers do expect to see one on your resume.

    Depending on the situation you might use a career objective that leaves out a specific reference to a job title.

    Depending on your writing style, you may choose to use possessives like "I" and "My" to illustrate your point. You may also choose to leave out any possessives as in example 2.

    Try to stay away from relatively vague terms that don't really say much. Be specific but brief.

    Remember to make it punchy and interesting, specific to your situation and one that shows what you will do for the employer, not the other way around.



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