Career Counseling: men and women use different words in resumes

Career Counseling: men and women use different words in a resume, with 90% of men using powerful proper nouns vs. 68% of women. Check what these top 10 words are in 4 sample industries – https://www.theladders.com/…/the-top-10-words-men-use-on-re…

Specific Resume Differences

Another article says: “…women tend to write much longer resumes. There is a huge difference between the average male resume with 414 words and female resumes with 745 words. That’s 80% more words than men, with only 19% of women’s resumes fitting onto one page in comparison to 61% of men.”

“But despite the longer resume, women tend to place less emphasis on specific details of previous jobs. They are more likely to write a detailed summary of their work as a whole, as opposed to describing each of their previous roles in detail.”

“Although they are including their job titles, they don’t tend to go into detail of each job and their achievements individually as men tend to. Men are also more likely to include a bulleted list of their work history, with 91% of male resumes in the study compared to just 36% of the women resumes.”

“It seems that women prefer to create an overall narrative of their entire professional career where men will give concrete examples of achievements regardless of it fitting into this narrative.”

Start with Credentials in a Resume

The same article adds: “The study found that women tend to include more personal achievements in their resumes than men, with women citing 7 distinctions while men include just 4. These distinctions include professional awards and prizes, or academic accolades. These achievements tend to date back even to the beginning of their career, where they might not be as relevant.”

“Men tend to stick to the traditional sections of a resume such as Professional Career, Skills and Education whereas 36% of women were seen including other sections such as personal achievements.”

“Both men and women equally included a personal section on interests, anything from hobbies to athletic achievements. Yet even in these sections, men generally limit the details to one line, whereas women tend to elaborate using three.”

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