We believe that you should NOT put an objective on your resume for the following reasons:

1. The obvious objective for the resume is to get the interview, not the job.

2. When we ask numerous employers and human resource professionals if they read resume objectives, most say that they do (which we question in this "scanning" day of email and fax resumes). After reading the objectives, most misinterpret the meaning of the objective. Some are not specific or correct grammar is not used. This intensifies the misunderstanding. Others read between the lines and arrive at their own conclusions.

One of the most frequent conclusions we hear from managers, directors and supervisors is " They want my job! They wouldn't be happy with the position offered!" So many quality candidates have not even made the interview due to misinterpretation of the stated objective. So it is best to leave it off. Do not to use an objective to telegraph your goals. You can always discuss your goals at the interview where they can hear the inflections and see the body language to best understand your objective. Attitude, emotion and presence are the keys.

1 Corinthians 9:26-27
So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I am not like a boxer who misses his punches. (27) I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

2 Corinthians 10:13
But we will not boast of authority we do not have. Our goal is to stay within the boundaries of God's plan for us, and this plan includes our working there with you.

Philippians 3: 12
I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be.

By: Jeff Farmer, CCC
©Christian Employment Resource, 2000