In my opinion, building a resume is more art than science because everyone’s experience is different but there are certain rules that if you follow can get you close to perfection if you play your cards right.

An sdr role is a very entry level role into the sales space. You don’t need much, but you do need certain things to be highlighted in your resume because these are the traits companies look for when they are looking for someone.

They are looking to see if:

• You are a team player
• You are a hard worker
• You are teachable
• You are adaptable
• You can handle pressure

These are the things that they are looking for especially when it comes to sdr roles. Fortunately if you don’t have any experience and you are fresh out of college. Sports can provide most of it.

Combine those last year’s projects into it and you are ready to go. In Pakistan the story is a little different. You need at least 6 months of call center experience and there are a lot of call centers that will give you a job. I’ll talk about those in another post.

Rules To Keep In Mind

Keep these rules in mind when it comes to resumes. It makes things a lot simpler to read and comprehend and your goal is to make it so simple the recruiter can get everything after just one skim.

• Keep it 1 page long
• Never put picture in the resume
• No flashy designs
• Talk about results not facts
• Every line should fight for its place

Do these and you are good to go. Now let’s dive into how you should structure your resume for the maximum results

How To Structure Your Resume

Keep one thing in mind. Simple is perfect. You want to make the resume as easy as possible for the recruiter or manager to read. Every space in your resume should fight for its place. 

This is what the structure should look like:

• Name and contact at the top
• Followed by a professional summery
• Key skills (ATS Optimized)
• Professional Experience
• Education

No matter what you do, just keep this structure in mind. This is the structure that got me accepted into podium, touchstone, and Brightwheel. It works

A recruiter will look at your name, then what you do, the skills you are good at, the experiences you gathered over the years, and then your educational background

1) Name And Contact At The Top

Here is what it should look like. I built my resume in google docs, that should give you the idea how simple I went with things.

This is how my resume starts.

2) Professional Summery

Just copy this and adjust accordingly. The purpose of this section is to give the reader an Idea who you are? What results do you bring? And check whether you are team player, hard worker, and teachable.

3) Key Skills

This is the part that you need to change according to the job you are applying for. If you are applying for an sdr role then these are the keywords that should be in your key skills section.

I’m currently looking to change mine to Customer Support so there are some key skills that are more for Support roles but these are pretty similar so it works for sdr roles as well.

3) Professional Experience

Don’t talk about what you did there and what your role was about. Talk about the results. 

If you don’t have previous experience then talk about the internship or the project you worked on. Make sure you highlight leadership skills, problem solving, and how an action you took that resulted in some improvement.

No facts, results. 

Remember that.

3) Education

Well, this is pretty self explanatory. Your education doesn’t really matter. Sales is a result based industry so it makes sense to put it at the end of the resume.

Conclusion

That is it folks. We discussed how you can build a resume from the ground up, what rules to keep in mind, what structure to follow and where to put what in order to get the most out of your space.

If you have any questions or want a 1 on1 session, send me a message at LinkedIn. I’ll be more than happy to guide you in the right direction.