What does your resume say about you? Sure, listing your skills and abilities is helpful, but would you like to know what REALLY gets attention? Accomplishments. Accomplishments show others what you are capable of doing.

A real estate agent resume has to focus on what you have done well in the past. It must focus on successful sales, outstanding communication, fast results and more! Buyers and sellers want to know what has made you successful in the past. It is commonly believed that if you have done well in the past, you will continue to do well in the future. So, you have to show them what you have done in order to convince them of what you can do for them.

Here are two things you must do well in order to impress new clients with your resume.

First, when a person or family is interested in selling their home, they are looking for someone who can sell it quickly and for a great price. If you want them to hire you to sell their house, then you have to show them how you can do the job better than anyone else. Competition is stiff and you have to make it very clear that you will do more for them than anyone else.

How do you accomplish this?

You must focus on your knowledge of the neighborhood and the market factors that affect the sales of homes in the local area. Know your stuff. If you can convince a home seller of this, then you will win their trust and get their business.

Second, when working with buyers, listening is essential. You have to understand what your buyers are looking for. When you can keep the home buyer's needs first and foremost in your mind, you will be more likely to provide the kind of service to them that they deserve and will applaud. Focus on each buyer individually and ask a lot of questions about what their needs really are, then listen to their answers.

How do you convey all of this on a resume?

Don't think of your resume as a single piece of paper. Use a number of different resume-type pieces to clarify your accomplishments, skills, awards and successes working with clients.

The key is to show, rather than tell. Testimonials are outstanding for this. If you can get past clients to write a brief note detailing their experience with you, you will have a much better chance of convincing new clients to work with you.

A real estate agent resume should always include these items:

1. a resume detailing your experience and education (like a "real" resume)
2. an array of testimonials from past clients
3. a list of accomplishments, awards, goals reached, sales figures achieved

A real estate agent resume is made up of several marketing pieces all of which are designed to attract new clients. You can guarantee your success by ensuring your real estate agent resume and other marketing pieces are very professional.

Buyers and sellers need outstanding real estate agents to help them through the process of buying and selling a home. Show them how you can do it better than anyone else and you will be successful.

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Carla Vaughan

Carla Vaughan began her journey into the field of Career Planning and Human Resources while working toward her degree in business at Southern Illinois University. Her newest book, "How To Write a Resume" is in it's final stages and will be available on her web site "Professional-Resume-Example.com" very soon.

Carla also writes for several other web sites and enjoys creating individualized articles for specific needs.

In their home in Rockwall, TX, Carla and her family focus on three things which have brought them many blessings: faith, family and friends. Everything else comes after those three things. Carla believes that "When you have your priorities right, everything in life become has value, love has a deeper meaning and we all have hope in a better future."