How to Build a Strong SeyCareers Profile

Your SeyCareers profile gives employers information about your experience, qualifications and skills when they are looking for potential candidates. A complete and accurate profile makes it easier for employers to understand your background and assess whether your experience is relevant to their vacancies.

Why Profile Completeness Matters

Complete the sections relevant to your background, including your professional summary, work experience, qualifications and skills. Missing or outdated information can make it harder for employers to understand your experience or identify relevant skills.

Quick Tip: Set aside enough time to complete your profile properly, then review it when your experience changes.

Building a Strong Professional Summary

Your professional summary should quickly explain who you are professionally, what experience you have and where relevant, the type of opportunity you are seeking.

• Weak: "Looking for new opportunities."
  
• Stronger: "Administrative Assistant with three years' experience supporting operations for a logistics company in Victoria, seeking a role with greater responsibility in supplier coordination."
  

Keep it specific and concise. Avoid generic statements that could apply to almost anyone.

Work Experience: Make Every Role Count

List your experience in reverse chronological order and describe what you actually did in each role.

Where relevant:

• Explain your main responsibilities.
  
• Highlight achievements or results.
  
• Include useful figures, such as team size or work volumes, where they provide meaningful context.
  
• Focus on experience relevant to the types of roles you are seeking.
  

Example: "Managed front desk operations, handling an average of 60 check-ins daily and resolving guest queries."

This provides more useful information than simply stating that you worked at a hotel reception desk.

Adding Academic and Professional Qualifications

Include qualifications that are relevant to your background and career.

Where appropriate, provide:

• Qualification or certification
  
• Institution or awarding body
  
• Date or year

This information can be particularly important for roles where specific qualifications, registrations or certifications are required.

Listing Relevant Skills

Include skills you can genuinely demonstrate through your experience, training or qualifications.

These may include technical skills, software, equipment, professional knowledge and practical abilities, as well as relevant skills such as customer service, communication, organisation or team leadership.

Avoid adding skills simply because they appear frequently in job advertisements. Your profile should accurately represent what you can do.

Your CV Within Your Profile

Your SeyCareers profile and CV serve different purposes.

Your profile gives employers a convenient overview of your background, while your CV provides a more detailed account of your experience and achievements.

Make sure the important information is consistent between the two. Job titles, employment dates, qualifications and other key details should not contradict each other.

Practical Tip: Keep your profile up to date. When you make changes to your experience, qualifications or skills, you can generate an updated CV from your SeyCareers profile when needed.

Common Mistakes That Weaken a Profile

• Leaving relevant sections incomplete: Important information about your experience may be missing.
  
• Generic information: Avoid vague descriptions that do not tell employers what you actually offer.
  
• Outdated information: Review your profile when your circumstances or experience change.