Chief executive officer resume examples from 2025
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How to write a chief executive officer resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in chief executive officer-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the chief executive officer position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a chief executive officer resume:
- Healthcare
- Patients
- Patient Care
- Customer Service
- Financial Management
- Oversight
- Business Development
- Human Resources
- Strategic Plan
- R
- Regulatory Compliance
- Strategic Partnerships
- Product Development
- Business Plan
- Payroll
- Medicaid
- Real Estate
- CMS
- Acute Care Hospital
- Financial Reports
- Risk Management
- Strategic Direction
- Professional Development
- Direct Reports
- Revenue Growth
- Patient Satisfaction
- Financial Performance
- PowerPoint
- Contract Negotiations
- Business Operations
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the chief executive officer.
How to write chief executive officer experience bullet points
Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.
- Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
- What were your responsibilities or goals?
- How did you accomplish them?
- Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )
Here are examples from great chief executive officer resumes:
Work history example #1
Executive Director
Prometric
- Created employee schedules and approved payroll.
- Streamlined processes and eliminated redundancies across all client-facing operating groups by defining vision, scope, policies, and procedures.
- Audited accounts in accordance with company policy and procedures.
- Managed and scheduled staff of 20, prepared payroll, and oversaw benefits administration.
- Performed bi-monthly data entry of tutor invoices in QuickBooks for the purpose of processing payroll.
Work history example #2
Director Of Social Services
HCR ManorCare
- Chaired the Ethics Committee for end-of-life issues and made referrals to area hospice agencies.
- Provided oversight for a 227 bed facility with a focus on admission and discharge planning.
- Provided tours of the facility to perspective patients and family members.
- Supervised social services department for 180 bed facility, developing effective company policies and procedures in support of agency missions.
- Maintained a working knowledge of all payer sources including Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance/Managed Care, and private pay.
Work history example #3
Assistant Controller
H-E-B
- Enhanced accounting controls and procedures over accounts payable and rent department.
- Supervised a staff of eight in the accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll departments.
- Supervised and coordinated activities of accounts payable and payroll departments.
- Ensured SOX and US GAAP compliance.
- Researched, prepared and updated all finance related memorandums per current PCAOB, SEC, AICPA and FASB publications and pronouncements.
Work history example #4
Assistant Controller
Dell
- Reviewed prepaid expense amortization entries, in compliance with GAAP.
- Performed annual risk assessment with business partners.
- Served as the team lead for client/enterprise finance and was responsible for training new team members in Taipei and Shanghai.
- Developed governance documentation around vendor funding and SOX.
- Conducted periodic review of financials and accounting processes for US GAAP compliance and reported any significant gaps requiring Management actions.
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Add an education section to your resume
- The highest degree you have achieved.
- TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
- TField of study
- TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Master's Degree in business
California State University - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
1998 - 1999
Highlight your chief executive officer certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your chief executive officer resume:
- Certified Manager Certification (CM)
- Certified Sales Professional (CSP)
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Professional Certified Marketer (PCM)
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare and Public Safety (BLS)
- Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
- Program Management Professional (PgMP)
- Certified Professional, Life and Health Insurance Program (CPLHI)
- IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL)