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Date Submitted: 08/06/2011 01:30 AM
Resumes are easy to write and can be completed
quickly. This view has long been prevalent among those
who ignore their resumes until they begin an active job
search. The truth, however, is that writing an effective
resume requires both time and effort. Anyone can do it,
but it takes intensive self-assessment, careful preparation,
and detailed execution, often with several revisions to get
it right. The return on that investment is a resume that
serves you well in the job market and helps you manage
your career successfully.
Once written, your resume need not be updated or
tailored. Your resume is actually a living document. You
should constantly update and refine it to reflect your
growth and development in the workplace. Continued
refinement can help you gauge your career progress and
ensure that your record is always ready and available for
review, if an attractive opportunity becomes available.
Page count doesn’t matter. Unfortunately, it does.
Employers have limited time to review your resume and
limited space in which to store it. Therefore, keep your
resume to two pages, maximum, and use your objective
statement to focus on the information that best positions
you to compete for the kind of job you want.
To make sure that an employer correctly enters your
resume into a computerized management system (see
Chapter 1), print each page on a separate sheet of paper,
rather than on both sides of a single sheet.
The best resume identifies your previous responsibilities.
Employers are less interested in responsibilities
than in work accomplished — what you did and how
well you did it in previous jobs. Therefore, use action
verbs to describe the tasks you performed, the actions
you took, and the achievements you accomplished. For
example, “Performed daily audits of all accounts payable
activities. Corrected errors and updated records to ensure