Your resume is the most financially important document you will ever own: when your resume works, you work; when it doesn’t, you don’t.
It’s the primary branding tool to introduce yourself to your professional world, and properly fashioned, it ensures that prospective employers and future colleagues see you as you want to be seen.
Slack off on your resume and you can say goodbye to that new job and career success.
No one likes writing a resume, but it’s an essential part of defining a commodity that your professional world is eager to embrace.
When it comes to a job search, you are a commodity, and your resume is the styling and packaging that sells the product.
This is critical in a world where your resume all too often disappears into resume databases with millions of others.
When recruiters do find it, your resume will get a scan lasting five to forty-five seconds, and if a clearly defined and relevant brand doesn’t jump out, they’ll move on to the next one.
Your resume should resonate with recruiters on that first scan and also on deeper, more careful readings.
Remember: Managers hate to interview; they just want to find and hire someone who gets the job, so they can get back to work.
Your resume should convince hiring managers that you are a competent professional who gets the job.
