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If you are worried that the career you are searching may not be right for you, or if you are not completely sure what job you are seeking, you have a greater problem than just writing a great resume. You are handing over your future to chance and accident. How you can I show if it is right for me? If you are changing to a job that is pretty much the same as your current or latest job, it is not too difficult to assess whether or not you need to just make a job change or consider a new career route. The big question is: how much do or did you enjoy the actual work? If you liked the work itself but were not satisfied with the boss or the pay or other components of the job, you may just need to find a new job - a job where you can keep doing the same thing in a different setting. If the work itself was lifeless, routine, uninteresting, tough, frustrating, or if you did not feel fully challanged by it, you may need to make a change in your career direction. If you are seeking a job t...

The resume is visually enticing, a work of art.  Simple clean structure. Very easy to read. Symmetrical. Balanced. Uncrowded. As much white space between sections of writing as possible; sections of writing that are no longer than six lines, and shorter if possible. There is uniformity and consistency in the use of italics, capital letters, bullets, boldface, and underlining.  Absolute parallelism in design decisions. For example, if a period is at the end of one job's dates, a period should be at the end of all jobs' dates; if one degree is in boldface, all degrees should be in boldface. As mentioned above, the resume's first impression is most important. It should be exceptionally visually appealing, to be inviting to the reader. Remember to think of the resume as an advertisement. There are absolutely no errors.  No typographical errors. No spelling errors. No grammar, syntax, or punctuation errors. No errors of fact. All the basic, expected information is i...

Most resumes are not much more than a collection of "evidence," various facts about your past. By evidence, we mean all the mandatory information you must include on your resume: work history with descriptions, dates, education, affiliations, list of software mastered, etc. If you put this toward the top of your resume, anyone reading it will feel like they are reading an income tax form. Let's face it, this stuff is boring no matter how extraordinary you are. All this evidence is best placed in the second half of the resume. Put the hot stuff in the beginning, and all this less exciting information afterward. We divided the resume into a "hot" assertions section, and a more staid "evidence" section for the sake of communicating that a great resume is not information but advertising. A great resume is all one big assertions section. In other words, every single word, even the basic facts about your history, are crafted to have the desired effect,...