9 out of 10 monkeys believe they are not behind glass

Resumes are a little like kung-fu.

You have to know your opponent (ie hiring manager) and you have to deliver the right blow concerning the circumstances.

Now there are 1 billion books on resume writing (that is rough guesstimate), and I know that there are 1.5 billion websites about each book and the relevant methods for writing the holy grail resume. You know the one that glows with undeniable awesomeness and literally melts the faces of the those that read it.

At least reading a resume book will make you think that such a potential resume exists.

They don’t.

Most resumes are like the card catalogs for a dewey decimal system. Handy when you need something in a pinch, but really just a waste of space and paper. True enough.

In my opinion resumes have two purposes for existing.

One, to get you noticed. Two, to convey the critical info fast.

If you can convey more about who you are vs what the heck you have done, I think the resume is the better for it.

And it may just glow. (A bit.)