How to Write a Masterpiece Resume

Why You Need a Resume
Impressing the Employer
Think Before You Write
Basic Resume Formats: Anatomy of a Resume
Make Your Resume Stand Out
Questions A Pro Would Ask You

This online guide presents the basic principles of writing powerful and effective resumes. It will not answer all your questions or guide you completely through this complex subject. It would take a full-length book to get across everything important. A great resume does not necessarily follow the rules that you hear through the grapevine. It does not have to be one page or follow some special format. Every resume is a one of a kind communication. It should be appropriate to your situation and do exactly what you want it to do. Instead of a bunch of rules and tips, we are going to cut to the chase in this brief guide and offer you the most basic principles of writing a highly effective resume.

Who are we to be telling you how to write your resume? As part of our career consulting practice, we wrote and produced resumes for several Fortune 500 C.E.O.s, senior members of the last few presidential administrations, and leaders in nearly every field of endeavor. We also wrote resumes for young people just starting out. We were, and still are committed to offering the best career services on the planet. We have not employed resume writers for several years. If you are trying to decide what to do with your life, we can help you. That is our one and only specialty. But please, don't ask us to write your resume. We offer this resume-writing guide to you because most of the resume books out there are so primitive.

This guide is especially for people looking for a job in the United States. In the US, the rules of job hunting are much more relaxed than they are in most of Europe and Asia. You can do a lot more active personal marketing here. In Europe, Asia as well as those in the US seeking jobs in some professions, such as law, academia and highly technical engineering and computer fields, you will have to tone down our advice a few notches and follow the traditional, conservative format accepted in your field. But even when your presentation must fit a narrow set of rules, you can still use the principles we will present to make your presentation more effective than your competition.

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