Resume Writing 101

Layoff notices are rolling through Wall Street, and for many folks it will be the first time they have dusted off the resume in quite some time.

The are more opinions on resume writing than there are stocks on the NYSE, but CFO Magazine has their own take on things, offering up six traps recruiters claim will send you directly to the circular file...ie. the wastebasket.

Of course, resumes are not like blogs in one important aspect:

“I hate personal opinion in a résumé,” says I.H. “Chip” Clothier, managing partner of HFC Executive Search, who happily doesn’t have the same problem with comments to a reporter. The fault is epitomized for Williams in the cover letter that starts: “I’m the one you’re looking for” or “I’m the answer to a recruiter’s prayer.” Nightmare is more like it.

Call it the Jack Webb rule, named for the most famous line uttered by the actor’s “Dragnet” detective, Joe Friday: “Just the facts, Ma’am.”

Third Rails for Resume Writing
CFO.com

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