What is a Resume?
A résumé is an essential marketing tool promoting your professional expertise. As you add to your skillset, training, and accomplishments, you should consistently update your résumé, ideally every six months, and have it readily accessible because you never know when a golden opportunity will present itself. The résumé can be the key to open the door to a holistically satisfying job and/or career that rewards both your financial needs and sense of self-worth....or not. The difference lies in how carefully it is planned and written. When well written, it is an appealing appetizer or amuse-bouche that will sufficiently whet the recruiter's interest, so they contact you to learn more. The main ingredients are: first, specific functions that they are looking for with enough spice that you don't seem bland or boring; and second, articulated accomplishments achieved while performing in your title that brings your presence and value to life. Since a résumé is not poster art, the content should capture their...