ABSTRACT
It is a mistake to think of your résumé as a history of your past, as a personal statement or as some sort of self expression. Sure, most of the content of any résumé is focused on your job history. But write from the intention to create interest, to persuade the employer to call you. If you write with that goal, your final product will be very different than if you write to inform or catalog your job history. Most people write a résumé because everyone knows that you have to have one to get a job. They write their résumé grudgingly, to fulfill this obligation. Writing the résumé is only slightly above filling out income tax forms in the hierarchy of worldly delights. If you realize that a great résumé can be your ticket to getting exactly the job you want, you may be able to muster some genuine enthusiasm for creating a real masterpiece, rather than the feeble products most people turn out.
