ABSTRACT
“I let my résumé languish after landing a cushy government job, figuring I wouldn’t need to worry about it for a while. Then one day I see the perfect job advertised and realized that the last entry in my résumé was over three years ago! I quickly learned that updating a résumé after years of neglect is an incredibly difficult and time-consuming job that is better done in small pieces. Update your résumé as you gain new experiences or you’ll end up trying to remember what you were doing three years ago—a difficult task on the best of days.”
