Many people who need a resume and need it now opt for short cuts and blow the whole thing.

Let's look at 3 of the deadliest resume mistakes and misunderstandings and move into what you should do instead.

Mistake #1: Thinking the resume is all about you when it is actually all about the employer's needs. You list all your Objectives not realizing the employer is not at all interested in what you want. You fill your resume with "glittering generalities" about how great you are. Quick on your feet. Go-to person. Team player. Sound all too familiar? Because it is.

What to do instead: Peppering your resume with specific skills and abilities is critical (beneficial) to the prospective employer. If you are paid 70k annually, in 10 years, minimum, it's a 700,000k decision. The employer wants to know about your results, achievements, accomplishments, fluency, proven skills, and abilities that match her needs. She is not interested in what you think about you.

Mistake #2: Being a slave to a one-page-10pt-font-resume. There is too much evidence (proof) that two or even three-page resumes are totally acceptable. One page resumes are expected from recent graduates, not from mature candidates. One page resumes diminish you in the eyes of recruiters.

What to do instead: Give yourself permission to write a two page resume. Yes, let the reader know who you are, but as you put the resume together use the language of the job posting or listing to make it clear your accomplishments, background, skills, and education match the needs of the job. For every accomplishment say what action you took to solve a problem, big or small, and results achieved in terms of numbers, dollars, percents, and how fast you worked.

Mistake #3: Believing the only tool (option) you have available is a resume. Burned by "inaccuracies," many employers refuse to read resumes because they don't trust their content. Then what? You scramble for alternatives.

What to do instead: Good news. You write a foundational resume, but now, using third person, draft a tightly written one page biographical sketch based on your resume. Look at author bios on book dust jackets, one page biographical sketches for examples, and other readily available resources to see how it's done.

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From Stephen Q Shannon - The Free Teleseminar Resume Guy