How to Approach Your Resume

We often read resume advice on the Web to the effect that resumes should “show off” accomplishments and tell employers “how good we are” by stating improvements we’ve helped implement, etc.
Although that is important, let’s not lose sight of what employers are looking for. The only way to know that is to carefully read job postings and do our own research. Employers are not always looking for “super heroes” out there… They may just need a simple, yet hardworking employee.

For instance, if you are junior and are applying for your first job, don’t boast your accomplishments to the point of looking presumptuous… especially if you hardly know about the industry. As such, a junior employee may be better off describing in his or her resume the specific tasks he or she is good at since all the employer is really looking for is a person to do that kind of work. As for the rest, once that person is hired, he or she will have all the time to prove himself or herself.
All the above was to say one simple thing: there is no rigid formula in writing resumes; only general principles. One of the most important principles being that one must never lose sight of what employers want.
Article courtesy of WorkBloom, an employment blog incorporating a comprehensive career resources section, including the largest database of professionally written resume and cover letter samples on the Web.