• Help you focus and identify your target market - organize your skills, achievements, and abilities.

• Select candidates for interviews.

• Guide the interview process. Know your resume well and be able to expand on it.

• Remind the employer of you after your interview.

• Compare you with other candidates.

• Justify your selection to other members of the organization.

Although resumes do not cause you to gain or lose jobs, they are powerful tools for getting you in the door, making positive first impressions, and influencing the final decisions of employers. 

The average resume is given no more than 20 to 30 seconds to make an impression - it must be focused, targeted with an objective, clearly stated, and eye-appealing - with quality layout, paper, and print. 

Your resume needs to show your uniqueness - what makes you special. 

NEVER NEVER lie on your resume or in an interview. Employers check to make sure that you are telling the truth. A resume is supposed to increase your confidence - this is only possible if you are totally honest. 

"There is no security on earth, there is only opportunity." Douglas MacArthur