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Claiming some lofty objectives in your vision statement might make you come across some proud person with an unteachable spirit. Yet the top paragraph in your resume just below your name and personal details (also called the highlight section) is the areas where eyeballs will land for a second or two before a decision is made to keep on reading or move on to the next resume in the inbox...

So much at stake, so much craftiness involved to grab the attention of the one who might give you an income for the next two years or so...

The way out of this conundrum is simply to read the job posting again. The job description is sure to have a summary of its own. That's what you have to match. Not word for word but the gist is there.

Because we are not static individuals all coming out of the same mould some idea of your progression in the workplace might be useful. Stating where you come from and what you are aiming at would be expected, all weaved with the job summary at hand.

A consequence of all of this is that you cannot blast the same perfect resume to one and every job vacancy you are applying for. Welcome to the real world! Some of you might have wasted good money with a resume writing service only to find out that the one-size-fits-all approach does not work. Instead your starting point should be the job description and your destination a customised version of your resume to find the best fit.

Better to do your research about a company and its corporate culture than to blast the same sales letter of yours to all job advertisements in sight. If you can cut the middle woman (the recruitment agency) the better off you are. Their interests might be contrary to yours and they can treat you like a commodity to on-sell to their clients. Very few agencies get exclusivity on a hiring campaign and so you run the danger of being represented multiple times with different revamped resumes. A sure way to be discarded outright!

Just like recruiters use software to scan resumes and search for keywords, candidates can also keep up the pace with some online tools.

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