Your resume is an important document in many ways. It is a prospective employer’s first impression of you, and first impressions are important. With some effort, your resume can be much more than a list of your schools and jobs. It can highlight for a prospective employer your skills and experience that are most important to that employer. Also, since interviewers typically review a candidate’s resume immediately prior to the interview, your resume can tee up the topics and questions your interviewer will ask you. Finally, if you prepare your resume correctly the first time, it will be easy to update it (and update it quickly) whenever necessary.

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