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An effective and powerful résumé communicates the value you bring to potential employers. It must showcase how you can contribute to them, how you can solve their problems, and how you can in a nutshell, meet their organizational needs. While there are no hard and fast rules in writing value-based résumés, there are some guidelines. Here are some time-tested tips. In the end, you'll have to decide which best serve your résumé and job-search strategy.

Most experts agree that networking remains the best way for job seekers to make the right connection for that next job fit. Statistically, networking accounts for 70%-80% of job search success for professionals. Strategically position yourself.

Your résumé is arguably the most important document in your job search. Are you submitting résumé after résumé and receiving dismal results? Phone not ringing? No interviews in the pipeline? Your résumé may be fatally flawed and sabotaging your success. Even the most well-intentioned job seekers commit some deadly sins regarding their résumés.

As a résumé writer, I see hundreds of résumés. The majority of them are much weaker than they could be. Here are seven deadly sins and how to ensure redemption! And on the lighter side, you may get a chuckle from some of the funny and not so funny résumé bloopers evidenced by professional résumé writers and coaches. Enjoy the link at the end of this article.

25 Résumé Writing Tips to get your Résumé to the top of the stack. Barb addresses the finer points of waking up a tired résumé.