clipped from: adage.com 1. Your resume won't be read until you go on the interview. If then. It is a fact of life. Corporate recruiters and headhunters alike are busy. They glance at resumes to see what you are about and decide to see you -- or not. Most won't look at them again until they are sitting there with you. So make your resume eyeball friendly. Remember, a resume is an ad for yourself.
2. Interviewers and potential interviewers actually want to know very little about you. In advertising, all anyone wants to know is where you worked, how long you were there, what you worked on and, importantly, whether you were promoted.