It’s very hard to write your own resume because a resume is a macro view of your life, but you live your life at the micro level, obsessing about daily details that have no bearing on your resume. So I recommend to a lot of people that they hire someone to help them. After all, spending money on a resume writer is one of the few expenditures that will have good return right away.

But some of you will be able to do a decent job rewriting your resume on your own. The first thing you’ll have to do is make some mental shifts. You need to rethink the goals of a resume, and rethink the rules of a resume in order to approach the project like the best of the resume professionals.

Here are three ideas that guide professional resume writers and should guide you as well:

1. Don’t focus on your responsibilities, focus on what you achieved.
A resume is not your life story. No one cares. If your life story were so interesting, you’d have a book deal. The only things that should be on your resume are achievements. Anyone can do their job, but only a small percentage of the population can do their job well, wherever they go.

The best way to show that you did your job well is from achievements. The best achievement is a promotion. It is an objective way to show that you impressed the people you work for. The next best way to show objective measures is to present quantified achievements.

Most people do not think in terms of quantified achievements when they are in the job, but on the resume, that’s the only part of the job that matters. No one can see that you were a “good team player” on your resume unless you can say “established a team to solve problem x and increased sales x%” or “joined under-performing team and helped that team beat production delivery dates by three weeks.”

If you are only putting achievements on your resume, you are going to be hard-pressed to fill a whole page. That’s okay. Anything on your resume that is not an achievement is wasting space. Because you don’t know what a hiring manager will look at first—and if you have ten good achievements and three mediocre lines about your life story, the hiring manager may only read those three lines—so remove them.

2. Don’t make your resume a moral statement; it’s a marketing document.
Think about when a company announced the launch of their product. First of all, the product is not done. Second of all, it has bugs. And third, the company is probably showing photos of prototypes and the real thing will look different.

All this stuff is fine. It’s accepted practice for marketing. The company will tell you that they are doing their best to get you the information you want in the way they think is best for letting you know what your consumer options are.

You need to take the same approach with your resume, because a resume is a marketing document. The best marketing documents show the product in the very best light, which means using whatever most outrageous tactics possible to make you look good. As long as you are not lying, you will be fine.

Here’s an example: You join a software company that just launched a product and the product had so many problems that they had to hire someone to handle the calls. You start doing the tech support, and you work tons of overtime because the calls are so backed up. You clean up the phone queue and then you start taking long lunches because there’s not a lot to do, and then you start job hunting because the job is boring.

Here’s how you summarize this job on your resume: Assumed management responsibility for tech support and decreased call volume 20%.

How do you know 20%? Who knows? It was probably more. But you can’t quantify exactly, so err on the safe side. But if you just say “Did tech support for a software company” no one knows you did a good job.

There is a fine art of almost-lying-but-not-lying on a resume. You need to talk about it a lot in order to know where you fall on the spectrum. Here is a sample of my own family discussions about what is lying and what isn’t.

3. Don’t give everything away in the resume.
The idea of a resume is to get someone to call you. Talk with you on the phone. Offer you an interview. So a resume is like a first date. You only show your best stuff and you don’t show it all.

Some people dump everything they can think of onto their resume, but a resume is not the only chance you’ll have to sell yourself. In fact the interview is where the hard-core selling takes place. So you only put your very best achievements on the resume. Sure, there will be other questions people will want answers to, but that will make them call you. And that’s good, right?

For those of you who can’t bear to take off the twenty extra lines on your resume because you think the interviewer has to see every single thing about you right away, consider that we have statistics to show that people don’t want to know everything up front. It does not make for a good match. Of people who got married, only 3% had sex on the first date.

做zuo一yi份fen個ge人ren簡jian曆li非fei常chang不bu易yi
，因yin為wei一yi份fen簡jian曆li就jiu是shi你ni的de生sheng平ping的de宏hong觀guan體ti現xian，而er你ni的de生sheng活huo卻que是shi處chu在zai微wei觀guan層ceng麵mian的de
，幾ji乎hu包bao含han了le你ni所suo有you的de日ri常chang生sheng活huo細xi節jie，而er它ta們men與yu你ni的de簡jian曆li根gen本ben無wu關guan。所suo以yi我wo向xiang很hen多duo人ren建jian議yi他ta們men可ke以yi雇gu人ren來lai幫bang他ta們men。（譯者注：作者在這裏有一個相關鏈接）畢竟，花錢請人來寫一份簡曆是為數不多、卻很快就有回報的支出啊！

但是你們當中的有些人會有足夠的能力自己來重寫一份簡曆。你首先要做的就是在腦子裏過一下“電影”。你需要重新思考一份簡曆的目的，重新思考寫簡曆的規則
，這樣就能像最好的職業簡曆寫手那樣來完成這項工程了。

以下是三個指導專業簡曆寫手的要訣，你也應當用它們作為指導哦！

1、不要著眼於你的責任，而要著眼於你的成績。

yifenjianlibushinideshenghuogushi。meiyourenhuiguanzhuzhege。niyaobaniderenshenggushixiedenameyouqu
，nanidexiechengyibenshu。nizaijianliliyinggaijinjinxieshangnidechengji！任何人都能完成本職工作
，但隻有一小部分人無論到何處

，都能把工作做得出色。

zhengmingnigongzuochusedezuihaofangshijiushinidechengji。zuihaodechengjishiyizhongziwotuixiao。tashiyizhongkeguandefangshi，nengbiaomingnigeiweizhigongzuoderenliuxiashenkeyinxiang。diyigezuihaodebiaomingkeguanchidudefangshibianshichenshujingguolianghuadechengji。

大多數人在做簡曆時並不考慮量化成績
，但是在簡曆上
，這卻是惟一至關重要的部分。沒有人能在簡曆上看出你是一個"良好的團隊成員" ，除非你能說出“成立了一個團隊來解決X問題
，增加了百分之X的銷售額”或者是“加入一個績效欠佳的團隊，並幫助團隊提前三周完成產品交付。”

ruguonibagexiangchengjixiejinjianli，niyaobatamenyasuodaoyizhengyezhili。zhemeiyouwenti。renheyuchengjiwuguandeneirongdoushizailangfeinidejianlikongjian。yinweinibuzhidaozhaopinfuzerenshouxianhuikanshenme--如果你寫了十個良好的業績
，而用了三行字寫你平庸的人生故事，招聘負責人可能隻看那三行字--所以請把它們去掉！

2
、不要把你的簡曆寫成道義上的陳述；這是一份自我推銷資料。

想想某家公司在宣布推出自身產品時的實情吧。首先，該產品尚未完成。其次，它有缺陷 。第三，該公司所顯示的產品原型照片和實際產品看起來會有所不同。

所(suo)有(you)這(zhe)一(yi)切(qie)都(dou)沒(mei)錯(cuo)。這(zhe)是(shi)公(gong)認(ren)的(de)市(shi)場(chang)營(ying)銷(xiao)做(zuo)法(fa)。該(gai)公(gong)司(si)會(hui)告(gao)訴(su)你(ni)，他(ta)們(men)是(shi)在(zai)盡(jin)其(qi)最(zui)大(da)努(nu)力(li)提(ti)供(gong)給(gei)你(ni)想(xiang)要(yao)的(de)信(xin)息(xi)，並(bing)用(yong)最(zui)好(hao)的(de)方(fang)式(shi)讓(rang)你(ni)知(zhi)道(dao)你(ni)應(ying)該(gai)選(xuan)擇(ze)何(he)種(zhong)消(xiao)費(fei)。

你ni寫xie簡jian曆li時shi必bi須xu采cai取qu同tong樣yang的de做zuo法fa，因yin為wei一yi份fen簡jian曆li就jiu是shi一yi個ge推tui銷xiao資zi料liao。最zui好hao的de推tui銷xiao資zi料liao隻zhi顯xian示shi該gai產chan品pin的de最zui好hao一yi麵mian，這zhe意yi味wei著zhe


，無wu論lun如ru何he，你ni要yao不bu擇ze手shou段duan讓rang自zi己ji光guang彩cai奪duo目mu！隻要你不說謊，那就沒有問題。

下麵是一個例子：你(ni)加(jia)入(ru)了(le)一(yi)個(ge)軟(ruan)件(jian)公(gong)司(si)，它(ta)剛(gang)剛(gang)推(tui)出(chu)一(yi)個(ge)產(chan)品(pin)，而(er)這(zhe)個(ge)產(chan)品(pin)有(you)很(hen)多(duo)問(wen)題(ti)，他(ta)們(men)不(bu)得(de)不(bu)雇(gu)用(yong)專(zhuan)人(ren)處(chu)理(li)來(lai)電(dian)。你(ni)開(kai)始(shi)做(zuo)技(ji)術(shu)支(zhi)持(chi)，而(er)且(qie)你(ni)的(de)工(gong)作(zuo)嚴(yan)重(zhong)超(chao)時(shi)，因(yin)為(wei)有(you)那(na)麼(me)多(duo)來(lai)電(dian)。你(ni)理(li)順(shun)了(le)來(lai)電(dian)業(ye)務(wu)，然(ran)後(hou)你(ni)開(kai)始(shi)慢(man)吞(tun)吞(tun)地(di)吃(chi)午(wu)餐(can)
，因(yin)為(wei)現(xian)在(zai)沒(mei)有(you)很(hen)多(duo)工(gong)作(zuo)要(yao)做(zuo)了(le)，然(ran)後(hou)你(ni)開(kai)始(shi)找(zhao)工(gong)作(zuo)
，因(yin)為(wei)這(zhe)項(xiang)工(gong)作(zuo)太(tai)乏(fa)味(wei)了(le)。

下麵就是你該如何在簡曆上總結這項工作：負責技術支持的管理

，使來電量減少了20 ％ 。

你怎麼知道就是20 ％
？誰知道呢

？它也可能是更多。但你不能精確量化
，所以寧可為了保險而不求準確。但是
，如果你隻說：“為某家軟件公司做了技術支持” ，沒有人會知道你的工作做得很好。

zhejiushizuojianlishidejijinsahuangqueyouweisahuangdejiqiao。nixuyaohaohaoyurentaolun，yibianquerenninengzuodeqiaruqifen。yixiayouyigedianxinglizi
，shiwohejiarentaolunshenmeshishuohuang，shenmebushi。（譯者注：作者在這裏有一個相關鏈接。）

3、不要把所有信息都寫進簡曆。

一yi份fen簡jian曆li的de主zhu題ti是shi讓rang別bie人ren打da電dian話hua給gei你ni。讓rang他ta們men和he你ni通tong過guo電dian話hua交jiao談tan。給gei你ni一yi次ci麵mian談tan機ji會hui。所suo以yi一yi份fen簡jian曆li就jiu像xiang第di一yi次ci約yue會hui。你ni隻zhi能neng顯xian示shi你ni最zui好hao的de東dong西xi，而er不bu能neng一yi覽lan無wu餘yu。

有(you)些(xie)人(ren)把(ba)所(suo)想(xiang)到(dao)的(de)一(yi)切(qie)都(dou)寫(xie)進(jin)簡(jian)曆(li)，但(dan)簡(jian)曆(li)並(bing)非(fei)是(shi)你(ni)唯(wei)一(yi)推(tui)銷(xiao)自(zi)己(ji)的(de)機(ji)會(hui)。事(shi)實(shi)上(shang)
，麵(mian)試(shi)時(shi)你(ni)才(cai)開(kai)始(shi)實(shi)質(zhi)性(xing)推(tui)銷(xiao)自(zi)己(ji)。所(suo)以(yi)你(ni)隻(zhi)能(neng)把(ba)你(ni)的(de)最(zui)好(hao)成(cheng)績(ji)寫(xie)進(jin)簡(jian)曆(li)。當(dang)然(ran)，人(ren)們(men)還(hai)有(you)其(qi)他(ta)想(xiang)知(zhi)道(dao)答(da)案(an)的(de)問(wen)題(ti)，但(dan)這(zhe)正(zheng)好(hao)讓(rang)他(ta)們(men)打(da)電(dian)話(hua)給(gei)你(ni)。那(na)正(zheng)中(zhong)你(ni)的(de)下(xia)懷(huai)，對(dui)不(bu)對(dui)？

你們當中有些人認為必須讓負責麵試的人立刻知道自己的一切，所以無法承受劃掉簡曆上那多餘的二十行字，請他們想一想：我們有數據表明人們並不想在一開始就知道一切。精彩的比賽肯定不是這樣的。在已婚人群中，隻有3 ％的人在第一次約會時就發生性關係。