I have preached on the art of the resume writing plenty of times in the past, however I read a quick brief from another blogger this morning discussing "not to tell the story" which I found so profound. The style of resume I promote is the impact resume, one with statement, figures and savings. It should read like a baseball card, not a biography. Let's recap some of the things we should be looking for to ensure your resume is successful in its endeavor to get you that interview.

Baseball card. For all of the non athletes out there, a baseball card is small card no larger than the palm of your hand that show all important stats and accomplishments of the player. It is a quick synopsis of what someone that likes them would want to know. Facts, details and figures dominate the content and allow for quick understanding of how positive or negative this person's career has been. Think baseball card.

Example of how the start of your resume might look:

Name

Address/Phone/ETC

Summary

10 yr executive recruiter and staffing leadership professional with documented ability to build offices, territories, and new companies from the ground up. Highly skilled trainer of new recruiting and business development talent, having hired/trained/managed more than a 100 person staff. Personally responsible for increases at the office level of more than 1M annually, with region wide increase of more 5M.

ABC Staffing Company

Partner

12.11.2008-Present

Selected and hired by owners of company to develop southeastern region of IT/Engineering Staffing company. Developed non-penetrated market through direct sales and team development activities. Grew region by highest year over year increase than any other region in company.

Developed new territory in 1 yr into 3.5 revenue foundation for company
Hired/trained/managed 6 staff members including admin/sales/recruiter
Exceeded original annual goal by 35%
Awarded partner status after 9 months
Being tasked for 2009 with new business development for emerging medical sector
Saved company 130,000 with new business process that allowed for quicker client fulfillment
Now this is a quick sample that I used for myself, however it will be different for each and every person that does the exercise. The key component is to sit back and see how you have effected the companies you have worked for. Once that is done, you can better write the resume and offer value to someone reading it. Stay away from restating the obvious functions of your job. No one wants to hear that. What they are looking for is something that you have done, and responsibilities do not show that.

Keep to the facts. Do not tell the story and you will quickly develop a resume that people can read quickly, and most importantly attracts them into calling you to discuss what you can do for them.

Jason Monastra is a 10 year veteran in the recruiting industry and current partner with United Global Technologies, http://www.ugtechnologies.com, a leading recruiting and consulting firm serving the IT and engineering vertical based out of Charlotte NC.

Jason Monastra maintains a major career advice and job search blog at http://www.lambentpath.com, making it easy to access key informational points to better help navigate your search for your next position.