When creating a resume, it's critical that you be able to land interviews for the jobs you want. However, most resume statistics are pretty bleak--not because people are unskilled--but because many job seekers have very weak resumes that do not sell them effectively.

With employer's receiving 100 to 400 resumes for each advertised position it's imperative that you understand how to analyze an employer's job requirements and match your background to their needs.

Once you've done that effectively, you must also make sure that the image your resume creates matches the salary and responsibility level of the jobs you want. Many people create resumes that market them beneath their skill and salary requirements. The first workshop in my website--23 Free Online Resume and Job Search Workshops--includes a before resume that marketed Fran at $9,000 beneath her salary goal and didn't land her any interviews. Her new resume generated her a 100% response rate for positions in her salary range of $33,000. Learning how to graph the image your resume presents will teach you how to tweak your resume until you do get the response and salary offers you want whether you're in the $20,000 or the $200,000 range.

My background includes writing over 4,000 resumes and spending more than 10,000 hours counseling job seekers in all areas of their job search. In addition, I've written several books, books and instructor materials now used by over 60 U.S. colleges. My materials substantially increased Employment Security Department client placement and salary levels, and as a result I was recommended to our state's governor's board on employment issues. I no longer write resumes but encourage you to visit my site and learn strategies that have been proven by over 30,000 job seekers and documented by ESD offices, college instructors and organizations such as Boeing Re-Employment.

To learn proven resume and job search strategies click here which will take you to my award winning site that has been reviewed and linked by leading universities and career centers:

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