Candidate ~ Resume Advice Resume Advice Your resume - marketing your product (YOU) Your resume is an essential part of your marketing campaign. It's the promotional piece that advertises your product - YOU. Your resume is a powerful selling tool that not only details your background and experience, it reflects your career accomplishments in a manner that will persuade the reader to contact you. An effectively written and thoughtfully composed resume will undoubtedly translate into interviews. So how do you create an effective resume? First, let's start with the basics: Anatomy of a Resume Here's what your resume is made of. Write Your Resume The traditional approach to resume writing. (The old-fashioned way, yes, but some recruiters will want to present a hard copy of your resume to employers.) Webify Your Resume Create a resume exclusively for web posting. The Project-Focused Resume Highlight your projects and skills using this revolutionary style.