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Thou Shalt Not Confess ......................................................29
Shooting Yourself in the Foot ..............................................29
Get Your Priorities Straight ..................................................29
Drop Irrelevant Info ............................................................31
Understate Too Much Experience ........................................34
Thou Shalt Not Write Job Descriptions ..............................34
Thou Shalt Not Write About Stuff You Don’t Want to Do..36
Thou Shalt Say Less Rather Than More ..............................39
The Eight-Second Test ........................................................39
Goody Two-Pages................................................................39
Thou Shalt Not Write in Paragraphs....................................40
Thou Shalt Not Lie ..............................................................40

4 Chronologically Speaking 45

Highlighting Your History....................................................45
What It Is ..........................................................................45
When to Use It ..................................................................47
The Horizontal Slide ............................................................47
Vertical Climb ......................................................................49
A Strong Start........................................................................49
Getting Labeled ....................................................................53
Background Check................................................................53
Conservative Line ................................................................53
Get It Together......................................................................58

5 Get Functional 59
The Times Are a Changin’....................................................59
What’s Your Function?........................................................60
Likely Candidates ..............................................................62
The Career Changer’s Dream ..............................................62
Skills Up Front and Center ..................................................64
Reentry with Force................................................................64
Long, Long Ago ....................................................................64
Best Foot Forward ................................................................69
Into the Real World ..............................................................69
Fill in the Gap ......................................................................72
Decisions, Decisions! ............................................................72

Part 2: Six Steps to a Perfect Resume 75

6 Step One: Heading Your Way 77
Look Who’s Talking..............................................................77
What’s in a Name?................................................................79
Giving a Clear Signal ..........................................................79
Keep ’Em Guessing..............................................................80