Your resume is your first impression to employers. Does it stand out? Does it positively reflect your skills and experience? Is there an ideal format? Does it have the right keywords? A well-written resume can propel you to the top of the pile. Use Jobfox to make it the best it can be.

Five Key Resume Tips

Here are five tips from Jobfox's CEO, Rob McGovern, on what to include in your resume to help you stand out:

1. Include an objective statement that says what you want. A recruiter needs context to help them understand where you might fit in the organization and what career step you wish to make. Many times your resume is coming into a general mailbox where it is mixed in with resumes for other positions. A recruiter needs to be able to pick your resume up and know exactly where you belong.
2. Choose a layout and font that emphasizes readability, both in printed and online forms. You'd be surprised at the number of resumes that include a font that's not on computers, which can turn your formatting into gibberish. Recruiters have bleary eyes and will quickly pass on the overdone resume that's hard to visually digest.
3. Illustrate what you accomplished rather than cataloging your previous responsibilities. Most resumes are a laundry list of what the person did in a previous job instead of what they accomplished and contributed. Today's employer is looking for someone who can solve a problem at his or her company. You want to stand out as that person by showing what you've accomplished in the past.
4. Design your resume so a computer can read it. Many large companies use automated scanning computers that "read" your resume and route it to a person or digital black hole. A well designed resume includes the keywords and formatting that makes it easy for a resume parsing program to learn about you and route you to a decision maker.
5. Don't doing anything cute. Ever. We see resumes that use email addresses like hotlegs41@aol.com and include "ferrets," "wine," and "losing at golf" as personal interests. There's a time and place for everything, and your resume should be the buttoned-up and serious version of yourself.