Hi madmac...I found resumes here are much more about selling yourself and your soft skills and less about your actual ability lol....much more use of keywords...favourites are multi-faceted, exceptional, accomplished, innovative, diverse etc....typically should have the following sections: personal details, objectives, profile (all your soft skills and highlighted achievements), professional experience, education, technical proficiencies and references!

my resume top line is
"Accomplished, multifaceted Consultant with extensive experience managing, designing, developing and implementing innovative applications and systems to increase operational efficiency and productivity, while supporting attainment of defined business objectives."

in Scotland I'd have been laughed at...

Ahem.

Here's what we would read into that back home:

Multifaceted - Two faced
Innovative - Don't have a scooby
Diverse - Lack of focus
Accomplished - Bored stupid

totally agree all i wanted to see was 'can you do the damn job' back in the UK....but oh no, over here HR scans first and they have no clue
all about the personaility lol

Here's the Canadian way to do it. http://www.your-cv-coach.com/cv-power-words.html

Top tip from me - don't use all the power words in the same para

You'll have to learn to blow your own trumpet with great gusto

Good luck!

good site

i was told if your resume/cv doesnt embarrass you then you havent done it properly

yeah i would agree...it has to read like some superhuman with a penchant for ott adjectives