You could be the most qualified candidate in the world, but if your resume does not effectively market your qualifications, achievements, and abilities you will not get an interview and never get the job.

I have written extensively on networking to obtain information on unpublished jobs and to get your credentials in front of the right people. It is equally as important to have a perfectly formatted resume that will have hiring managers asking you for interviews.

Your resume is your first impression, and as they say, first impressions are everything. Many people do not truly understand the power of a quality resume. Many people have simply taken a general template from one of the 1000's of online sites that offer them, stuck their information in it, and then emailed it to general mailboxes posted alongside a job opening.

This will not work, or will take so long to work a person would probably give up before it does. In today's economy there has been a huge influx of applications to every job posting. Hiring managers and recruiters can only view a certain number of resumes and if yours is not one of them because it does not catch their attention you will not get an interview. To get your credentials in front of hiring managers you have to network, but after you have connected with the right executives you need a perfectly formatted resume.

It is imperative to be able to send a resume that reflects your talents, abilities, and accomplishments as effectively as possible to provide every chance of acquiring an offer for employment. The job market is so tight that the last thing a person wants is to not achieve the goal of employment because they did not effectively communicate the aforementioned qualities.

For this reason you must ensure your resume is in the top 5% to 10% of marketability, structure, and form. The problem is that there are few people who are expert resume writers and it is not very palatable to be spending money to get a job. There are, however, many free ways of improving your resume.

Remember, to give yourself the best chance possible of acquiring an employment offer, you have got to first get yourself noticed by the right person and show them you are right for the job.