CIO.com takes a brief look back at the IT Resume Makeover series and some of the best resume advice from the past 12 months. Credit: Thinkstock The Best IT Resume Tips of 2014Over the last year, our resume experts and career consultants have helped numerous IT professionals put their best foot forward. Here’s a quick look at some of the top resume tips from 2014’s IT Resume Makeover series.For a deeper dive on resume tips with expert commentary, please read, IT Resume Makeover: Top 11 Resume Tips From 2014.Clear Out the ClutterInstead of a “laundry list” of job responsibilities and daily tasks, focus your resume on how you’ve solved problems for employers — and in what context.Know Your AudienceTailor the message to your audience. Ask yourself who will read your resume and what they expect to see.Tell a Compelling Personal StoryFinding a career success story within your work history will make your career narrative more interesting and engaging for potential employers.Use Sales Tactics to Sell Yourself A sales resume is built on metrics: sales figures, number of deals closed, revenue targets achieved. Without these metrics, it can be nearly impossible to differentiate yourself from other sales candidates. For a deeper dive on resume tips with expert commentary, please read, IT Resume Makeover: Top 11 Resume Tips From 2014.Keep Your Resume Fresh and UpdatedMake time to review and refresh your resume each year. Make sure all information about current and past employers and responsibilities is correct and add any new skills, experience or knowledge you’ve gained.Don’t Sell Yourself ShortThis is the place to showcase your achievements. Make sure to hone in on unique achievements, successes, skills and knowledge to really grab the reader’s attention. For a deeper dive on resume tips with expert commentary, please read, IT Resume Makeover: Top 11 Resume Tips From 2014.Don’t LieIt can be tempting to embellish your work history, exaggerate your IT skills or even claim to hold advanced degrees. In the long term, this can not only kill your chances to land a specific job, it can be a black mark that follows you your entire career.Avoid Information OverloadMost employers want to quickly see dates, the scope of an applicant’s responsibility, the types of projects managed, and other pertinent details, but make sure you’re not using too much detail, which can become overwhelming to a reader. For a deeper dive on resume tips with expert commentary, please read, IT Resume Makeover: Top 11 Resume Tips From 2014.Avoid Buzzword BurnoutIf your resume is crammed with buzzwords, jargon and gibberish, you’re dooming yourself. Make sure your language is plain and clear to better appeal to readers.Know How (And When) to Break the RulesIf you’ve created something big at the beginning of your career and spend the rest of your professional life building on that initial success, you must turn the traditional resume on its head to showcase that accomplishment.Position Your Accomplishments for Maximum ImpactTypically, a resume has between 10 and 15 seconds to make an impact on a recruiter, hiring manager or HR professional. That’s why it’s crucial that attention-grabbing achievements and information be positioned close to the top of the first page, where it’s more likely to be seen and have maximum effect. For a deeper dive on resume tips with expert commentary, please read, IT Resume Makeover: Top 11 Resume Tips From 2014. Related content brandpost The steep cost of a poor data management strategy Without a data management strategy, organizations stall digital progress, often putting their business trajectory at risk. Here’s how to move forward. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Management feature How Capital One delivers data governance at scale With hundreds of petabytes of data in operation, the bank has adopted a hybrid model and a ‘sloped governance’ framework to ensure its lines of business get the data they need in real-time. By Thor Olavsrud Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Governance Data Management feature Assessing the business risk of AI bias The lengths to which AI can be biased are still being understood. The potential damage is, therefore, a big priority as companies increasingly use various AI tools for decision-making. By Karin Lindstrom Jun 09, 2023 4 mins CIO Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership brandpost Rebalancing through Recalibration: CIOs Operationalizing Pandemic-era Innovation By Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Jun 08, 2023 6 mins CIO Digital Transformation Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe