Resumes are used for many things, but their primary reason for existence is to get you invited in for a job interview. If you submit a resume to an employer and that employer calls you in for an interview, it is a completely effective and successful resume.
When asked to describe a resume, most people will explain that resumes are a chronological summary of one's employment. While the job background is certainly an important part of many resumes, the best resumes are much more than an outline of someone's work history.
Employers, particularly employers who are spending the time it takes to interview, hire, and train a new employee, do not have the time or inclination to wade through lists of companies and job titles and dates. If they're hiring, it means they aren't fully staffed. And that means that they don't have any interest in deciphering and interpreting dozens (or hundreds) of standard off-the-shelf resumes in the hopes of uncovering a few candidates that sound good.
Employers have one thing in mind, and that's to find the very best people available as quickly as possible so that they can interview and hire them. They want to make money, and if you can show them that you can help them make it, you'll get a call. A resume is an advertisement which sells your unique skills and capabilities to employers who are hiring skilled and capable employees.
Your Absolute Resume is an advertisement selling one product: YOU
Nothing more. Nothing less.
