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Writing an executive resume isn’t all that different from writing a regular one. You’d still have to list which school you graduated from, how many years of education you have taken, what course you took, your extracurriculars, interests, positions you held and awards you’ve reaped. The difference is really on the way one tailors the job objectives, and the actual relevant accomplishments one can use to catch a recruiter’s attention.

Resumes are like stories, in the sense that they are generally prepared to be short and upfront to accommodate people who have low attention spans. While its true, executive applications only have at most a few seconds to capture a recruiter’s attention, and that each additional page significantly reduces the readability of the resume, it is quite impossible for some executives to compress and summarize several years of accomplishments into one or even two pages. Barring the use of almost indiscernible font, several pages are required, in order to capture the full extent of a person’s worth.

Executive resumes take the exception, in the sense that it’s perfectly acceptable for applicants to submit a multi-page resume. A decent length would range from 3 pages to 6. It is a much better strategy to provide, in detail the list of accomplishments one has made, instead of going on and on about career histories and companies. Every word written should have a purpose, and sentiments must be written so that it conveys one’s compatibility for a particular position. Every word has to be written with the intention of selling oneself to the company, instead of trying to impress them, so that even if your resume stretches to seven pages long, it won’t bore the reader and will lessen the chances of it landing on the trash bin.

An executive resume should also be more concerned with the employer’s needs, rather than his or her own successes, and tailor the resume to meet those needs. Choose a specific position in the company, instead of doing a mass application. It will show that you are dedicated to assuming a particular position’s craft, instead of shooting for everything, if you don’t get the position you want. You want to show your employer that you have the ability to solve business problems in a particular way, and that you thrive in meeting challenging goals to produce your desired results. This should be proved by your career descriptions and supported by your accomplishments. Do not start off with the responsibilities you undertook, head straight to the things you actually managed.

Another thing to take note of– every single facet of your life that can aid you to bag that executive position must be written down, even those past ten years ago. A common mistake of executive resume writers is that they only gather their 10-years recent experiences, paying little heed to their earlier beginnings. A diverse wealth of experience is knowledge always gives an upper hand, and makes the applicant more interesting to the employer.