- Your Resume speaks volumes about you!
One of the first things I do when I receive a resume is google a phrase from the resume and check if it appears in my search. Sometimes, I find that the phrase has been copied from another resume available online. Which leaves me feeling disappointed in my candidate. I do this especially with the objective or summary that the applicant has state in his/ her resume and, needless to say, I am often left disappointed. 
I ask myself – How could one possibly copy someone else’s objective?!! Does not he or she have a vision for himself or herself? There’s nothing more disappointing than a prospective candidate who lacks basic creativity to even write about himself or herself. To know that they are willing to take someone else’s work and portray it as their own – speaks volumes. Ask yourself what does this say to your prospective employer about you?
Draft your own resume! Yes, you can use templates, but your resume should be your work! Copying from online resumes also reflects your willingness to do the same thing in work scenarios leading one to question your credibility and work place ethics at the very start of your career.
Whether you like it or not – Your resume speaks about you.
- Creating your Resume involves work!
For some reason, I always assumed that drafting my resume would me a one-time activity. I would type it out and it would be done. Little did I realise that I was wrong. If you are at the start of your career and are struggling with drafting your one-page resume, you are at the right place. Very likely, this is the first piece of your work that your employer is going to experience. 
Related to the first point, what do you want your employer to see in your resume – perfection (no scope for errors)? a relevant and genuine skill set? hardwork and effort? anything else??? What would be the generic theme of your resume? For example, mine would be Simple. Specific. Clear. Now, when I write my resume I would review it to check if it reflects my theme. Is my resume – Simple. Specific. Clear?
Drafting resumes involves a lot of editing. The first time I wrote my Resume, I wrote down every possible thing I wanted my prospective employer to know about me through my resume. My first cut of editing involved my own sense of what was really not required or could be rephrased for the needed paucity of words on my resume. The second phase of editing involved ensuring that the way the resume was written reflected my personality (Simple. Specific. Clear). The third editing was for typos and grammatical errors.
Writing my resume took me four to five sittings of 45 minutes to one hour each. As I gained experienced and applied for different jobs, it took me 2-3 sittings to review and edit my resume. Take time with your resume.
Resume writing takes time. Grit and perseverance are very valuable personality traits to develop. 
Give thought to this and share with us your challenges in drafting your resume.