我一直很喜欢传统的简历格式，即在顶部以姓名和联系方式开头，然后是JDB电子背景和相关工作经历。为什么?作为一名招聘经理，很容易浏览这种格式，以获得对个人的有意义的了解。作为一名申请者，我觉得这种格式最能讲述我的故事。

几年前，一个学生走进我的办公室，抱怨说他很沮丧，因为他似乎没有得到任何面试机会。我让他把简历给我。这是一份以技能为基础的简历，这种格式在当时最适合没有工作经验的大学生。我帮这个年轻人重新起草了他的简历，根据我知道雇主喜欢的传统格式。几周后他就得到了面试机会，几周后又被录用了。

几天前，我读了Money.com的一篇文章《2017年你的简历应该是什么样的》，令我惊讶的是，这是一份以技能为基础的简历。作者克里斯汀·巴勒（Kristen Bahler）采访了许多专业人士，其中包括职业简历写手兼博主萨姆·诺兰（Sam Nolan）。他说：“资历总结应该占据你简历上最有价值的位置……关键是要突出你不能让潜在雇主错过的东西……这是对你的候选人资格的高层次概述。”

文章中嵌入了一个指向模板的链接。这让我别无选择，只能卷起袖子试一试。打开模板后，我喜欢它的结构和色彩。然而，我不喜欢JDB电子部分被塞在右下角。因为我手头没有硕士简历，所以我调出了我的LinkedIn个人资料。以下是我开始起草时的想法：

• It isn’t easy shifting from an experience-based model to a skills-based model
• Narrowing down your work experience to two positions is difficult.
• Cutting out experience from the two roles is even more difficult.
• I drafted the qualifications summary last – this was tough because I wasn’t paring them to a specific job posting. Even if I were, it would have been tough.
• I liked the highlights section but felt it was too limiting.
• Using LinkedIn to craft my list of skills was relatively easy.

When I finished, I printed it out and looked at it. I asked myself, "Does this capture me as a professional?" After all, I have had more than two positions, and the variety of positions really speak to my abilities. The answer…I really like the look of it. It is one page only; keep in mind that I am used to a 6-page CV, so dropping that to two pages has always felt like I was being forced to cut off an arm. One page was never an option. But Jeff Bezos has a one-page resume, and it is an infographic, of course, but it utilizes a similar format. If he can do it, so can I, right?

Well, in its current form, this one-page, skills-based resume doesn’t really capture me or the breadth of my career, but that’s not to say it can’t; just need more time to work on it.

Overall, as a potential candidate, you need to choose the best resume format for you, your experience, and the position. Begin with a master resume and include every job you have ever had so you can pull relevant information from it without having to recall what you did eight years ago or three positions ago. Keep in mind that it doesn’t need to look professional, because it’s a working document only and nothing you would ever send out. Then, do your research. What type of company is it? Poke around and see if you can find the resumes of some of the principals. If they, like Jeff Bezos, are using a one-pager, then you should as well, but don’t wait. My big takeaway: a skills-based resume is completely possible, but it will require edits and tweaking to get it right. It isn’t something you can throw together in an afternoon. Finally, every time you apply for a position, your resume, in whichever format you choose, should be tweaked and edited to demonstrate how you are the best fit for that specific position.

What are you waiting for? Start drafting! You never know when that perfect job will pop up.

Best,