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The sample resumes in chapters 6 through 12 demonstrate a widevariety of effective ways to present a lengthy career within two pages.They are an excellent resource for you as you address the same challengebecause of the wealth of material from your own career.#9: TAKE ADVICE WITH A GRAIN OF SALTEvery time you show your resume to others – friends, relatives,colleagues, managers, recruiters, hiring authorities, or anyone else– they’re all going to have an opinion. If you’ve used the strategies,tools, and examples in this book, we think you’ll find that most of theircomments will be positive. But not always!Do not rush to edit your resume every time someone offers you advice.Granted, a few of the comments you’ll receive will be well worthconsidering, but most of the feedback is unfounded in terms of resumestrategy and market positioning. Of course you want everyone to tell youthat your resume is the best they’ve ever seen, but be forewarned thatalmost everyone will have something to say.As we’ve discussed, there is a true art and science to resume writing. Aresume is not just a piece of paper listing your employment experienceand education. You’re already learning from reading this book that it’smuch more than that, so don’t let a recruiter make you crazy becauseshe didn’t like something on your resume. (Or, conversely, that youomitted something from your resume that she believed was important.)CHAPTER 2 : Strategy Tools for the Professional’s Resume45