The ResumeEdge© Process • Step One: Targeting Your Career and Audience • Step Two: Formatting for Maximum Impact • Step Three:Skill Set and Qualifications Summary • Step Four: Accomplishments and Special Skills • Step Five: Professional Experience • Step Six: Education and Training STEP ONE: Targeting Your Career and Audience You must have a clear idea of what you want to accomplish in your professional life in order to maximize the impact of your resume for your targeted audience -- the hiring manager or graduate school admissions director. Before you begin, ask yourself these questions. Are you: Making a lateral move? Seeking a promotion? Career transitioning? Pursuing admission into a graduate program?* For numbers 1-3 above, the most effective way to begin targeting your resume is to search openings that appeal to you on job boards (i.e. Monster, Hot Jobs. CareerJournal), internal company postings, or newspaper classifieds. With these in hand, you can highlight the qualificatio...