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IT'S tempting to think of a resume as a low-maintenance aspect of your job search. In fact, though, you have considerable flexibility in how you structure your resume. The decisions you make about what it says and how it looks can affect whether you get the job you really want, or get a job at all. A resume is a marketing document that "can serve as a magnet to draw job opportunities to you," said Susan Ireland, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume." That's largely because more resumes are now on job boards and social media sites, and are included on company databases, she said. Often, people place too much emphasis on the parts of past jobs that they hated -- and get new jobs they end up hating, too, she said. "Your resume is about your future," she said, "it's not about your past," so stress experiences that are most relevant to the position you aspire to hold.Let's say you were in a data-entry position but want to move into project coordination. Give your true job title, she said, but you can highlight the parts of your job that involved projects. You aren't obliged to list every single job you have ever held. If a job is 15 or more years in the past, stop and consider how much it's worth mentioning, or how much space to give it, said Wendy S. Enelow, a resume writer for executives and co-author of "No-Nonsense Resumes." "Your resume is not an autobiographical essay of your entire life," she said. If the sales job you had 20 years ago does not relate to where you are headed, leave it out or summarize it very briefly, she said.In listing your most relevant experience, quantify your achievements whenever possible, Ms. Enelow said. For example, you could write "automated internal record-keeping processes, resulting in a 27 percent reduction in annual operating costs," she said. People with gaps in their recent work history often balk at a resume that lists their latest jobs first, thinking that a "functional" type, stressing skills rather than dates, will work in their favor. But in most cases, job seekers should go the reverse-chronological route. Ads by Google Most hiring managers become suspicious when they see a resume without prominent dates, Ms. Ireland said. Try to list things like your community service, your volunteer work or other activities to fill in gaps in your recent work history, she said. Resumes are shorter than they were even five years ago, Ms. Enelow said, perhaps as a result of social-media behavior like 140-character tweeting. Keep them "tight, lean and clean," she said. Ms. Ireland warns against the "big cement block" effect, meaning the use of dense paragraphs. A paragraph should be no longer than three lines, she said. Make good use of white space, point size, boldface and bullets. But if you start seeing a laundry list of bullets, group them into clusters under skills headings so they are more readable, Ms. Enelow said. And if you are a mid- or late-career professional, don't feel that you must keep your resume to one page.Many companies have older versions of Microsoft Word, so make sure that your resume attachment is compatible with them, Ms. Ireland said. It's also wise to have printed versions ready, to hand out at interviews. Finally, have someone review your work. 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