How Many Versions of My Résumé Do I Need?

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By Marcelle Yeager

You've likely heard by now that you have to tailor your résumé to every job you apply to. This could very well mean you have a stockpile in the double digits, if not hundreds. And you might feel that for this amount of effort, you've had little success.

What could be behind this? It may be time to take a step back and understand what tailoring a résumé to each job means and how to do it better, which will save you precious time.

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