3 Tips to freshen up your resume in 2017

Culture Fit: The majority of recruiters say that culture fit is an important factor in their hiring decision. Your resume is a great place to start setting the stage for a great culture fit. Start by researching the company culture of the organizations that you want to target in your job search. Find out what beliefs and values drives their organization and if these align with yours, be sure to include that information within your resume.

Ditch Pointless Words: Meaningless words that take up space and add no value to your resume do not market or brand you strongly enough to be included. Examples of these words include; results, success, professional, accomplished. These words are not inherently bad -- it's just that they don't tell the employer much about you and the distinct value you offer an employer. Instead, replace these generic phrases with specific terms. For example: Instead of saying you are results-driven describe the results you deliver with metrics, facts, and figures.

Modernize Your Resume: Our society has become increasingly more visually driven. Content-heavy resumes that lack visually engaging elements, design, and color are outdated. It's time to revamp the design of your resume to include charts, graphs, visuals, color, boxes, shading, borders, and other visual design elements that will engage the reader and make content easily digestible and quicker to consume. Use visuals to communicate large chunks of information more quickly.