Employment history : For the most impact, your resume needs to include both your job responsibilities and accomplishments.

Objective or Summary statement: Vague objective statements leave hiring managers guessing about your intended job target.

Keywords in your resume: Keywords are industry buzzwords that might be used to find someone with your talent. It's worth taking the time to find out which keywords might be used by hiring managers to search for applicants with your background. You might be the most qualified candidate but get overlooked because your resume doesn't have industry keywords. Peruse job openings and see which skills, education, experience and other credentials are important to employers. Pay attention to buzzwords you can incorporate into your resume.

Significance of your accomplishments: By adding a list of your most impressive accomplishments, your resume will be much more compelling. Think about how your employers benefited from your performance and quantify the results of your work using numbers, percentages, dollar amounts, or before and after comparisons

Have you included personal information such as age, marital status and hobbies?: Its very essential to include all details which would give a complete picture to the person reading the profile.

Do you state your reason for leaving each employer: Your resume is a marketing tool, so you are correct in omitting your reasons for leaving each employer.

Do you use the personal pronouns ''I,'' ''me'' and ''my'' in your resume : Personal pronouns are not necessary, because it's understood you are referring to yourself. Also, removing pronouns makes your resume more concise and less ''I'' focused.

Which best describes how you answered the ''Describe Your Ideal Job'' and ''Describe Your Ideal Company'' questions on your Monster resume: Show the main concern is to contribute to a potential employer's success, and you've used this opportunity to reiterate how you would add value to an employer's operation.

Technical Summary: Effective technical resumes clearly show the candidate's technical skills -- a hiring manager shouldn't have to go fishing for this information. An excellent way to include technical knowledge is to add a Technical Summary or Technical Expertise section to your resume. Break the section into subcategories so the reader can quickly scan through your knowledge of programs and applications. Possible categories include technical certifications, hardware, operating systems, networking/protocols, office productivity, programming/languages, Web applications and database applications. Only list programs/applications that you could confidently discuss in an interview.

Career Summary : Many hiring managers say they are searching for candidates who offer more than technical credentials. Soft skills such as interpersonal communications, ability to work collaboratively and commitment to achieving corporate goals are just as desirable. In other words, your resume needs a personality. The reader shouldn't only be impressed by your technical qualifications, but should find you to be likeable and well suited for the team. You can highlight some of these skills in a Career Summary section.

Focus on Technological Results: Technical candidates usually make one of two critical errors on their resumes -- either the document is excessively long with excruciating detail on every assignment ever completed, or too short with hardly any descriptions at all. There needs to be some middle ground -- the resume should be succinct yet effectively showcase your achievements.

What to Include: For each position held, give a brief synopsis of the scope of your responsibility. Then show how your performance benefited the company. Give examples of how past initiatives led to positive outcomes such as enhanced efficiency, faster time-to-market, monetary savings, etc. Accomplishments are most powerful when they are measurable, so include actual performance figures whenever possible. Focus on your most impressive technical projects/accomplishments. What types of challenges did you face? What did you do to overcome the challenges? How did your performance improve the organization's bottom line? For contract work, provide a bulleted list of your top projects, indicating the company (or type of company if confidential), reason for hiring you, scope of your project, your specific approach to the project, challenges/obstacles faced, work performed and benefits to the company. If you are new to the field and concerned about a lack of experience, consider offering free or low-cost technical services to charitable organizations, friends, family or local businesses. This allows you to hone your craft and show related work or volunteer experience on your resume. Also, pursue as much training as possible to get up to speed. Entry-level candidates should focus on their potential in the field, ability to quickly learn challenging concepts and motivation to succeed in the industry.