Any tips on doing a resume?

[captainahole]

Excuse me, but I did resumes, as well as executive job placement, for nearly four years in an executive office center.

There isn't anything wrong with your suggestion of picking up Resumes for Dummies but there's nothing wrong with some of the advice on this thread, either.

I'll tell you the #1 most important thing about a resume:

DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPOS/MISSPELLINGS OR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON IT.

Also, don't use goofy colored paper. Women love to pull this one more but anything other than high quality cotton bond white, off white, cream or light grey is just immature and unprofessional.

Those are huge issues. Grammer is the one pet peeve of many HR people. spell check spell check spell check.