This resume was submitted by an actual jobseeker and is reprinted with permission. Names and other identifiers have been changed. The sad truth about all resumes is that people read between the lines to determine something about you as a person. There is nothing here in your objective statement or elsewhere on your resume that really says who you are, what you are all about, and how you can help an employer. That is what a resume should do.
Resumes often raise more questions than they answer.
The trick is to design the resume to raise questions about your experience and how it may prove relevant to the job you are seeking. The Job Coach lives to see people succeed. In fact, nothing makes the coach happier than providing information that jobseekers can use to find a job they love. So the Coach is going out on a limb here to help you, Ted. In some circles, this is called tough love.