Writing a resume is like putting together an IKEA entertainment center. It takes five hours five days longer than I planned, all directions are in Swedish, and by the time I’m finished it looks nothing like the picture.

Why is writing a resume so dang tough? I mean it’s just distilling who you are with a few bullet points on something that can’t talk. And this piece of paper could be the difference between your dream job, and crickets chirping as you tuck tight into an Unemployment ball-o-sadness. So how do we make our resumes shimmer, shine, and sizzle?

Thus, All Groan Up has brought in the best in the biz, Jenny Foss aka “JobJenny” who runs a nationally recognized, boutique-style recruiting agency, is the author of How to Stop Sucking at Your Job Search and just launched her Ridiculously Awesome Resume Kit. She’s legit. Here are her tips for making your resume sizzle with must-hire.

1. Is a resume even relevant in today’s tech savyness?

Heck yes. While we’re all getting much more savvy when it comes to leveraging technology and social media for our strategic advantage in job search, the truth is — most corporate HR teams, recruiters and hiring managers still want to see your resume. In fact, it’s usually the first thing they ask for or require you to submit (have you ever heard of a hiring manager saying, “Just send me your infographic and we’ll look it over.”? No, you probably have not). So, even though it’s very hip and cutting-edge-ish to proclaim that the resume is dead? It’s just not. Especially in more traditional and conventional industries and companies.

2. What’s the biggest “Oh no she didn’t” you see people make on resumes?

The most common mistake people make is that they craft an autobiography instead of a marketing document. Most people just list out everything they’ve ever done, or everything they do on a resume, rather than craft with a specific target audience, and a specific goal, in mind. You’ve got to make it super easy for the reviewer to quickly connect his/her “Here’s what we need” to your “Here’s what Joe Schmoe brings to the party.” The easier you make it? The more likely it is that you’ll land an interview. I always tell people, “Make you make sense.” Make you make sense to that reviewer.

3. How does a twentysomething straight out of college stand out in their resume in this terrible job market.

Consider any awesome things you’ve done in college (or summers), and how these things might be of value to your future employer.  Of course, if you’ve had relevant internships, that always helps. But if you didn’t think that one through before you graduated, then you can showcase key projects you worked on through school that may be relevant to your future job, or volunteer work, or even seemingingly unrelated side jobs you held. I don’t care if you worked at the gas station for a summer — You can frame that experience as your having gained valuable customer service skills, which is going to be appealing across many industry sectors.

4. If there’s one word that should be on every resume, what is it?

Your name, definitely. Oh, and “babelicious,” for sure. Outside of that, here are my 79 favorite resume words: http://www.jobjenny.com/79-most-awesome-resume-words

There you have it. If you want more resume help check out Jenny’s Resume Kit which will give you all the insider tips to turn your resume into your dream job. And if you buy this week before August 16, Jenny has gifted us Groan Ups a $10 discount. That’s gas money for two interviews. Or if you want her both job search ebook and resume kit, at a discount check out the combo platter. Plug in promo GROANUP10 and Christmas has come early.