Is it necessary to craft your resume for each job you apply for, highlighting specific areas instead of others, or will just one resume be sufficient for all the jobs you apply for?
This is an interesting question and when I first thought about it, I figured that of course you would, but when I spent more time developing my response I realized its a little more complex than that.
First of all it is in good practice to make changes to your resume in order to make it appeal to the specific employer more. The question is, how much?
The point of a resume is to show what type of person you are. Many times we try to make it do more than that, and show how we will fit in to the company. That is fine as long as it is honest. Many times people change their resume so much for each company, although it may be truthful it may not be highlighting the characteristics that are most prevalent in the potential employee. This may seem to be okay for the applicant at the job, but in the long run it just creates headaches for everybody.
The employers realize they didn't get the same person they hired, and the employee realizes they are being expected to be somebody they aren't.
Sculpting your resume for each particular job is a good idea, just don't change it so much it makes you come across as a completely different person.
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