You may have already heard the good resume advice that says it is critical to tailor your resume to each job you apply on. However, this is not necessarily true. Better advice is to create several different resumes for different types of jobs. The reason you cannot use the same resume everywhere is because you want to emphasize different things for different types of jobs. However, tailoring your resume for every single job is an ineffective use of your job search time.

If you are looking for a management position, you will want to point out every occasion when you were in charge of others or took responsibility. However, if you are looking for a customer service job, you may want to focus on your past experience dealing with people. If you are looking for something that you have no paid experience doing, you may want to create a resume that focuses on your volunteer work or your education.

By creating several different resumes, you will be able to save yourself a great deal of time and effort. You can tailor cover letters to specific jobs. That is quite sufficient for your job search. Customized cover letters are perfectly suited to your job search and are a good use of the time you have dedicated to finding a new job.