US News -- The résumé has always been an important aspect of the job hunt, but it seems to keep growing in importance. As the recession continues to cause a deterioration of available jobs, openings are being greeted by floods of applicants. That means recruiters have less time than ever to size up candidates when scanning résumés. Brad Karsh, now president of JobBound.com, used to read through piles of job applications as a recruiting director for ad agency Leo Burnett and is co-author of the recent book How to Say It on Your Résumé, where he explains how to avoid many of the mistakes that get résumés scuttled.
