Puffery the Magic Dragon

Résumés are the bane of my existence.

ré⋅su⋅mé

 [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]

–noun

1.	a summing up; summary.

2.	a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

How do you make a résumé stand out? I'm finding it hard to compete with applicants who have waaaaay more experience than me. And obviously, that's what it all comes down to... experience. I have experience (some). I'm not Barack Obama, but I've had some good jobs (let us forget the couple months I worked for Abercrombie & Fitch). So how does one make his/her work stand out when every third person has the same résumé... or one that's even better?!

May I now introduce to floor... Puffery, ladies and gentlemen.

Making something out of (almost) nothing. It's not lying. Lying is wrong and will make your pants spontaneously combust if you're unlucky. It's just making the best of what you've got.

I'll highlight some details, add those sizzle words, and maybe even quadruple bold the NBC factor and I'll be well on my way to a powerhouse résumé. Mind you, I've considered adding glitter and some cologne to make it stand out... but it's so hard to accomplish when you're emailing an application. Sigh.