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During this time, I've reviewed thousands of resumes and made many countless hiring decisions.
时至今日，我已经看过了上万份简历，做过无数的录用决定。
Which, by default, makes me the resume doctor for everyone that knows me.
这就让我默认成为了所有认识的人眼中的“简历医生”。
You see, whenever a friend, a friend's friend, their husband, their wives, their kids, their friends are looking for a job, I'm the first person they call when they need help with their resume.
每次有朋友、朋友的朋友、朋友的丈夫、太太、孩子、朋友在找工作，他们一需要有关简历的帮助，就会第一个打给我。
Irrespective of where they are in their careers, there's all this insecurity and anxiety when it comes to their resume.
无关他们的职业发展阶段，一谈到简历，他们都是心神不定、局促不安。
Why do people get so nervous about something so silly as updating a resume?
为什么人们会在更新简历这么傻的事情上这么紧张呢？
We've all been there, up late at night, trying to apply for that dream role, obsessing over each bullet point and detail.
我们都经历过这些，挑灯夜战，想申请那个梦幻职位，纠结每一点、每一条细节。
As if, if we spend 20 more minutes on the resume, it'll somehow be perfect.
好像我们在简历上再花上 20 分钟，它就完美了。
It will become the ideal resume.
它就是那份理想的简历了。
As if the ideal resume exists.
说得好像“理想的简历”真的存在一样。
It doesn't, it's very subjective.
不存在，这是很主观的。
And because of that, there's so much conflicting information.
所以会产生很多矛盾的信息。
Depending on who you ask, resume should only be one page long.
你问问一些人，会告诉你简历应该是一页长。
Others say two pages long.
也有人说两页长。
Others suggests a summary or objectives.
有人说该写一个总结或求职目标。
Others say try and make it visually pleasing.
有人说该把它弄得好看一些。
You can't have too much white space, but if you have too much text, it just looks too busy.
不能留太多空白，但如果放了太多字，就看起来太挤了。
And then there's all these articles online that deep dive into the minutia all the way to the absurd when it comes to resumes, arguing about things like font psychology and how using a sexy font like Arial or Calibri -- will better serve you in your job search versus a boring one like Times New Roman.
就简历这一话题，网上有一堆抠细节到离谱的文章，宣扬“字体心理”这些玩意儿，Arial 或 Calibri这种性感的字体怎么……对你的求职过程更有帮助，而不是用 Times New Roman这样无聊的字体。
Who would have thought that that would have any correlation with how good you could do the job?
谁会想到这和你如何胜任这份工作有什么关系呢？
And the absurdity continues.
离谱的还有呢。
Hobbies and interests.
兴趣爱好。
Do you include them, or do you leave them out?
你会写吗？还是不写？
If you leave them out, does it make your resume look too impersonal?
如果不写，会不会让你的简历太冷冰冰了？
If you leave them in, what if your hobbies are weird?
如果写上，兴趣爱好很奇怪怎么办？
What if you enjoy dressing up like Pokemon characters or collecting Beanie Babies?
你喜欢穿成神奇宝贝角色的样子，或者收藏豆豆娃怎么办？
Will that cost you a job?
你会因此得不到这份工作吗？
During the entire time, as you're spiraling down this rabbit hole, you're not questioning the tool or the process itself.
一直以来，你在这个旋涡中越陷越深的时候，都没有质疑工具或流程本身。
You're questioning yourself.
而是在质疑你自己。
Is it me?
是我的问题吗？
Am I the problem?
我自己就是问题所在吗？
The answer is no.
答案是：不是。
Resumes are a terrible metric for assessing who you are at work, and the world of work is constantly evolving.
简历是评判你工作表现的糟糕衡量标准，而职场一直在进步。
There was a time, 10 years into your career, you had two to three jobs at most.
曾几何时，你工作了 10 年，最多只干过两到三份工作。
Now it's common for people to change jobs once every year and have multiple side hustles, too.
现在人们每年换一次工作，还有好多副业，已经司空见惯。
