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Over the years, we’ve provided nearly a metric ton of résumé tips and we thought, “Why not just put some of our best and most popular posts on the topic together for people? What a gift that would be!”

Gift, indeed. So I’m happy to present you with some of our best résumé articles from The Work Buzz blog and the

Career Advice & Resources

section on CareerBuilder.com.

You can check out the rest of our

Expert Advice series

on our YouTube channel, as well as our

#AskCB series

.

So what should you be doing with your résumé? Check out these articles that can put you on the path of what to include and how to write a stellar résumé:

The importance of résumé keywords

Don’t bury the lead on your résumé

6 things you should take off your résumé

20 unusual résumé tactics to avoid

The elements of résumé style

10 useless résumé words (and 10 eye-catching ones)

Résumé missteps that hurt your career search

In addition to these articles, did you know that CareerBuilder offers

résumé writing services

and

résumé upgrade

opportunities?

Let’s hear from employers on how you can address a gap on your résumé:

Once you’ve implemented these tips on your résumé on CareerBuilder.com, we’re going to give you the opportunity to take $15 off of our

Résumé Upgrade

service by using this code, which

expires 5/31/2012

:

RUWB1

After logging in to the site, determine which resume you want to upgrade and use the code above in the ‘Coupon Code’ section.