What do I need to put in my resume?

I hear this often, and really it's a bit like the old saying - how long is a piece of string?  

Your resume has to be fit for purpose - what goes in it, how it will look, how long it is, what media you use - all these factors need to be addressed.  It depends on a wide range of criteria including your job, your qualifications, your career level, your aspirations, your industry, who it's being sent to ... the list goes on. 

For example, if you're applying for a mine job, you need a short, concise statement of details, qualifications, brief and relevant working history, scans of your qualifications/trade papers/tickets/licences - easy to read, well laid out, informative - just the way mine job/labour hire people want it.  They get hundreds and hundreds of applications for each job, and they don't have time to muck around.  You need to respect that, or your resume may be overlooked - no matter how qualified you are.

If for example, you're applying for a sales account manager role - it needs to be "out there", dynamic and pacy, it needs to reflect your outgoing nature, your flair to make things happen, your "runs on the board".

The point is, your resume needs to be targeted at the job, the level, the industry, the location, what you're trying to achieve (a new job, a step up, a change of career...) and be in a format the employer/recruiter wants to see.

There really is no "one size fits all" resume any more.