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Carlton Lassiter began looking for a new job five months ago, after being passed over for a director of strategic planning position with his current employer. His résumé just didn't succeed in giving hiring managers the impression that he was qualified. Lassiter needed a résumé makeover.

There comes a time in many IT consultants' careers when they decide to exchange the trappings of their jet-set professional lives for a corporate IT job with more stability. For Sevin Straus, an IT consultant based in Chicago, that moment came at the height of the financial crisis in 2009.

Second in the series of CIO.com's resume makeovers, certified professional resume writer Jennifer Hay revamps the IT resume of Don Bernal, a data warehousing and business intelligence professional who's been out of the IT industry for four years. Here's an inside look at how Hay addresses the gap in Bernal's employment history and at the before-and-after versions of his resume.

CIO.com obtained three examples of actual CIO resumes that executive recruiters deem outstanding enough to prompt a call about job opportunities. How does your resume stack up to these fine specimens?

In late 2009, when the unemployment rate reached 10 percent for the first time since the early '80s, everyone hoped that 2010 would be a comeback year. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. After early signs of progress, economic growth sputtered this year and the unemployment rate sits at 9.8 percent as we approach Christmas.

By anyone's measure, skills in open source software are very much in demand, but you still need to get yourself noticed. Here are the three elements of your open source experience that you must include on your resume.

Employers spend on average around 10 - 20 seconds on each resume. Sending an employer your resume is the only contact you will have with them unless they decide they want to speak with you. Some basic and proven suggestions that will improve your chances.

David F. Noble, the author of Gallery of Best Resumes, talks about what it takes for an IT professional's résumé to stand out from the crowd.

The five essential tips for a good tech résumé.