6 Resume Mistakes That Will Land You in the Trash
May 5, 2010

 Lying on Your Resume


It's never a good idea to lie or embellish on your resume.  Check out this scenario and see how a group of professionals respond.

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 Not Enough Detail

Hereare some tips for providing more detail for accomplishments on your resume, along with an illustrative example using the S-A-R (Situation-Action-Results) framework.

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 Your Resume is Not Reader Friendly
 
The way your resume looks is just as important as its content.  Be sure to format your resume using a standard font size/type, appropriate spacing, bullets to highlight accomplishments and lines to separate major sections.

Watch this short video for more formatting tips


 Lack of Keywords 
 
Employers receive so many resumes that they often look for keywords to help them sort through them.  Here are some tips for optimizing your resume with keywords

Here are some tips for optimizing your resume with keywords

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 Listing the Wrong Objective 
 
We recommend leaving the objective off your resume. 

Click to here to see WHY


 Having an Unprofessional Email Address
 
As stupid as this sounds, it happens with much greater frequency than you want to believe. It is remarkably easy to create email accounts. There is no reason to have an unprofessional email.

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