Common Resume Mistakes

Your resume is a reflection of you. More than anything, you would want your resume to be brief, concise, and error-free since these make it easier for your prospective employer to evaluate you. Here are the common resume mistakes you should avoid:

Bad layout

A resume should be easy to read. This means that the text’s layout should be clean and the font should be big enough to read. Employers want to read what’s written on your resume and they’re not after fancy fonts or perfumed paper.

Typographical errors

One of the most embarrassing mistakes is having a resume with typos. This reflects your attention to detail and how committed you are when it comes to doing something. A resume with typos is a shabby presentation of you. Before you hand out resume, hit the spell check button or ask friends to proofread it.

Lack of objectives

What do you want to achieve? This should be the first thing your prospective employers should read when viewing your resume. Having a goal or an objective helps your future employers to determine which area or department you’d fit in best.

Unclear information

If you helped increase sales, don’t forget to quantify it and say how you did it. Be careful though of going into a lengthy description of your career highlight. A one-sentence like "increased sales by 20% by implementing aggressive marketing campaigns" is a good way to describe your success.

Irrelevant details

While giving information about your responsibilities and career successes is good, you have to understand that you do not have to put everything in your resume. Just pick highlights of your career and include them in your resume. Also, try to steer clear of jargon, acronyms, and mundane aspects of your career.

Weak sentence structure or words

Verbs or action words should be used in your resume. You should pick words that are strong and make an impact.

False information

Exaggeration and tailoring information to make your resume stronger is a very bad idea. Sure, you may get hired but your employer will find out you lied sooner or later. A task that tests the skill you don’t really have or even a phone call to your former boss is all it takes to unravel your lie.

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