Mistakes To Avoid On Your Resume
our resume reflects you. differently from crowd.
It should be able to •List all those things that you
reflect everything- your did to stand apart.
character, skills, achievements, •Mention how you were an asset
experience, and qualification. for your company.
•What were the challenges faced
Mention all those things that you by your organization and how you
think a reader must know. Like: help to overcome them.
•What results company received by
Who are you? implementing your ideas.
How do you fit for the job? •What all you did to earn
What are your accomplishments? business for your company?
How will you help employer in •How did you actually help your
achieving organizational goals? organization in saving time and
money?
Here is a LIST OF MOST COMMON •How was your relationship with
RESUME COMMON MISTAKES: your clients?
•What were your strategies for
1.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: expanding business with your high
Include your duties but don’t net worth clients?
forget to include your
accomplishments. In this 2.NO PERSONAL INFORMATION:
competitive world everything is Try and provide only relevant
accomplishment driven. The person information about yourself. You
recruiting you wants to be sure should not include your age, sex,
that you will prove to be an color, race, marital status,
asset for his firm. height, weight, date of birth
etc. Even hobbies should be
•Mention all your achievements included only when they are
that helped you to walk directly related to work area.
Use the space you have kept for
personal details to mention some Don’t make grammatical mistakes.
more of your qualities. They will leave a bad impression
on employer. Read again and again
3.REFERENCES: to find any error between the
Never mention references directly lines. Write short sentences
on your resume. You can list them about your qualities and
on a separate sheet of paper and achievements. Avoid using too
should give only when many different kinds of fonts.
specifically asked by the
employer. You should always show your
Even you should avoid using resume to few people before
phrases like: Reference available sending it out. It helps in
on request. knowing how much visually
attractive your resume is.
4.PRESENTATION:
Try to make your resume as A resume is a formal document and
friendly as possible. Your resume therefore use of personal nouns
reflects your personal and pronouns should be
characteristics. It should be restricted.
properly structured and written. Always use good quality paper and
Use bullets than paragraphs to printer for printing your resume.
describe each section in your
resume. Generally an employer 5.RESUME WHEN SENT VIA A E-MAIL:
gives 20-30 second to a The appearance of a resume
particular resume. And you should sometimes becomes distorted when
make sure that he reads what you sent as an attachment through e –
want him to read. Bullets help in mail. Or it may not open in the
going through important points same format on other persons
quickly and easily. computes as it opens in your
computer. Sometimes the number of you more in selling yourself
pages may increase, or the shall be mentioned first.
alignment may change. To avoid
all these risk you should e-mail In resumes education or
your resume to someone known and experience are mentioned in
check if the formatting appears reverse sequence. It is assumed
to be same. that your recent degree or work
experience will be more useful
6.LIST ITEMS IN ORDER OF for the employer.
INTEREST:
A resume shall always have Thus to sum up remember not to
information arranged in order of mention anything in your resume
importance to the employer. that can go against you. For
example:
If you were studying before
applying for the job or belong to Age discrimination is still
a field such as science where present and so you should avoid
education remains higher than job all ways and means that can
experience mention your reflect your age. Employers may
qualifications first. But work assume that you are too young or
experience is mentioned before mature to handle the job. Or may
than education if you have one. reject you with a fear that you
Whichever of the two will help may take there position one day.
About the Author:
Herb Lazarus maintains a website focused on helping people find their ideal career, and make smart career choices.
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