Top resume hacks

Writing resumes is something that millions of people do every year around the world yet only a small number actually get it right.

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Top 10 Resume Blunders

wuha wuha - 16 months ago
  1. Bad Cover Letter:

  2. Spelling and Grammar
  3. Too Focused on Job History
  4. Irrelevant Information
  5. Poor Descriptions
  6. Keywords
  7. Goofy Emails
  8. Resumes, not Bios
  9. Playing Out of Your League
  10. Ending After Sending Resume

via careerramblings

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10 Unusual Resume Mistakes

wuha wuha - 16 months ago

10) Using a cutesy email account to send the CV.

9) Mentioning low grades (Hebrew) or test scores.

8) Forgetting ineffective information on your CV only to have it surprise you in the subsequent interviews.

7) Unless requested specifically in a job posting, avoid sending your CV as an email attachment and clearly put the CV text directly into the email itself.

6) Using friends as references.

5) “Don’t include reasons why you are leaving your current employer or why you may have already left,”

4) Using non-traditional fonts or symbols.

3) Writing with expressions that only made sense at a past job.

2) Breaking the law.

1) Lying.

via jobmob