By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
Every day I am messaged or e -mail by someone who asks something in the direction of, “Will you look at my resume and tell me what you think?”
By putting the idea that I charge people to criticize the resume and that it takes time away from my clients, who does not say, “thank you” when they ask for an advantage? Is this how your children are raised? Really!
Since some people do not have the means to pay for a personal criticism, I thought I would offer the top 10 mistakes I see people making with their resume.
- You do not include your address.
I understand that people are preoccupied with identity theft and do not want to settle on a mailing list, but when companies and recruiters will search for their applicant’s tracking system or database in the future, they will enter keywords to reflect the job they are trying to complete and a particular Distance from a particular postcode, the job is located. Include minimally the city, the state and the postal code where you live.
- You don’t put your last name on resume
It’s almost the same thing. People search for their systems when a new position opens up. They try to find you. What’s going on? They see 40 or 60 people named Scott, Ramesh or Sharon. Make it easy for everyone and include your last name on CV. If the reason you do not include it is fear of discrimination, the same person that you are afraid of will still discriminate when talking to you.
- Your resume is not keyword/SEO optimized
Business applicant’s tracking systems are often programs to find search expressions in the top third of the CV because they believe it reflects recent experience. SEO your resume by including these expressions in a summary area in the upper third of it.
- Your CV and LinkedIn profile are not congruent.
This is a 21st-Century error people commit. So often companies will receive a resume and look at your profile and they do not match. Before sending it out, make sure your resume and LinkedIn profile are on the same page about your jobs, dates and responsibilities.
- You only write about responsibilities and tasks
People understand that you have responsibility and things you do. What was the effect of what you did? What was its size and scope? How are you different from the other thousands of resumes that a company receives?
- You do not offer measurements
Did you help your company earn or save money? How much money did you help them earn or save? There is a difference between work that helps an employer earn or save $ 10,000 $ 10 million and $ 100 million. Be explicit!
- You don’t spell Check your resume
Do you see that ribbon on top of Microsoft Word? There is a spell check in there. Use it! Don’t forget to visually scan your resume for words that if they are wrong spelled, it would be a correct spelling. For example, for years I would read a resume that included the word “novel” when the author meant to say “Novell.”
- You use fonts that are far too small
Sometimes I receive CV in eight points fonts. Most people who read a resume will not waste their time beating everyone and increasing the size of the type. Use minimal 10 -point type.
- You use embedded headings and side feet
Many systems are unable to analyze a resume with embedded headings and side feet. No one will manually write it in their database or ATS. You can provide the same information without embedding them.
- What you wrote is boring
I read so many resumes that appear to have been written by a machine. They are boring to read and on interesting. Without exaggerating or capacities, your resume makes your resume interesting. Show a wise personality. Your resume should never read like the last thousand that someone read. Put a little cord in it!
Here’s a bonus. Never use a template. It’s okay to follow the format of a template, but the frameworks often used in templates are usually a problem for systems to analyze.
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