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10 Ways to Get your Resume Trashed

Posted on 13. Sep, 2007 posted by Bill in Employment News

10 Ways to Get your Resume Trashed by Glen Stansberry

ResumeCreating a resume is a necessary evil. I personally can’t stand the process but as a person that has to do some hiring, I also can’t stand receiving resumes that are simply templates filled with errors and non-pertinent information.

A while back I shared a bunch of ways to improve your resume, today here are a handful of things that will certainly get your resume tossed in the reject pile.

Here are 10 tips written by Careerbuilder, at their site the go dig deeper into each point with a short explanation.

* Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors

* Opening objectives

* Personal attributes

* Interests and hobbies

* Details of every task you’ve ever performed in every job you’ve ever had

* Excessive bragging

* Outdated information

* False information

* Unexplained gaps in work history

* A lack of professionalism

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