| Human resources personnel sometimes have a | | | | errors. Also, have a trusted colleague check for |
| thankless job. Not only do they have to peruse | | | | grammar misuse. This type of mistake should never |
| resumes in competition for the same position, but they | | | | happen. |
| have to select candidates worthy of an interview in | | | | Most human resources professionals recommend a |
| only 20 to 30 seconds of reading. Do you wonder | | | | length of one page. Anything longer probably won't be |
| how they do this? | | | | read. You don't need an entire job history, just include |
| A lot of the resumes submitted have very simple and | | | | relevant employment to the position sought. |
| costly errors that take out probably 50 to 60 percent | | | | Keep the resume short, stick to important points and |
| of the papers in the very first round. That's right, the | | | | use bullets to convey information. |
| majority of the pages don't even make the first cut | | | | Don't write the resume in the third person such as he |
| due to errors that are deemed unprofessional. Is yours | | | | did this and she did that. It is already implied that he or |
| included in this group? Let's find out. | | | | she is you, so there isn't a need to be redundant at this |
| The major flaws that have been identified by readers | | | | point. |
| of resumes include the following: | | | | Contact information needs to be current and up to |
| 1. Resume has spelling errors, typographical mistakes | | | | date. Be sure to list home and cell phone numbers |
| and grammatical flaws. | | | | along with a professional email address. If you don't |
| 2. Resume is too long. | | | | have a business email address, get a new one. There |
| 3. Resume has too many words or contains too much | | | | are cheap and plentiful. |
| information. | | | | Never use the personal pronoun I. Again, the reader |
| 4. Resume is written in third-person. | | | | knows who the resume is from and there is no need |
| 5. Resume does not list phone number, only an e-mail | | | | to keep stating that "I did this" or "I performed that" etc. |
| address, or has inappropriate e-mail address. | | | | Try to avoid these common resume mistakes and you |
| 6. Resume contains the personal pronoun I. | | | | will definitely rise above the crowd and be in the |
| Your resume shouldn't contain any spelling errors, | | | | minority when it comes to separation time. Now go |
| typos or grammatical flaws. If you are using a word | | | | write that resume. |
| processor, use the built-in spell checker to fix any | | | | |