Hiring managers share most memorable résumé mistakes
| August 6, 2012 | Posted by admin under DIRECT - Target/Resume |
Hiring managers share most memorable résumé mistakes By Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer
Mistakes to avoid
According to the survey, there are certain guaranteed deal-breakers when it comes to the style, format and content of a résumé. When asked what would make them automatically dismiss a candidate from consideration, employers’ top responses included résumés with typos (61 percent), résumés that copied large amounts of wording from the job posting (41 percent) and résumés with an inappropriate email address (35 percent).
Other responses included:
•Résumés that don’t include a list of skills — 30 percent
•Résumés that are more than two pages long — 22 percent
•Résumés printed on decorative paper — 20 percent
•Résumés that detail more tasks than results for previous positions — 16 percent
•Résumés that include a photo — 13 percent
•Résumés that have large blocks of text with little white space — 13 percent
Check out the following articles and video for more résumé-writing advice:
- Video: How to write your first résumé
- Focus résumé on your results, not daily tasks
- Résumés 101 — everything you should and shouldn’t be doing
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