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19 Resume Mistakes You should avoid

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19 Resume Mistakes You should avoid

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  1. CAREER COACH 19 resume mistakes YOU SHOULD AVOID! www.cv-resume-templates.com Get professional CV / ResumeTemplates, Job Tips and Short Guides.

  2. CAREERCOACH / CV-RESUME-TEMPLATES.COM 6SECONDS YOURESUMEHAVEONLY6SECONDSTOPASSFIT / NO-FIT DECISIONBYHUMANRESOURCEMANAGERS.  1. PERSONALPRONOUNS Youshouldavoidthesepersonalwordslike "I", "me", "she", "my". Becauseit's understoodthateverythingisaboutyouintheresumeorCV. 2. REFERENCE It'sawasteoftimetowrite "referencesuponrequest". Becauseifthehiring personwants, he/shewillaskyou. 3. MULTIPLECELLNUMBERS OnlyonenumbershouldbeonyourResume. Andthatwillbeyourcellphone number.  4. WORKEXPERIENCENOTRELEVANTTOTHEJOB Onlyincludeworkexperiencewhichisrelevanttothejob. Employerwillnot considerthisunlessitshowsadditionalskillwhichcanbehelpfulforthejob. Hire a Pro to create your CV or Resume

  3. CAREERCOACH / CV-RESUME-TEMPLATES.COM GRAMMAR MISTAKE JUSTONEGRAMMARMISTAKECANRUINTHEWHOLE RESUMEORCV. BECAREFUL 5. PERSONAL DETAILS Youshouldavoidanyinformationwhichmaycauseanydiscrimination. Soyou shouldnotincludereligion, maritalstatus, SocialSecurityNumberetc. 6. OBJECTIVE Whenyouappliedit'smeanYouwantthejob, andit'sobvious. Sodon'tinclude thisunlessyouareinsomeuniquesituation. 7. HOBBIES IfyourhobbiesarerelevanttotheJob, youshouldincludeit. Otherwise, it'sjusta wasteoftimeandenergyforbothEmployerandApplicant. 8. YOURAGE Again, anyinformationwhichmaycausediscriminationshouldnotbeonyour Resume. SoremoveyouragefromyourResumenowifyouincluded. Hire a Pro to create your CV or Resume

  4. CAREERCOACH / CV-RESUME-TEMPLATES.COM LINKEDIN LINKEDINISCHANGINGHIRING. INANOTHERFEWYEARS, EMPLOYERSWILLNOTBEABLETOHIREWITHOUTITAND THELINKEDINPROFILEISREPLACINGTHENEEDFORA RÉSUMÉ. - TOMARMOUR 9. KIDDYEMAIL YoushoulduseonlyProfessionalEmailnottheemaillikethese buddy2chill@gmail.comorcuteguy@mail.com 10. UNNECESSARYWORDS whenyouputyouremailaddressorphonenumber, everyonewillknowthem. It'snotnecessarytoputthe "phone" or "email" infrontofthem. 11. DESIREDSALARY Ifyouincludethesalaryexpectationorpasthourlyrate, itmaysendthewrong messagetoaprospectiveemployer. Further, thisinformationisunnecessary. 12. APPEALINGWORDS Useonlytheverbswhichemployerwilllovetoreadlike "achieved," "managed," "resolved," and "launched". Don'tincludeannoyingwordsandverbslike "think outsidethebox," "peoplepleaser," etc. Hire a Pro to create your CV or Resume

  5. CAREERCOACH / CV-RESUME-TEMPLATES.COM TONE YOUCANCALLITTHELEVELOFCOMMUNICATION. CFOWILL FRAMEHISIDEASANDACCOMPLISHMENTFROMA DIFFERENTPOINTOFVIEW (STRATEGY, VISION) THAN FINANCEMANAGER (OPERATIONSANDEXECUTION). 13. GPA Includeitwhenyouareafreshcollegegraduateorhavehigher GPAlike3.8+. If youareoutofschoolformorethan3 -4yearsorlowerGPAthenignoreit. 14. SHORTTERMEMPLOYMENT Don'tincludethejoboftheshortperiodwhichyouheldpreviouslybecauseyou didnotlikethemoryouwereletgo. 15. EXPLANATIONWHYYOUWANTTHEJOB IfyouwantthejobthenyoushouldnotmentionthisfactonyourResume. Your skillsandqualifications shouldexplainthisforyou. 16. REASONSFORLEAVINGPREVIOUSJOB ThisisirrelevantinformationfortheEmployernoritimprovesyourchancesto getyouhired. Handlethismatterintheinterview. Hire a Pro to create your CV or Resume

  6. CAREERCOACH / CV-RESUME-TEMPLATES.COM CREATIVITY IFYOUARE NOTAPPLYINGFORACREATIVEROLE, THANYOU DON'TNEEDTOBOTHERWITHACREATIVERESUME. 17. SOCIALMEDIAANDOTHERURLLINK It'srecommendedtouseprofessionalLinkedInprofilelinkonyourResume. But irrelevantlinkslikeblogs, instagram etcshouldbeavoided. 18. PREPAREFORTHEATS ThoughthesethingsmayboostyourResumeorCV. Suchthingsmayconfuse ApplicantTrackingSystem (ATS) mostlyusedbybigcompanies.  Thesystemwill makeyourCVpoorlyformattedandomitthecontactinformationfromheader. 19. OTHERTHINGSTONOTE Useconsistentformatting, uselimitednumberofbullets, avoidstylishfontsand alsoavoidgenericorvagueinformationaboutyouraccomplishments. SHORT GUIDE PRESENTED BY CAREER COACH Get 250+ Professional CV / ResumeTemplates at www.cv-resume-templates.com or Hire a Professional to write a Professional CV or Resume for you. Click here or

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