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Freelancers, watch out for these 7 common resume mistakes!

One very common mistake when handling applications is to send everyone the same resume. View this presentation and learn why this is a mistake. You will also learn about six more mistakes that can be avoided when coming up with a resume…

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Freelancers, watch out for these 7 common resume mistakes!

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  1. FREELANCER TIPS Freelancers, watch out for these 7 common resume mistakes! More freelancertips on www.freelancermap.com...

  2. Freelancers, watch out for these 7 common resume mistakes! • Looking for a job in the competitive global market? An excellent resume is one of the main prerequisites. Regardless of your experience, a resume can make or break your chances of success. Whether or not you land an interview often depends solely on those few pages. • There is a lot that can go wrong in a resume. Recruiters often go through hundreds a day, meaning they work as efficiently as possible. In that case efficiency means being able to sort out the bad apples from the good as quickly as possible. Most resumes land in the trash in mere seconds because of making common and easy-to-spot mistakes. This article includes 7 of the most common errors and features tips on avoiding them.

  3. Freelancers, watch out for these 7 common resume mistakes!

  4. 1) Sending everyone the same resume • First and foremost, job-hunting is often done in an automated fashion. Candidates have a search platform for the type of job they want and quickly write up the same e-mail, with the same subject, attaching the same resume. This is the most sure-fire way to get sorted out. A resume should be tailored to the specific job offer, focusing on experiences and skills relevant to the client.

  5. 2) Listing strengths without proof • An extremely common mistake is listing strengths without any background whatsoever. “I’m a natural leader and a goal-oriented team player”. Cool, and I’m Kermit the Frog. • Tell stories how your strengths helped you in a specific situations instead. “In my position at company X, I was responsible for a team of five people. Together, we achieved goal Y, benefiting the company in multiple ways:…” Backing up statements with proof makes them much more believable and increases their value immensely.

  6. 3) Using too many clichés • Overused phrases are another thing to watch out for. “References available upon request” is a good example. It’s not companies are going to assume you will deny references if that sentence is missing – if they need them, they’re going to ask anyway. There is only so much place in a resume, don’t waste it with sentences or words that have little to no value.

  7. 4) Going overboard with formatting • Simplicity can often be the best formatting choice. Having multiple formats or several ways of highlighting information is distracting for the reader and defeats the purpose of those tools. If you only use one format and only bold as a highlight tool, it is easy to spot the important information at a glance.

  8. 5) Irrelevant information • Your hobbies and interests might be an important part of your life, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have a place in your resume. Only include them if they are somehow connected to your career goals. You like to fidget with new software? That might be very useful for some positions. You go bowling on Saturday nights? Probably not that much.

  9. 6) Spelling errors • I’m sure you all saw this mistake coming. Proof reading is an inseparable part of submitting a resume. When someone sends a two page file that has a dozen spelling mistakes, recruiters will (rightfully so) assume sloppiness. It only takes ten minutes to check for errors like these. If you can’t spend those extra ten minutes, just how committed are you to getting the job?

  10. 7) Not updating your resume • We change as we move through life and so should our resumes. It can be off-putting to see a resume that lacks information from the last year. This leaves the recruiters clueless as to what you’ve been doing. Maybe it’s just as simple as changing one number, indicating that you have been working on your last job for the past 12 months as well. But simple things can go a long way, especially in a resume.

  11. Further freelancertipsavailableon http://www.freelancermap.com/freelancer-tips Contact freelancermap.com Contactperson: Doreen Schollmeier - International Affairs Mail: info@freelancermap.com Skype: doreen.schollmeier Phone: +49-911-37750286 facebook: www.facebook.com/freelancermapInternational Twitter: freelancer_INT

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