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Commons mistakes in resume writing

August 27, 2010

Filed under: CV Resume Writing — admin @ 12:42 am

You have to think in your resume as it were a spot that is selling you. You need to appear more interesting to the employer than the other candidates to receive the call for a personal interview and, eventually, get the job you are applying for.

In order to get the attention of the employer there are some common mistakes to avoid:

1.    Write a CV  template presenting the same data every time.  Be aware that some data that it is really important in some jobs , it is useless for others.
2.    Spelling and grammar mistakes. Check your resume as many times as you can before print it or send it to the employer, it is really important that it has not any kind of language mistake when somebody read it.
3.    Title the document as CV or resume. Anyone who takes the document already knows it is a resume and titling in that way seems to be a resume example of and office suite.
4.    Use too many acronyms of hard-to-understand expressions although you are applying for a technical job. Sometimes at human resources department are not experts and using abbreviations would be a barrier to understand your presentation and make clear you are a good candidate for the job.
5.    Lying about your qualifications or your skill it is always a bad idea. You could be asked about this aspects at the interview and you would seem like a cheater in front of the employers and nobody wants to hire a liar.

Remember that when someone reads your CV it has to attract enough to make him or her call you for a personal contact and it would not happen if your resume looks like a mess.

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1 Comment »

  1. Another big mistake is using tables or logos. Companies often have a resume program like Taleo. When they import your resume, the formatting will look horrible so make sure you do not use tables or logos.

    Comment by Resume Samples — October 29, 2010 @ 10:24 am

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