What Successful Job Seekers Do & Don't Do on Their Resume
20 Resume Tips
Your resume so important that how effective it is (or isn’t) can determine your whole career path!You want to make sure that it is as strong as possible.
Employers do background checks.They will call your references. If something doesn’t line up with your resume, you will lose credibility and won’t be offered the job.
Do not write: “With over twenty years of professional experience, Mr. Smith is our sales-team lead."Instead, try: "Sales-team lead with over twenty years of professional experience."
Make sure that your resume is free of any slang or text-speak and that you write out abbreviations or acronyms in full.LOL, TBH, and LMK do not belong on your resume!
Copying the job description or ad word for word will make you look lazy and suggests that you might steal or plagiarize other people’s work in the future.
A potential employer should be focusing on your qualifications, an unprofessional email address can make a bad first impression.It’s hard to take skaterdude420@aol.com seriously.
Keep your resume focused on the job you’re applying for and to the point.It’s not a list of every single job you’ve ever had or every course you’ve ever taken.