Common Resume Blunders


	Common Resume Blunders
Perkalicious11
10-18-2007 1:21 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/55926610-f2a7-47ef-a0f4-6186da9ee949/D8375545-2800-4100-B199-F132ACF0BC18/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164" href="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fastweb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><P>Make sure your resume is top-notch by avoiding the top 10 resume blunders: 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>1. Too Focused on Job Duties</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>2. Flowery or General Objective Statement</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>3. Too Short or Too Long </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>4. Using Personal Pronouns and Articles </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>5. Listing Irrelevant Information </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>6. Using a Functional Resume When You Have a Good Career History </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><P>The modified chronological format is often the most effective. Here's the basic layout:
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><UL> 
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Header (name, address, email address, phone number).
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Lead with a strong profile section detailing the scope of your experience and areas of proficiency.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Reverse chronological employment history emphasizing achievements in the past 10 to 15 years.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Education (New grads may put this at the top).
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>7. Not Including a Summary Section That Makes an Initial Hard Sell </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>8. Where Are the Keywords? </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164">Determine keywords by reading job descriptions that interest you and include them in your resume</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>9. References Available </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164">Only use this statement to signal the end of a long resume or to round out the design</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><B>10. Typos </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/104589?id=20F03V8SV1KS.9fac348f6b0ad1cddc3869a86307d164"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fastweb.com/img/2202BF1F-41D4-4EE2-B257-D13414B76BC9" alt="FastWeb: Scholarships" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D8375545-2800-4100-B199-F132ACF0BC18/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>