Taking another look at your resume is vital to your senior employment search. Keeping everything up-to-date is not only important to have things accurate, but gives the employers an accurate look at your career accomplishments. Making sure you don’t have these blunders is vital.
Here are some common resume blunders that you should avoid:
- Language errors - These mistakes include misspelling words, using the wrong punctuation and not complying with proper grammar. There’s nothing worse for an employer than to see a handful of spelling mistakes on a resume…especially if the career description involves any type of writing or editing!
- Poor formatting - The key to proper formatting for a resume is consistency! That means don’t try to be extra cute or creative with bullets and line breaks. Keep your font size the same and don’t leave too much white space.
- No personal pronouns - You should never use the words “I” or “me” when you are listing your job descriptions. Instead of saying “I developed an email platform” you should say “Developed an email platform.”
- Reference rules - Ideally you don’t want to list all of your reference information on your resume. That takes up too much space, so either provide them on a separate sheet of paper or say “Available Upon Request” under its subheading.
Resume blunders can be avoided if you just take the time to read what you wrote. You can proofread on your own, but it’s a good idea to take our resume advice and have it reviewed by a family or friend as well.