10 things to remove from your resume

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The labor market is unpredictable. Today you enjoy new work, and tomorrow you are looking for new opportunities. If you have no leave, insufficient salary or you are not satisfied with the duties, then you will probably be preparing for a new job search. You have prepared for the interview, you have a list of questions, and you have improved your skills that will fit the new job. But is your resume suitable?

Remember that the resume that helped you get a current job does not necessarily help get a new one. With every turn of the career is worth updating your resume. Cheat sheet compiled a list of 10 items to remove from your resume.

1. Non-professional email address

Your professional brand extends much further than how you dress or how you speak. Remember that the email address you entered during college years may not work when you get a serious job. The hiring managers first turn to the name of the email address. Therefore you should not send resumes from mailboxes called surferdude or sexyladyfuntimes. Create an email address with your first and last name.

2. Do not indicate workplaces from which you were fired due to ethical violations

If you were a very bad boy or girl at work, then it is better not to include it in your resume. Dismissal due to ethical misconduct may prevent you from getting a new job.

3. Your photo

Yes, your mother thinks that you are very beautiful, but not everyone will agree with her opinion. Leave your photos for avatars on social networks and save the recruiter from having to look at your glamorous portraits. Adding photos can also cause unnecessary discrimination (race, age, disability, and so on). Better let the hiring team appreciate your qualifications before they see what you look like.

4. purpose

Considering the fact that you have applied for a certain vacancy, it is clear to recruiters what position you are applying for. In addition, the target string takes up extra space that can be used to describe another competency.

5. Hobbies

In fact, nobody cares what you do in your free time. We are sure that your record collection is unique, but it doesn’t have much to do with a job. If your hobby is related to work, then you can mention it during the interview. Just do not occupy the 4 summary lines to describe your hobbies.

6. Details of your life

Do not write about your personal life. You are married or have four children - this is fine, but the recruiter is not interested in this information. Just as in the photo advice, too detailed information about your personal life can negatively affect the assessment of your resume. A recruiter, for example, may have the feeling that because you have many children, you will be less involved in the work than other candidates.

7. Unsuitable jobs

You may have been the best specialist in cleaning the fryer, but this skill is unlikely to impress the employer if you are, for example, in an auditing firm. It is better to include in the resume only the job that best shows your skills suitable for the job you are applying for. HR managers want to be confident that you have successfully coped with similar responsibilities in another company.

8. Do not talk about yourself from a third party

The story about himself from a third party looks strange. Do not do this. Instead of writing, “Suzy collected 3 a million dollars last year,” write what you (first-person) did. In addition, the interviewer already knows your name, it is written in the top line of the summary, you should not repeat it again.

9. Fake data

If you write in a resume that you have a degree, but in fact you do not have it, then immediately delete this information. The employer will check the history of your education. And if he finds out that you lied, then you will most likely be fired. Better to actually qualify or graduate.

10. Unwanted pages

No matter how experienced you are, few recruiters will read your 3-4 page summary. We are sure that you have an exciting work experience, but you are unlikely to be a hiring specialist ready to read a detailed account of it. Make sure your resume is brief and to the point.

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