Most Common Resume Mistakes - You Should Fix Right Now
Copying the Resume:
Industry expert review hundreds of resumes on weekly basis & it’s common assumption that most of job seekers used to follow the resume from their friends circle & just make a few changes & keep away from writing their own profile & due to this they miss to focus on their top most skills & expertise in resume.
Cover letter/ career objective:
The first few words which impress a lot to interviewers are your Cover letter or career objective part where you describe your experience/skills & specify your goals to accomplish in a nutshell. However it has been observed that many candidates miss to use it effectively & miss their dream job opportunities.
Resume format
When writing a resume always make sure to have only one font in resume & should have profile design reliability. For example: Using Arial, Calibri, Verdana or Time New Roman throughout resume)
Preparing resume with purchased Project / Thesis.
At The Time of final semester, many fresh graduates used to get the Dummy Project & use the same in their resume. The problem is due to lack of real time experience they can’t explain
the project properly at the time of interview, which may end up with lost of opportunity.
Spelling / Grammar errors
Many guys create the resume in good format however the resume get rejected due to lots of errors in sentence formation & grammatical errors, which is a essential part of resume. Also every time when you update the resume, you should cross check & remove any spelling/grammar mistakes.
Personal information:
Many candidates used to prepare the profile from their point of view only & mention their personal/family profile at the first page, which Interviewer don’t require. Experienced Interviewer can spend only 30 Seconds to shortlist the candidate. So keep in mind that, your resume should be readable by the Interviewer & should have most relevant information in first few pages.
Cover the gap with fake experience:
Now a day’s many candidates are tempted to use fake company experience to fill the Gap in their employment history as they afraid of losing the opportunity to shortlist for Interviews. However its not advised as now a day’s almost every employer used to conduct the Background verification for every shortlisted candidate & may not get the job if found counterfeit.
Relevant key words:
A good resume will have all the relevant skills interviewer looks for his open position, if not your application may reject at entry level screening itself & may not fetch any fruitful opportunity. So always have the update resume with powerful key words / skills you got expertise.
