10 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume

10 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume

 Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you’ve been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow. Read below for the 10 things that you should never include on a professional résumé.

1. What You Hated About Your Last Job: If you turn your résumé into a ranting session, you’re starting off on the wrong foot. During an interview, the hiring manager will most likely ask you why you left your last job, but you can use this challenge to remain positive. Explain that you wanted to work with a company that promoted more mobility within the business or that you felt your strengths weren’t adequately utilized at your last job.

2. Irrelevant Job Experience: Job experience that is unrelated to the position you’re applying for only clutters your resume and irritates the HR department. So stick with the jobs and internships that are most relevant.

3. Lies about Job Experience: If you haven’t worked in a managerial position for more than five years, you’ll be outed with a simple phone call to your last boss and immediately disqualified from the rest of the hiring process. If you feel uncomfortable about your lack of skill, focus on the positive and show how other great qualities would make you a great manager or supervisor.

4. Lies About Educational Background: If you lie about where you went to high school, the hiring manager might not find out, but if you fake the fact that you have higher degrees than you really do, someone is bound to discover your lie. Background checks are standard at most offices, and even if you get the job, your lack of skill will quickly be revealed.

 5. Bad Grammar: Bad grammar absolutely does not belong on a résumé. It shows that you are lazy, uneducated and don’t care enough about the job to pay attention to detail. Even if you think you have great grammar skills, it’s best to let someone else look over your résumé as a precaution.

6. Boring Words: Instead of writing that you are a “dedicated, interesting person,” jazz up your vocabulary to stand apart from the crowd. In general, action words are best. Also, use a thesaurus if you’re stuck trying to find unique synonyms.

7. Negative Thoughts, Words or Ideas: Even if you have a hard time believing in your strengths, your résumé is not the place to show weakness. If you know that you’re not a born leader, consider writing that you work well in groups or that you take direction well. Putting a positive spin on yourself will help the hiring manager see you that way also.

8. A Messy Format: In this day and age of advanced but easy-to-use formatting systems and computer programs, there is no excuse for a résumé with messy indents, unequal spacing and other formatting errors. If you’re hopelessly inept at working with computers, ask a friend for help.

9. Low GPAs: Unless you’re fresh out of college and looking for your first big job, don’t bother including your GPA. A good track record in your employment history will go much further in impressing the hiring department than a GPA that shows you got A’s and B’s in psychology eight years ago. This rule holds true especially if you had a low GPA in school.

10. Religion: Discussing religion in the workplace is another big no-no. Including your religion, or lack thereof, on a résumé is too controversial and is irrelevant to the job. So unless you’re applying for a job at a religious institution, exclude this information.

Source- www.hrworld.com

 

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